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It's hard not to notice the beautiful new sign arcing its way over the entrance to Hot Springs State Park. Many have asked if that's all there is, and State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates assures us there is more to come in the coming weeks. This week the installation of block, rock and brick has begun on the two bases of the arch to complete the aesthetics of the sign. Electrical work will soon start that will light up parts of the sign at night and a new warning system for RV's and motor...
The 2020 U.S. Census is getting started, so be on the lookout for a mailer that was sent out on Monday to your mailbox. This initial invitation will give you the information needed in order to respond to the Census by email, phone or mail. The final questionnaire will be in your mailbox around March 11. If you respond by any of the three options, no Census taker will come to your home. Census counters will begin canvassing the area on March 16, going home to home. All Census takers will have...
Hot Springs County’s part time court magistrate, Ed Luhm, joined a discussion with the Hot Springs County Commissioners regarding the need for a full time magistrate. According to Luhm, there is enough work to be done in Hot Springs County that a full time magistrate should be in place, pointing out the county, until recently, has always had a full time judge. Luhm is not just covering Hot Springs County, but hearing cases all over the Big Horn Basin as the Wyoming State Supreme Court d...
Chief Julie Mathews made a request for funding for the replacement of the dispatch console which is used by both the Police Department and the County Sheriff. It is currently 16 years old with an expected life span of ten years. According to Mathews, “It’s basically non-functional-functional.” The components cannot be repaired and are rendered obsolete. The dispatch console is necessary equipment as it is part of the 9-1-1 emergency system, but it has failed. The console is off-balance in its mo...
Started in 2016, Lasers Edge has come a long way from engraving tumblers in Ken Smith’s garage on Broadway. The company has recently moved to a new location at 811 S. 6th that gives them a much larger space for all the new things they have expanded into. Smith and his partner, Mark Brawley, along with Smith’s wife, Michelle, have a new contract with a large gun manufacturer to do specialized engraving on the guns before they’re shipped to their new owners. In order to do this, the trio had t...
Representative John Winter sent an update on what has been happening in the State Legislature over the past week, focusing on a few bills that have passed the House. HB 197 is a bill relating to a 48-hour waiting period before an abortion can be performed. “The prime purpose of this legislation is to encourage the woman to consider her decision,” Winter said. “There are many stories of women deeply regretting their decisions after the fact.” The physician is required to wait 48-hours before any abortion is performed, and if not adhered to, it w...
A state of Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services around Wyoming cities. Lori Crump is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Crump can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims, or request healthcare. Her office is located at 324 E. Washington Ave., in Riverton, and she will be available in Thermopolis on Friday, March 6 at t...
The February 2020 edition of LP Gas magazine featured an article recognizing four rising leaders in the propane industry, including Thermopolis’ own Phil Scheel. According to the article, “the Rising Leaders initiative helps bring to the forefront the youthful individuals working in key position of their propane companies.” Sheel owns Tumbleweed Propane, which he started with his wife, Shurie, in 2009. Sheel said he and his wife started with an old bobtail and a couple hundred customers. Now,...
Hot Springs County Airport is one of 10 Wyoming airports that will be receiving a portion of $7.2 million designated by the U.S Department of Transportation for airport safety and infrastructure. According to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, Hot Springs County Airport will receive $169,386 to fund a new airport master plan or study. The grant monies are all part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports to help keep them in good shape and make air travel a better experience for passengers, according to C...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital has announced tentative dates for their Open House for the new construction of their facilities. CEO Margie Molitor has proposed that the Open House will be on Thursday, April 2nd from 2:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Molitor wants to give the public access to view the rooms and building before they move into it with equipment and furniture, etc. There will be guides directing the public for tours and will explain the new features. After the Open House, the hospital...
Several high school student athletes were honored with sportsmanship awards during this month’s Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees meeting. Sterling Gerber was honored for his show of sportsmanship during the boys basketball game with Rocky Mountain on January 17 along with Jarron Mortimore during the game against St. Stephens the same day. Mortimore was also honored for the February 1 game with Big Piney. Duder Harvey received acclaim for his sportsmanship at the January 18 g...
Crews were putting the finishing touches on the the Hot Springs State Park entrance sign on Park Street Tuesday. The street was closed February 24-25 for installation of the welcome sign.... Full story
Kirby Ditch Irrigation District recently received notice they have been awarded funding for their lower reach piping project from the Bureau of Reclamation as part of more than $40 million in grant funds going to 54 water projects across the West. The total cost of the Kirby Ditch project is a little over $2.2 million and grant monies from the Bureau will cover $737,966. The project will convert 2.56 miles of the open Kirby Ditch to a buried polyvinyl chloride pipeline and is expected to result in an annual savings of over 1,000 acre feet of...
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Two weeks into Wyoming’s five-week legislative session, members of the House and Senate advanced separate versions of the state’s roughly $3 billion budget for the 2021-22 biennium Friday night. The two budget bills were passed out of the chambers on third reading, and differences between the two will be hashed out over the remaining three weeks of the session. Yet before Friday’s vote in the Senate, several lawmakers, including a committee chairman, as well as the lon...
by Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental review Friday of a closely-watched oil and gas project proposed for the heart of Wyoming. The BLM’s preferred plan would allow the company to drill 4,250 additional wells, but it would require Aethon Energy Management and Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company to undertake water management tests, decrease disturbance of critical sage grouse habitat and increase the use of directional drilling wells on mul...
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Via Wyoming News Exchange A powerful state senator chided environmental regulators Thursday after they proposed tightening the amount of pollutants a company can release from the Moneta Divide gas- and oilfield. Former Senate president and current chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Eli Bebout (R-Riverton) wrote the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality saying members of his appropriations committee are concerned the agency will “backtrack” on agreements they made with Aethon Energy. The...
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com Via Wyoming News Exchange Aethon Energy violated environmental regulations as it dumped Moneta Divide oilfield wastewater into Fremont County creeks above Boysen Reservoir, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality asserts in a letter. DEQ inspectors found “black sediment deposits” and foam in Alkali and Badwater creeks and “free oil” at a discharge point above them, the environmental agency wrote in a Dec. 17, 2019 letter of violation to an Aethon manager. Inspectors identified the black muck, w...
As the budget session of the Wyoming Legislature continues, the Requests for Proposal (RFP) for both the Days Inn and Star Plunge have been put on hold. Both businesses operate within Hot Springs State Park’s boundaries. According to Nick Neylon, Deputy Director of Wyoming State Parks reports the Joint Appropriations Committee has taken one-half of the spending authority from the Park’s State Capital Construction request, essentially setting aside all the money needed to purchase the Days Inn in...
Within the next couple of months, new security measures will be installed in the courthouse, jail and dispatch area using grant monies from the Department of Homeland Security. Dean Peranteaux, IT director for the county, has spoken with all of the department heads to discover what each of them would like to see in the way of security measures along with the judges and Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon, and has created a plan that will bring all of the departments within the... Full story
by Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — As Wyoming begins dipping into its savings to cover the cost of its K-12 education system, state lawmakers have begun to reckon with the question of what happens when the state’s “rainy day fund” — the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account, referred to as the LSRA — runs out. A Sublette County lawmaker believes he has the answer, however, pushing a bill through committee that could help stabilize the state’s reserve accounts. Carried in the House Appropriation...
The 2020 Legislative Budget Session for Wyoming has commenced and Representative John Winter said, “It is an amazing process and I am honored to represent the citizens of House District 28 for the State of Wyoming.” Winter provided a brief update and partial summary of the developments in the early stages of the budget session. HB35, Wolf Depredation Compensation, “was killed at introduction,” Winter said, “but we are still looking at options. I think the bill is important for livestock...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Town Attorney Mike Messenger presented the amendment for Town Ordinance No. 822 for a second reading. This amendment updates the definition of “Game Bird” and “Migratory Game Bird”. Essentially, it makes it illegal to feed turkeys in the town. There were nuisance reports of residents feeding wild turkeys in the neighborhoods with corn feed. The turkeys were collecting in groups, not leaving the area and were defecating on cars and property, causing damage...
Hot Springs County Clerk Rose DeSeyn and her family moved to Thermopolis in 1996. She’s been Hot Springs County Clerk for one year now and shared her reflections. “It’s been really a great experience. I got elected, started my term in January and March 1 my husband passed away. It was bittersweet, but this job, I have to honestly say, it saved me because it’s easy to just kinda fall into a depressive mode and I feel like, ugh, I can’t do this. But having to get up and come to work and learn new...
According to the website for Security Boulevard, they state that cybercrime represents the fastest-growing types of crime in the United States — and the world as a whole. Not only are the cyber attacks that fall within this category growing in number, but they’re also increasing in both size and sophistication. This results in an increasingly large price tag for governments, businesses, and organizations of all sizes. It also means business is booming for cybercriminals. If you are concerned and want to take action to prevent yourself or you...
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new “happening” spot in town for breakfast and lunch, the 148 Bistro. Situated inside Gottsche Rehabilitation and Wellness, 148 Bistro is a complete makeover of the previous cafeteria shared by Gottsche and Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, including a whole new menu that changes daily. Krista Raymond, formerly of the Front Porch, is serving homemade breakfast burritos, cinnamon rolls, homemade granola and more at breakfast along with delicious salads,...
