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Many have been wondering how students at Hot Springs County School District #1 are doing academically since the abrupt closing of school last spring due to COVID-19. During the October 20 meeting of the Board of Trustees, the principals at each of the schools presented what gaps they are seeing in this fall’s student learning and what they are doing to close those gaps before the end of the school year. Principal Breez Daniels at the high school has actually written an article for PLC M...
Phillip Scheel will keep his seat as a Hot Springs County Commissioner and Dusty Lewis and William H. Malloy will remain on the Thermopolis Town Council. Ed Cooper will be the new State Senator for District 20 and John Winter will keep his House of Representatives District 28 seat. Cynthia Lummis was elected as the Wyoming US Senator and Liz Cheney is the US Representative. At press time, a winner in the very close race for United States President/Vice President had not been declared on the national level, although Trump won in HSC and... Full story
At the October Hot Springs County Hospital board meeting, Hospital CEO Margie Molitor said she has heard from “concerned citizens,” whether she is pulling providers out of Thermopolis to staff clinics in Riverton and Shoshoni clinics, She said, “I want to be very clear, we’ve hired a whole other provider to do that for us. Tara Blumenshine is a Fremont country native and lives in Riverton, and that is who is covering the Shoshoni and Riverton clinics. We haven’t pulled any provider hours out of the Thermopolis clinic to cover those two clini...
Mac and Marilyn Vass will be hosting a B.J. Dunbar memorial and cookie jar auction benefit that includes a pulled pork dinner. The funds raised are for the purchase of a trained epileptic seizure alert dog from Medical Mutts for Wade Milek. Wade is the son of Nate and Whitney (Ferree) Milek. He was diagnosed with epilepsy at six months old. His form of epilepsy is from a chromosome duplication and is extremely hard to treat. The process of getting a service dog can be long and expensive, the cost can be up to $30,000. Some might not see... Full story
While small, rural farms and ranches across the country have been affected by COVID-19, the Wyoming Business Council has a plan in motion to help our local producers. An agriculture fund has been set aside, a total of $90 million, that will be available for Wyoming’s farmers and ranchers who qualify. Each operation that qualifies could receive up to $250,000. A couple of stipulations go along with applying for the relief fund, such as having at least one full time employee. The operation must have been adversely impacted as a result of C...
The H.O.P.E. Agency will be packing their Christmas Baskets on Thursday, December 17 from 6 to 7 p.m. “Scouting for Food” starts us off with the fall Holiday Food collection. This year Youth Alternatives and other volunteers will gather and sort food. Half of the food goes to the Food Bank at the Community Federated Church and half to the Christmas Baskets program. The “Christmas Baskets” boxes are set up in the Parish Hall at Holy Trinity (Arapahoe and 7th Street). This year the pickup will be at curbside on Arapahoe. Necessary home deliver...
Four Casper women authors will gather at Storyteller Books in Thermopolis on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 11 am to 1 pm, bringing their plethora of stories to the community. During this special event, called A Harvest of Authors, books for the entire family will be featured at this pre-Thanksgiving event. The books will be signed by the authors in time for the holiday gift-giving season....
Joe Doak and the Worland Football Officials Association has been selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the semi-final class 3A football payoff game between Powell and Cody. The game will be played Friday, Nov. 6, in Cody at 6 p.m....
The Hot Springs County Commissioners found out last week there have been revisions to the federal CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act) funding, allowing them to spend the funds in additional ways. Public Health Director Tricia McPhie brought an addendum for the commissioners to sign, giving her permission to find different outlets for the funds. Originally, these funds could be spent on personal protective equipment, disbursal of COVID information, testing and so forth, but now it could even be used for broadband...
Hot Springs County Senior Center director Trenda Moore has great concerns about the budget cuts coming to Wyoming Home Services (WyHS), a program funded by the Wyoming Health Department. WyHS helps seniors live in their homes longer and safer by providing personal care and homemaking services. Moore has said, “Much like the previous attempts to privatize and or change the Pioneer Home in the past, now the Wyoming In-Home Services program is at stake. It will be eliminated on June 30, 2021, if s...
At the most recent Town Council meeting during citizen participation, Chamber of Commerce Director Meri Ann Rush requested town approval of their lighted Christmas parade on Friday, December 4 at 6 p.m. She asked for street closures for the same route as last year’s event. The theme for this year’s parade is “Santa’s Workshop.” The council voted and approved Rush’s request. Citizen Gary Sikes also approached the council requesting permission for a parade for supporters of President Trump’s campa...
In spite of the legislature’s approval and Governor Mark Gordon’s signing the bill, Wyoming will continue to use Daylight Saving Time, “falling back” an hour on Halloween night. Even though Wyoming has passed the bill there must be four contiguous states that pass a similar bill, requiring them to remain on continuous Mountain Daylight Time year round in order for the change to take effect, and that could take years. Representative Dan Laursen of Powell has brought the bill forward several...
Wyoming CARES Dollars to Assist with Child Care Expenses The Department of Family Services (DFS) has been allocated $1.5 million in Wyoming CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funds to provide relief to families who experienced an increase in child care expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning October 1, residents who experienced an increase in child care expenses as a result of the COVID-19 child care/school closures will be able to apply for financial relief. Examples of increased child care expenses may...
It is still several months away, but Thermopolis Main Street is already well on their way for planning the 2021 Thermopolis Brewfest for June 5. The onslaught of COVID-19 prevented them from having the 2020 Brewfest so a number of items for the upcoming year have already been taken care of. Applications for help with advertising have already been sent to the Hot Springs Travel and Tourism board and work is underway to have the event added to the Wyoming Office of Tourism’s website, the Wyoming Brew Trail and the Wyoming Craft Brewers Guild. The...
The new owner of Mac’s Bar, David Potter, has announced new hours and updated features. Potter said, “Our hours are better than before. We are open every day from 10 a.m. until 2 a.m. We are also now a non-smoking bar.” Potter added that, “We are bringing back the karaoke, pool and pool tournaments on Saturdays. We’ve updated the bar, cleaned it up, made it look better. We replaced all the ceiling panels. They are no longer yellow, they are all nice and white. We painted the bar so it all matches, new bar stools. We’ve rearranged things so i...
The last Community Blood drive for 2002 will be held at the Senior Citizens Center on Monday, November 2 from 2 to 6 p.m. This year has been a very different one for the members of the HSC Hospital Auxiliary and they would like to thank our community for its continual supper in this life-saving donation. “Our community quota each time has been 45 units of blood and due to our generous donors, we have come very close to our goal. There is always a need for blood, and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our c...
Joe Doak, a member of the Worland Football Officials Association, has been selected by the Wyoming High School Activities Association to officiate the first-round class 4A football playoff game between Rock Springs and Sheridan. The game will be Friday, Oct. 30, in Sheridan at 5 p.m....
At the most recent Travel and Tourism board meeting, Jackie Dorothy said in her director’s report that the bulk of her time this past month has been concentrated on spending the CARES Act money appropriately and completing the creative projects for each campaign. Dorothy said, “Our ‘Be Happy, Be Safe, Be You’ campaign is up and running with radio and social media.” Recently they received the first version of their television commercial that they shot. They plan to launch their first e-newslet...
Hot Springs County Clerk Rose DeSeyn, right, and Chief Deputy Clerk Karen Slocum, left, run the final test of the voting equipment before next Tuesday’s General Election while HSC Democratic Chairman, Levi Shinkle, looks on....
Wyoming’s General Election will soon be upon us, Tuesday, November 3. Polling places in Hot Springs County will open at 7 a.m. and remain open for in-person voting until 7 p.m. If you are uncomfortable voting at your designated polling place, you may vote in person in the county clerk’s office at any time until 5 p.m. on Monday, November 2. Those residing within Precinct 1-1 and 1-2 will vote at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Voters in Precinct 2-4 vote at the Hot Springs County Museum, and Precinct 3-3 voters will be at the Armory. Rem...
In the general election, three Hot Springs County residents are vying to serve as County Commissioner. Incumbent Phil Scheel (R) says he is passionate about Hot Springs County, passionate about Wyoming and he definitely sees us facing some economic, medical and other tragedies. Scheel said, “It is our job to implement the rules. We are an extension of the state and we have the best opportunity to take the ideas to the state legislature.” When asked what his goals are for HSC over the next four years, Scheel stated, “They are extremely broad...
On November 3, voters will have three candidates to choose from for two open positions on the Thermopolis Town Council. They are Bill Malloy and Dusty Lewis, who are both running for re-election, and Bradyn Harvey. In a recent interview, Malloy said, “Because of the times we’re going through with budget cuts and everything and the big project with landfill, we need experience and continuity on the council. I’ve got more experience than anybody on the council, actually, including the mayor and all members, with 16 years, eight years as mayor...
On the November 3 ballot, there is the Constitutional Amendment ‘A’ being presented to the public to vote upon. Many citizens are unaware of this ballot issue, according to Wyoming district 28 house representative John Winter who spoke recently at the Town Council meeting. Advocating for a Yes Vote on the amendment is the Wyoming Association of Municipalities (WAM). WAM President Scott Dillinger said that this is “a critical ballot measure that will help ensure safe and reliable infrastructure in communities across the state.” Dilling...
With Wyatt Agar choosing not to run for reelection, voters will be electing a new Senator for District 20, representing areas of Hot Springs, Big Horn, Fremont, Park and Washakie Counties. Ed Cooper (R) was born in Thermopolis and now hails from Ten Sleep. He has lived a life of agriculture and spent 48 years in the oil and gas industry, including having his own businesses. Cooper believes he brings his Wyoming roots to the campaign as well as values and experience. A supporter of the second amendment, Cooper also believes in the right to life...
Incumbent John Winter (R) is being challenged by Levi Shinkle (D) for the Wyoming House District 28 seat. John Winter says he has enjoyed his time representing this district and would really like to continue his job. “I have learned a lot and hope to do a better job,” he said. Winter is a Trump supporter and a member of the NRA as well as the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association and Hot Springs County Farm Bureau. He does not believe in any new taxes for Wyoming’s people. Winter wants to advocate for multiple use of public land and priva...
