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As our temperatures start to rise you may notice your plants aren’t doing as well as they were in the beginning. Just as humans can suffer from heat stroke, your plants can suffer from heat stress. There are a few simple things you can do to protect them, however. When you think mulch, the first thing that may come to mind is how expensive it is, but there are alternatives you can use that are cheap and easy and will reduce your chores, retain water and reduce evaporation so your plants grow vigorously. Simple options include dry grass that c...
The Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, has scheduled a Thermopolis services day on Tuesday, June 18 at Hot Springs County Library. A representative will be available to help job seekers and employers at the library from 10 a.m. until noon, and from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The representative can help people register on the Wyoming Dept. of Workforce Services website, wyomingatwork.com, navigate the site or update contact information and work history. Help can be given to create a resume...
After more than 38 years of working with Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, Human Resources Director Patti Jeunehomme’s final day will be July 2. It seems appropriate that she’s spent so much time working with the hospital, having been born at the former Hopewell Hospital on the hill in Thermopolis. When she began at the hospital on May 4, 1981, Jeunehomme was the executive secretary, personnel director, and did physician credentialing, ensuring all the physicians had their proper lic...
According to Hot Springs County Emergency Coordinator Bill Gordon, late in the day Sunday, as was expected, Boysen lake elevation reached 4725 feet and began filling into the flood pool. Today, as of about 3:30 p.m., it is about 4725.7 feet. Boysen operations are now being dictated by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Release flows from Boysen Dam were increased to 6,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) at 3 p.m. today. This flow should not threaten property along the river. However, the following is the position of Hot Springs County Emergency...
During their regular meeting Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Town Council, with council member Dusty Lewis absent, approved signing an agreement for the Joint Law Enforcement Center. The agreement sets forth whom the sheriff and chief of police shall supervise, expenses, equipment, inmate revenue and expenses, and payment and funding procedures. The agreement states the sheriff shall be responsible for supervision of deputies, jail personnel and other staff, and shall budget monies required to main...
Rainy weather is the most probable reason there was less air traffic at the Hot Springs County Airport this past month, according to FBO Nate Messenger. Messenger told the Hot Springs County Commissioners the decrease in activity affected the fuel sales as well, but assured them it was already way up for the month of June. There were a total of 124 operations at the airport during May, including five air ambulances with 740 gallons of aviation fuel and 367 gallons of jet fuel sold. Messenger...
We don't really want to say anything out loud, but it looks like the constant rain is finally over, at least as far as the National Weather Service can determine today. It's not hard to believe, but parts of Wyoming had the wettest May since 1960. Here in Hot Springs County we had an inch-and-a-half more rain in May than we normally do and we were five degrees cooler than normal, making 2019 the third coolest May on record. We were having winter storm warnings well into the middle of May, and ev...
Monday afternoon in Hot Springs District Court, Judge Bobbi Overfield sentenced Kiefer Tuzicka to three years of supervised probation on a felony charge of delivery of a controlled substance. Tuzicka was originally sentenced to 4-6 years with the Wyoming Department of Corrections, but that sentence was suspended. His probation was further ordered served concurrently with a one-year probation sentence he received in Big Horn County on May 5 of this year. Prior to sentencing, defense attorney...
Shane Wilson with the Wyoming Department of Transportation looks over a spot on the northeast side of Hospital Hill where recent rains caused the start of a sink hole. Wilson said on Tuesday the area is stable right now and on Monday, WYDOT crews will be doing fill work, adding concrete and packing the area below the road....
Born and raised in Thermopolis, Nancy Madrigal graduated from Hot Springs County High School in 1968. Of her 50-year class reunion last year, she said, “we had a ball. We did our whole thing in the park and it was so much fun.” After high school, she attended Chadron State College and beauty school in Cour D’alene, Idaho, where she also had her daughter. The two moved to Lander, Wyo., where she taught school for 13 years, as long as her children were attending. “Every summer we travell...
Ol’ Ma Nature has finally turned off the tap above our area, providing a chance for the sun to come out and things to dry out. Of course, that much moisture causes plenty of growth in not only grass and flowers but those pesky weeds as well. It can also result in standing water pools, prime breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Jim Andreen with Hot Springs County Weed and Pest noted they don’t spray for weeds on people’s property, but do sell the chemical. He noted every March they have a private applicator class, and after taking it people can p...
Every year, the month of June is dedicated to National Safety Month by the National Safety Council. It is a time to think about safety measures at work, at home and on the road. In spite of all the safety measures workers are expected to follow, preventable work-related deaths have increased more than 17% since 2009. An agreement between OSHA and the National Safety Council works to prevent those workplace injuries, illnesses and even deaths by developing compliance assistance tools and best practice documents. Those compliance tools and best...
Due to insufficient registrations, the upcoming Business Continuity Planning session has been cancelled. The course was scheduled for June 12, though the registration deadline was May 29, and a minimum of 20 registrations had to be received by the deadline....
Zoe Stone was among the finalists in the University of Wyoming’s $1,000 awards for excellence in research related to the liberal arts. Of nearly 500 submitted projects, 1552 were selected as possible contestants for two distinguished awards given by Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious honor society. The judging team was composed of UW faculty and staff members. Judges reviewed all 152 abstracts and selected 11 finalists in two award categories. Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees Heather Castro, Michelle Smith, Joe W...
Home to various activities throughout the year — birthday celebrations, wedding receptions, fundraisers, reunions and dinners, to name a few — the VFW Post No. 2281 is something on an unofficial community building. The building, built in 1958, is in need of a new roof and other repairs and updates. With the help of the community, in April and auction event brought in some necessary funding to get those repairs started. Jeff Strong noted the roof is 18-20 years old, and they are still trying to get bids in for the work. After the roof is don...
CHEYENNE — The mayor of Cheyenne and the governor of Wyoming engaged in a public dispute Monday over what happened Friday during a contentious meeting about a potential Taiwanese state visit. In a news release sent from her office Monday morning, Mayor Marian Orr accused Gov. Mark Gordon of going on a “profane misogynistic temper tantrum” directed at her during the meeting. She said she decided to come forward after the weekend to make sure actions like his would not be tolerated. In his own statement, Gordon denied he tried to intim...
THERMOPOLIS — At emotional hearings that drew hundreds, critics challenged regulators’ baseline assumptions that would allow the dumping of tons of pollutants above Boysen Reservoir while boosters heralded the jobs the 4,250-well Moneta Divide oil- and gas-field expansion would bring. More than 300 residents of Fremont and Hot Springs Counties packed separate hearings in Riverton and Thermopolis to tell the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality why it should approve or reject a discharge permit for Aethon Energy Operating, LLC and Bur...
Flooding has caused damage in multiple area(s) of Hot Springs County. Farms and ranches suffering severe damage may be eligible for assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) administered by the Washakie-Hot Springs County Farm Service Agency (FSA) For land to be eligible, the natural disaster must create new conservation problems that, if untreated, would: •be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be needed to return the land to productive agricultural use •is unusual and is not the type that would rec...
The annual town clean up was about more than an opportunity to clear junk out of yards, homes and streets. With the influx of tourists that hit Thermopolis about this time, it can be thought of as preparing our home for company. But a clean town is just one aspect of drawing people for a stop or overnight visit. Hot Springs Travel and Tourism Director Amanda Moeller noted they are working on a rebranding for Thermopolis, changing from the “opolis” campaign in the past few years, and stressing th...
Activities Director Brandon Deromedi gave an activities wrap-up presentation to the Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Trustees during their May 21 meeting. Deromedi pointed out 57% of the middle school students are engaged in some kind of activity, whether it be sports or something else, with the largest participation being in seventh grade where 67% of the students are participating. About 33% of the sixth graders are doing some kind of activity and eighth graders are p...
During their Tuesday night meeting, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees were presented with the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2020 by Chief Financial Officer Shelly Larson. “We are coming off of a year in which we saw substantial growth at the hospital,” Larson said. As such, she is concerned about pushing the envelope for continued growth at the same rate, especially with the construction going on. Board members were presented with copies of the budget to read thr...
Despite the amount of rain we’ve been having lately, Compliance Office Ame Longwell reported the Spring Clean-Up May 13-25 was successful. Longwell noted that the dumpsters were full, but didn’t have estimates on how much was taken to the dump. Though a “free dump day” was set for May 18, the rain made getting to the dump impossible, so another free day is planned for June, hopefully when things are a bit drier. She also had some good response from those who have been notified repeatedly they have nuisance property, and some have gone “elbow...
Recent heavy rains caused area creeks to fill to capacity and beyond. This culvert located on Cottonwood Creek Road was not able to withstand the pressure of the added water. The county closed the roadway late Tuesday afternoon prior to the culvert being torn out later in the evening. This section of the road will be closed for an unknown length of time. Visitors can still get to Legend Rock Petroglyphs from Cottonwood Creek Road and there will still be access to Hamilton Dome Oil Field from...
Six Wyoming units are deploying to the Middle East, one being 2nd battalion 300th Field Artillery. On May 8 they departed to Texas for some pre deployment training. Thermopolis resident and 2016 Hot Springs County High School graduate Adam Hanson left for a nine-month deployment. Hanson said, “What an honor it is to be able to fight for this country and what a feeling it was to walk towards that airplane knowing I won’t be back for a year. I’m proud to wear this uniform and I’m honored to serve....
Unemployment numbers are looking good in Hot Springs County, even lower than the state average of 3.3%. The Research and Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services said most county unemployment rates fell from March to April, due in part to job gains in construction, professional and business services and other sectors. In Hot Springs County, our labor force is up by 22 people since March, but still remains down from this time in 2018 by a total of 45. Our employment numbers are up 39 from March, however that number is...
