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With over 150 cubic yards of concrete already poured, WYDOT is making their way down Sixth Street on one side with hopes to the other side soon. The ADA corners at Mack's Market and the Dollar Store were completed on Tuesday before the crew moved over to O'Reilly's and the Smoking Waters Bar area. They will be near Amoretti next week with plans to be at Broadway in the next three or four weeks. Crews said traffic was very heavy on Friday with the three-day weekend and they noted there were a...
Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies will hold a Drive-thru Mobile Pantry at the Thermopolis Middle School, 1450 Valleyview Dr., Saturday, May 30, 1-3 p.m. There are no qualifications to receive this food, you will just need to provide your name and phone number. “Wyoming knows about leaning in. When faced with a strong headwind, we lean in to get to where we are going. As COVID-19 impacts our state, Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies is leaning in by increasing food distributions across the state. In the month of April, over 1.8 million pounds of f... Full story
The Wyoming FFA was forced to cancel its convention due to Covid19. The convention was to take place April 15-18 in Cheyenne. It was decided to hold an online celebration, the 2020 Wyoming FFA Jubilee. This way they could recognize members and advisors and their accomplishments over the 2019-2020 Wyoming FFA year. They offered videos and online workshops. Several Themopolis FFA Chapter members were recognized as part of the state jubilee. FFA State Degree recipients are: Audrey Axtell, Spencer Axtell, Hunter Bartholomew, Logan Shumway and...
The Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism Board met to discuss their current budget with some changes and next year’s budget as well. In her financial report, Tourism Director Jackie Dorothy reported for the current year so far they are under budget with expenses reaching $116,000 out of a total allotment of $200,000. This makes some of their money carryover into the next year. In Dorothy’s Director’s Report, she discussed their strategic marketing plan. Dorothy wants to focus on this for the n...
Hot Springs County Recreation District Director, Anja Abbott, informed the Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Directors they have managed to cut about $45,000 out of their budget. Abbott said they are trying to cut the little stuff here and there in order to get the budget in line. This year, they are requiring ever group asking for funds to do a presentation, even if they’ve been getting money from the Rec District for years. Abbot said they have decided to wait to send any funding u...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met briefly as the County Board of Equalization in order to sign the 2020 abstract of Hot Springs County. County Assessor, Dan Weber, put the abstract together, which includes everything his department assesses by categories, including private property, industrial and agricultural. It will now be sent to the state for their approval. Emergency Management Coordinator, Bill Gordon, and Public Health Director, Tricia McPhie, informed the commissioners, as of last week there were three active cases of COVID-19 i...
Three Hot Springs County residents have tested positive for Coronavirus over this last weekend. At least one dozen more people have undergone testing as of Monday, May 18. Results are pending. Ongoing tracing of multiple contacts is underway. If others test positive the contact tracing will include more people. With this ongoing contact tracing we will be seeing more people in home isolation and quarantine. As of Tuesday afternoon, HSC has a total of four positive cases, three probable cases along with three recovered. Several cases of COVID-19...
Spring and summer not only bring flowers and green grass, in Wyoming they also bring road construction. Thermopolis will be spending most of its summer under construction with the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) working its way down Sixth Street on both the northbound and southbound sides. For the next two weeks, concrete work will continue on both sides of the highway. From Canyon Hills Road to Amoretti, work will be on the southbound lanes only. When that is completed, the work... Full story
The filing period for county, municipal and state offices is open and ends May 29. County and precinct committee office candidates should file at the Hot Springs County Clerk’s office and town candidates file at Town Hall. Candidates for state offices should file at the Secretary of State’s office, State House District 28 Rep. John Winter of Thermopolis has said he plans to seek a second term. Levi Shinkle, also of Thermopolis, has announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the seat. State Senator Wyatt Agar has ann...
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Legislature’s first special session since 2004 ended Saturday night with three bills headed to the desk of Gov. Mark Gordon for his consideration, as lawmakers wrapped up their initial attempts to respond to issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main task of the special session was to set up programs and timeframes for the spending of $1.25 billion Wyoming received through the federal CARES act. Though Gordon has the ultimate authority to spend the mon...
In keeping with the way political campaigns are run on a national scale, the 2020-21 Hot Springs County High School Student Council campaigns were done online. Each of the candidates recorded their speeches and they were posted on the school newspaper, The Predator’s, Facebook page. Student Body President for the upcoming year is Emme Norsworthy who will be backed up by Vice President, Dayna Crow. Student Body Secretary will be Hallie Martinez. Senior Class President went to Elisa Weber. Junior Class President will be Jacob Randall, Vice P...
The 37th Annual WYO Quarter Horse sale was held at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds last weekend. The crowd included buyers representing 16 different states. Superior Livestock did a video stream over the internet and took bids. Twenty horses were sold with Superior Livestock video. Carol Smith, the sales event organizer said Superior Livestock's video stream was, "Very helpful because some didn't want to physically come to the sale. It was a very good move on their part. A lot of people came...
The Hot Springs County Cemetery District has announced that decorations may be placed on graves at Riverside and Monument Hill cemeteries commencing at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 21 and must be removed before 8 a.m. on June 1. The district advises that they will irrigate during this time period if necessary. Secure all decorations so they are not blown away by the wind. The district is not responsible for decorations....
First Lady Jennie Gordon’s Wyoming Hunger Initiative is proud to launchFood from the Field, a game meat donation program to help feed our Wyoming neighbors in need. Wyoming’s majestic landscapes offer hunters some of the best opportunities in the world; Food from the Field enables them to share that bounty. Partnering with the Wyoming Game & Fish Department, Wyoming Department of Agriculture, Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies, and meat processors throughout the state, the program streamlines game meat donation to food pantries across Wyo...
In lieu of the regular Scholarship Night for Hot Springs County Seniors, the Hot Springs County School District presented the awards and scholarships online for 2020. Outstanding Boy for the class of 2020 was awarded to Taydee Landrum and Outstanding Girl was presented to Ashley McPhie. Seniors planning a career with the military after graduation were recognized as Jason Clouse, Hunter Mounts and Matt Reynolds. Athletic awards Those participating in three sports all four years of high school are McKenna Bomengen, Kaylee DeVries, Tahja Hunt,...
KinDale Andreen graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Education and Human Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Education and Human Sciences. Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees: Rebecca Cornell and Kevin Ryan recently completed a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Program. The purpose of the program is to acquire current information to improve newborn deliveries....
One of the first patients to experience the new building at the hospital was discharged May 14. Hot Springs Health opened its new entrance on Thursday of last week.... Full story
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which will provide up to $16 billion in direct payments to deliver relief to America’s farmers and ranchers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to this direct support to farmers and ranchers, USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program is partnering with regional and local distributors, whose workforces have been significantly impacted by the closure of many restaurants, hotels, and other food service ent...
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – After a bill to grant immunity to business owners from COVID-19 lawsuits faltered during the first day of the Wyoming Legislature’s special session, a renewed effort to provide those protections was successful in the second and final day of the session Saturday. On Friday, the Senate approved a proposal in a standalone bill to protect businesses from any lawsuit brought by people exposed to COVID-19. However, the House did not take up a mirror version of the bill, lea...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners had an update last week from the COVID-19 unified command team, consisting of County Health Officer, Dr. Vernon Miller, Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon and Hot Springs County Public Health Nurse Manager Tricia McPhie. With approval from the state, restaurants, churches, hair salons and other limited businesses are now able to be open with certain safety measures in place. The command team has been hearing a lot of push to get the swimming pools...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital opened its new addition's doors on Tuesday for tours to key supporters of the construction. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the tours were delayed and numbers were limited. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor said, "Because we weren't able to do the open house that we had planned, we did have a few tours for people who helped make it possible. So, we did the elected officials this morning, and the Yes For Our Hospital group this afternoon and the Hospital...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hot Springs County Assessor’s Office has not been able to do their normal field work, but beginning Monday, May 18, they will be resuming their field work with implementation of safety measures. All employees will be wearing a protective face shield and will use hand sanitizer before and after contact with each property owner. They will arrive in a vehicle that is marked with the official Hot Springs County logo on the doors and will have identification badges for you to view at your request. During the r...
The Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing will be conducting an aerial salute to the health care professionals on the frontlines in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, May 15, the Air National Guard will present a two-ship C-130 flyover across the skies of each hospital around the state, culminating in the Capitol City. “We salute all those, both around the state of Wyoming and across the nation who have sacrificed so much to serve on the frontlines of this pandemic,” said Col. Justin Walrath, 153rd Airlift Wing comma... Full story
Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies will hold a Drive-thru Mobile Pantry at the Thermopolis Middle School, 1450 Valleyview Dr., Saturday, May 30, 1-4 p.m. Myriam Wolcott, Program Manager for the Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies said, “We do ask that anyone picking up food at one of our Drive-thru Mobile Pantries to have space in your vehicle cleared before you arrive in line. We will need enough room to provide you with at least one week’s worth of food for a family of four.” Anyone affected by the COVID-19 crisis is welcomed, and encou...
The 37th Annual Spring Sale for WYO Quarter Horse Ranch is being held as usual this Friday and Saturday at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Although the crowd in person may look smaller due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill and Carole Smith are using Superior Livestock to live stream the sale in high definition so buyers can see the animals, bid and buy, all from home. This spring there are around 70 head that will be for sale including broke geldings, home-raised yearlings and some started two-year olds. There will be a parade of geldings on...
