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Hot Springs County Public Health will be holding a drive thru flu clinic on Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds, 1213 Springview St. Signs will be posted for traffic flow. Flu shots will be available at Public Health beginning October 8 by appointment only. Call 864-3311 to schedule an appointment....
CODY- The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with two investigations involving conflicts between hunters and grizzly bears. On the evening of Sept. 24, a man who was hunting for elk in the Thorofare was attacked and injured by a grizzly bear. He was airlifted to a local hospital where he received treatment. The bear was killed in the incident. In a second incident on Saturday, Sept. 26, a grizzly bear charged an archery hunter on Rattlesnake Mountain west of Cody. The hunter was not injured; the...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has worked with the Wyoming Department of Health to ease restrictions on restaurants in the state while continuing efforts to keep the public safe. This comes in new public health orders. The changes to Health Order No. 1 no longer require restaurants to space out seating in booths and increases the permitted number of persons at a table from 6 to 8 persons. Larger tables are permitted for members of the same household. This increase in the number of persons per table also applies to indoor and outdoor g...
A non-binding resolution presented by the Hot Springs County Commissioners at their September 15 meeting led to lengthy discussion and an eventual tabling of the resolution. The resolution was to express the intent of the commissioners regarding the propriety and efficacy of county-level orders concerning the COVID-19 virus. The resolution began by saying the they had considered the county level effects of government policies across the nation concerning the pandemic which virus policies themsel...
Last week Hot Springs County School District (HSCSD) reported their first positive case of COVID-19 in a letter sent out to parents and guardians of Ralph Witters Elementary students. The letter from Superintendent of Schools Dustin Hunt, dated Thursday, Sept. 17, says that “an individual (s) within the school has been diagnosed with COVID-19.” Then on Sunday, Sept. 20, an email was sent out by Hot Springs County High School (HSCHS) Principal Breez Daniels stating “an indivdual (s) within HSCHS tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, Sept....
At the Sept. 15 Thermopolis Town Council meeting there was scheduled to be a report on the Thermopolis Golf Course updates, but no representative was present. Mayor Mike Chimenti then moved on to an update from Suzanne Samelson, president of Main Street Thermopolis. She first thanked Tony and Lisa Larson for their hard work on the flower beds in the downtown. She said, “They are beautiful adornments.” Samelson then brought up fall clean-up and asked the council about potentially coo...
During the September Travel and Tourism meeting for September, Matt Hughes, Treasurer reported that he changed the format of the financial reports and reduced redundant work in order to aid efficiency and times saving measures. The board already receives data from their account at Koerwitz et al. and they no longer have to recreate the reports. This saves close to 14 hours of time, and the new format makes the data much easier to understand and digest. Tourism Director Jackie Dorothy updated...
As we are closing in on the General Election, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Hot Springs County Farm Bureau Federation will be sponsoring a candidate’s forum that encompasses those running for school board, cemetery board, Kirby Town Council, hospital board and more. All of the local, state and federal candidates have been invited to participate, but it is unknown at this time who will be attending. This forum will be run in the same manner as forums in the past have been run with candidates having two minutes to i...
For nearly two decades, one face has been consistent at the Wyoming Pioneer Home, but is now heading off for her next adventure. Sharon Skiver has been director of the facility just shy of twenty years, investing that time in not only the residents and staff within its walls, but overseeing upgrades to the building and advocating for it to remain open when the state was looking to cut funding. Last week Skiver was honored by the state as well as the employees of the Pioneer Home during a small...
The Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA) announced that the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) has approved their plans for beginning basketball and wrestling on time. The format from the fall sports was used to provide protocols for students to safely participate in these two sports. Practices are scheduled to begin on Monday, November 23, 2020. “We continue to learn, monitor and adjust as we navigate through the current pandemic,” said WHSAA Commissioner, Ron Laird. “We appreciate that the WDH understands the importance of ou...
Paving is under way on a $3.3 million highway improvement project through the Town of Thermopolis on US20/WY789. Some paving is currently happening near the Hot Springs State Park headquarters on the north end of Thermopolis, between Mondell and Washakie streets, and near WYDOT on the south end of Thermopolis. Wednesday, mainline paving is scheduled to begin at WYDOT and the operation will work its way north in the southbound lanes of US20/WY789. Once paving is complete on the southbound lanes...
by Mark Davis and CJ Baker Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — A coalition of environmental groups and Native American tribes — who persuaded courts to reinstate endangered species protections for the greater Yellowstone area’s grizzly bears — say the federal government should be ordered to pay $1.4 million to cover their attorneys’ fees and costs. The groups sued when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attempted to delist the region’s grizzlies in 2017, successfully arguing to a U.S. District Court judge in Montana that federa...
One item on the upcoming November ballot has not had a lot of attention – Pari-mutuel Wagering. The option to have pari-mutuel wagering in Hot Springs County does not mean the opening of a casino, but rather the option for a business, for instance the VFW, to host off track betting. Currently, seven counties in Wyoming offer pari-mutuel wagering with taxes collected from the wagering being divided equally between the city and county. From 2013 through 2019 over $22.1 million was distributed t...
NW BOCES will be celebrating its 50th Anniversary this month of September but they are postponing their planned festivities. Administrative Director Carolyn Conner said that due to the COVID pandemic, they made the decision to wait until the spring of 2021 to wait and see if they can have a big celebration on the grounds. They plan to invite all the people who have helped them: the board members from their 18 different districts, superintendents, special education directors, parents of former...
At the September Chamber of Commerce meeting, the board gave a second reading of their new bylaws and it was passed. They also discussed the Chamber’s work for grant writing and grant making progress. Director Meri Ann Rush said that they are working on getting samples or procedures of grant writing proposals and see how other agencies do it. They want to clear up their understanding of the procedures and plan on having this done by the coming October meeting. They emphasized using the grants s...
Donna Searle won her fifth state crown in Sheridan at the Wyoming Elegant Miss competition. She was named overall queen for 7-9 year olds, prettiest smile, personality, most photogenic and American pride modeling.... Full story
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon has announced that Wyoming’s Public Health Orders have been extended an additional two weeks through Sept. 30. One change has been made to Order No. 1, which now permits indoor close-contact group activities and sports to occur in all settings. The Governor cited a desire to see the impacts of the Labor Day holiday and the reopening of K-12 schools for in-person learning before taking additional steps and further easing health orders. Restrictions on outdoor gatherings were eased in August and outdoor con...
In spite of last week’s heavy snow, drought conditions across the High Plains and Wyoming, didn’t get a break. In fact, according to the United States Drought Monitor, many areas actually got worse. The only places to actually benefit from the precipitation were southwestern North Dakota and parts of the interior southeast of Colorado otherwise it had little, if any effect. That is mostly due to the hot and dry conditions that have gone on for weeks ahead of the storm. When looking at drought maps of the area, a large area is in extreme dro...
Along with everything that was on the primary election ballot, Hot Springs County voters will also see additional opportunities to vote, including school board, cemetery board and others. Four-year terms for the school board include incumbents Nichole Weyer, Clay VanAntwerp and Joe Martinez. New on the ballot is Will Farrell. Incumbent Sherman Skelton is the only name on the ballot for a two-year term on the board. Choices for Cemetery Board are Jeanie Love, Cindy DeVries and Barbara Tomes Vietti. Jack Kuiper and Bonnie S. Smith were both on...
At the most recent Town Council meeting, the members approved a transfer of a liquor license from Tony Deromedi to Jennifer Fisher for her new business OEB Saloon at 500 South 6th Street. Fisher is just getting started on plans for the new business but says they include selling bar food, such as pizza and chicken wings. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett was not present at the meeting. Heath Overfield took Barnett’s place for the evening to report. Overfield said that they are continuing the d...
A slow down in aerial spraying created a slight dip in fuel sales at the Hot Springs County Airport during August according to FBO Nate Messenger. Messenger told the Hot Springs County Commissioners at their September 1 meeting that the airport saw a total of 146 operations at the facility, including nine turbine helicopters and five jet engine aircraft. They did discuss the building of a transient hangar during the meeting, which would be very good for the winter months. A transient hangar...
Rocky Mountain Power reported they were inspecting damage and restoring service to thousands of customers around the state, including Hot Springs County, after an early heavy snow storm hit Thermopolis and other areas around the state on Monday. Tree branches covered the ground all around town and the county and flowers were flattened....
Cathy and Terry Titmus, owners of Performance Auto Wash, have recently upgraded their equipment to their facility and already business has increased. Their car wash equipment was outdated for some time and with customers using credit cards in addition to carrying cash, they needed their equipment to work with current technologies and payment methods. All their new equipment now takes credit cards for paying. Cathy Titmus said, "We also upgraded our automatic washer. The nice feature of it is...
Jerry & Shelly Deromedi are celebrating their 50th Anniversary. They were married on August 28, 1970, but have known each other all of their lives. Shelly grew up in Kirby, and Jerry grew up in Gebo. Both their grandparents were miners in Gebo, and grandfathers were best friends. They happened to be high school sweethearts. When Jerry was a sophomore, his family moved to Kirby in 1966 and they lived across the street from Shelly's family. While they were teenagers Jerry asked her if she wanted...
Jennifer Fisher is still working on final plans for a new business called OEB Saloon. It will be a liquor store and a bar at 500 South 6th Street. Right now she and her partners are waiting to close on the property. Some of her plans include having a patio out back and she wants it to be a fun place to hang out. It will have multiple televisions, pool games, bar food such as pizza, nachos and wings. They might add more food choices later on. Fisher said they are keeping the One Eye Buffalo name for both the new saloon and the existing...
