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In the most recent iteration of the Tipi Retreat action filed in the District Court of Hot Springs County, Judge Bill Simpson has issued a ruling which reverses actions taken by the current Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners. Judge Simpson issued an Order of Reversal regarding a Petition of Review of Agency Action filed by Martin G. Oravec, Jr. and Gary A. Frazier contesting a decision by the Board of County Commissioners, dated April 1, 2025, relating to the approval of a land use application filed by The Tipi Retreat. Judge Simpson...
Hot Springs Health (HSH) announced last Thursday that they were ending their contractual relationship with local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provider Mortimore Ambulance Service, effective July 31. HSH has partnered with Cody Regional Health for EMS services in the community. Cody Regional Health currently provides services in Park, Washakie and Big Horn Counties. According to HSH, when local residents call 911 for emergency services, Thermopolis Police Department’s 911 dispatch will have this new EMS service available. In this interim t...
The 2025 Junior Livestock Auction and Judges' Choice Bake Sale is a wrap. Once again, business owners and private citizens came out and showed their support for our Hot Springs County youth. This year's sale brought in $198,295. A total of 19 beef sold at $110,098.75 for an average of $4.77 per lb. The Grand Champion Beef, sold by Meadow Moline, weighing 1,256 lbs., sold for $6.25 per pound for a total of $7,850 paid by winning bidder Macks Market. The Reserve Champion Beef, sold by Jayssie Owsl...
The Wyoming Dinosaur Center is celebrating its 30th anniversary—three decades dedicated to the discovery, preservation, and exhibition of some of the world’s most fascinating fossils. Founded in 1995, the Wyoming Dinosaur Center has grown to become a leading paleontological museum, known for its exceptional collection of dinosaurs and fossil specimens, many discovered locally in Thermopolis. It remains one of the best museums in the state of Wyoming actively preserving and showcasing fossils found within state borders - making it a central gua...
Get revved up for the Thermopolis Demolition Derby set for Saturday, August 9 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds with the action starting at 6 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m. Limited Weld Grand prize is $3,000 with the second place winner taking home $1,500 and third place brings in $800. The Mad Dog wins $1,000. If you’re more interested in the truck derby, first place garners the winner $1,500, second $750 and third $500. The Mad dog earns $500. Gut N Go Derby first place prize is $1,000 and second place $500. The Mad Dog earns $500. Must h...
The South Thermopolis Water and Sewer District (STWSD) will conduct a public meeting at noon Monday, August 18 at the Hot Springs County Annex Building at 117 N. 4th St.. The purpose of the meeting is to allow citizens to review and comment on the STWSD South Loop Project. This project improves capacity and redundancy on the South end of the STWSD system with installation of a new transmission main. The new line will run along Highway 20 connecting the existing STWSD line on the S. Yellowstone Road to the existing STWSD line near Rimrock Road....
The Hot Springs Health Hospital Board met for its monthly meeting on July 29. The past two months, June and July, have seen several areas of growth. A formal training by public officers - a Wyoming State mandate - was refreshed with a focus on compliance and best practice. Michele Matt was introduced along with the Service Excellence Initiative’s new Service Excellence Advisors. Service Excellence Initiative is in its third year, and is seeing positive outcomes with plans for more. In July, Matt led sessions on “The Five Behaviors of a Coh...
Meet Tepee owner Mark Begich The public is invited to a meet and greet with the new owner of the Tepee Pool and Spa, Mark Begich. The event will be held on Monday, August 11 beginning at 6 p.m. at the fire hall, 400 S. 14th St. Begich will be available to visit with guests and share his vision for the future. Music in the park Roger Lee will be performing free music in the park on Wednesday, August 13 at 7 p.m. at Hot Springs State Park. Food and drink concessions will be available. Lee plays a variety of music with a strong foundation in 70s...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Powerful storm hits Cheyenne on 40th anniversary of 1985 flood CHEYENNE (WNE) — A powerful storm tore through Cheyenne and surrounding areas Friday afternoon, resulting in baseball-size hail and funnel clouds and causing widespread damage to vehicles, homes and trees. At 5:31 p.m., the National Weather Service office in Cheyenne issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Cheyenne, which was followed soon after by a tornado warning, and then tornado sirens. Matthew McLaughlin, NWS general forecaster, said a...
The Hot Springs County School District has opted to participate in the USDA Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) Program. The CEP program is a both a National School Lunch Program (NSLP), as well as a School Breakfast Program (SBP), operating under the auspices of the United State Department of Agriculture. The district has not previously participated in the program, however, recent changes to eligibility parameters will now allow the district to fully participate. As a result, school breakfast and lunch will be provided free of charge to all...
Wyoming State Parks is moving forward with another key infrastructure upgrade at Hot Springs State Park (HSSP), an asphalt improvement project to enhance road conditions, improve drainage, and freshen roadway striping throughout the park. Construction begins the week of July 28 and continues through September 3. The project will address damaged sections of roadway and curbing, update gutters, and repaint road markings. While the park will remain open throughout the construction period, visitors should expect occasional minor detours and...
The Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism Board met on July 22 for their regular monthly meeting. Director Angela Guyon presented the board with a current financial report, reflecting the status of the organization’s financial condition. As a part of the financial report, Guyon provided a comparison of lodging tax revenues over the past four fiscal years. The report reflects that the lodging tax revenues were down for the fiscal year 2024-25, albeit by just 2.32 % for that fiscal year. Perhaps more concerning, however, Guyon’s report shows tha...
Brothers, Bridger and Hoyt Peil, have had a busy rodeo season, culminating in their qualification to compete in national events this summer. Younger brother, Hoyt, will commence his 8th grade year at Thermopolis Middle School this fall. At the young age of just 13, Hoyt has become a veteran at competing in rodeo events around the state, and the nation. Hoyt finished the 2024-25 rodeo season ranked 4th in the state in team roping. Along with his partner, Kasen McConnaughey of Riverton as header,...
by Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com, via WNE A February ruling that Wyoming has been unconstitutionally underfunding public education brought major implications for the public school landscape across the state. Educators hoped it would result in better teacher salaries and more money for mental health counselors, school resource officers, school nutrition programs and safer buildings. But in an appeal filed last week, Wyoming attorneys argued that courts should only intervene to compel increased state funding when evidence “clearly demonstrates me...
In a world of online shopping and fast fashion, it's easy to get used to discarding things at the end of a season - perfectly good things with an abundance of life left. And that's where Ana Mosser comes in. Mosser, the new owner of Hot Springs Thrift on Shoshoni just off the 20, is working hard to keep things in stock and ever-changing. Mosser and her husband ran into the former owner, a man she'd known for years, at an estate sale in Cody, and during the months that followed the encounter,...
A new opportunity to live well and age well is coming to Hot Springs County. The Keys to Embracing Aging program, a free health and wellness series designed especially for middle-aged and older adults, will be offered this fall at multiple locations around Thermopolis. Starting Tuesday, August 19, the full seven-week program will be held weekly during lunch at the Thermopolis Senior Center and again at 1 p.m. at the Pioneer Home. Sessions continue each Tuesday through September 30. If you can’t make the daytime series, a condensed, one-hour v...
“Moccasined feet of Indians trod the paths surrounding the Big Horn Hot Springs long before the coming of the first white man.” These words open the “History of the Spring” written by Jessie L. Duhig and are found in the program for the annual Gift of the Waters Historic Pageant that will be performed at 6 p.m. on August 2 and 3. The Pageant honors when members of the Shoshone and Arapahoe nations ceded 10 acres of land, which includes the Big Horn Hot Springs, to the US Government. As part of the treaty, Chief Washakie put a clause in the tre...
Get revved up for the Thermopolis Demolition Derby set for August 9 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds with the action starting at 6 p.m. Gates open at 4 p.m. Limited Weld Grand prize is $3,000 with the second place winner taking home $1,500 and third place brings in $800. The Mad Dog wins $1,000. If you’re more interested in the truck derby, first place garners the winner $1,500, second $750 and third $500. The Mad dog earns $500. Gut N Go Derby first place prize is $1,000 and second place $500. The Mad Dog earns $500. Must have five to h...
Rummage sale Hot Springs County Prevention Coalition is holding a rmmage sale Satruday, August 2 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the corner of 5th and Broadway, next to Broadway Bakery. Tickets will be available for a raffle drawing. All funds will go to the coalition to host their upcoming Community Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk. Tree care class ISA Certified Arborist Jason Byerley will present a free tree care class on Tuesday, August 5 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Library, 344 Arapahoe. There will be quesion and answer...
The Hot Springs County Land Planning Commission met July 23rd for their monthly meeting. All were present except Rick Mickelsen. All minutes and agenda were approved, with only one item on the list for the meeting. The Mead family has put in a parcel division requiring a land use change request on a part of their property along W. Sunnyside Lane. Of their lot, they are looking to create a 10-acre residential area for their home, although they plan to leave about eight of those acres for agriculture. Desires have been communicated to 10...
Isabella Gerber and Nykomia Whiting were named to the Casper College President’s Honor Roll for the 2025 spring semester. Four Thermopolis Middle School students had the opportunity to attend STEM camps. Three of the boys went to the Vanderbilt University Campus in Nashville, TN and the fourth went to Washington, D.C. The boys were invited to attend due to nomination by a teacher. Henry Cheney (son of Curtis and Jennifer Cheney) attended the Washington campus, while Keldon Linton (son of Gary Linton and Stacia Noorda), Ian Brooks (son of L...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers 286 acres burn in Red Cabin wildfire in Oregon Basin CODY (WNE) — Fire departments from Park County responded to a wildland fire last Monday afternoon after a lightning strike ignited a blaze east of Dry Creek and southeast of Cody in Oregon Basin. Cody Fire responded to the call with four engines to the scene, while Powell dispatched two and Meeteetse sent three engines to the site. The call was received around 2:45 p.m. The burn area, totaling 286 acres, originated on BLM land, but ultimately affected a...
Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Bill Simpson signed an Order of Reversal regarding a Petition of Review of Agency Action filed by Martin G. Oravec, Jr. and Gary A. Frazier contesting a decision by the Board of County Commissioners, dated April 1, 2025, relating to the approval of a land use application filed by The Tipi Retreat, LLC. Judge Simpson ordered that the board’s decision reflected in its April 1, 2025, document, Findings of Fact Regarding Michael and Michele Stevens’ Application of a Land Use Change, be reversed. This rei...
On July 14, 2025, the Defendants filed their Answers to the Plaintiffs’ Complaint in the Buck Laramore wrongful death action, which is pending in the United States District Court in Cheyenne. The Thermopolis Police Department is represented by Thomas W. Rumpke, Esq., of the Wyoming Local Government Liability Pool. Former Thermopolis Police Officer, Michael G. Mascorro, is being represented by the law firm of Sundahl, Powers, Kapp & Martin, L.L.C. The plaintiffs are represented by Jack D. Edwards, Esq., of the Edwards Law Office, P.C. The h...
The 2025 Hot Springs County Fair will kick off with shooting sports competitions on Thursday, July 24 and Friday, July 25 at the Bob Milek Range with shooting beginning at 5 p.m. both days. All other events will be held at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds unless otherwise noted. The horse show is on Saturday, July 26 beginning at 8 a.m. The Thermopolis FFA Alumni Ranch Rodeo will be held Saturday, July 26 with the Calcutta starting at 5:30 p.m. and rodeo action following. Teams will consist of five competitors and must include a person over...
