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The decision was made during Tuesday’s county commissioners meeting to move ahead with a “soft” re-open of the Hot Springs County Courthouse, beginning today (Thursday). The courthouse was closed down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to help slow the spread of the virus and the public was allowed in only if absolutely necessary. Now, the public may use the main courthouse entrance that faces Arapahoe Street. Signage will ask about any illness, fever or other symptoms before entry... Full story
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital has moved into their newly constructed wing and is making the transition to be known as Hot Springs Health. Jake Schrickling, project manager of Sletten Construction, reported on the effort that is still going on at the hospital. They have been preparing for the demolition of the old building and full tear down. It should take three weeks to get to the ground level, according to Schrickling. By the next hospital board meeting, the old patient wing will be...
A rather unique way of letting the seniors of the Class of 2020 know they were being thought of during the strangeness of graduating during a pandemic was something of a secret – secret adoption, that is. The idea started with the Campbell County Adopt a Senior page on Facebook, followed by the Natrona County Adopt a Senior page and then got picked up by a number of counties in Wyoming, including Hot Springs County and the Big Horn Basin. Local mother of a senior graduate, Christine Johnston, h... Full story
The Police Department recently upgraded and renovated its 911 communications center. The old console was installed in 2004 and recently ceased to work properly. The Town of Thermopolis approved the new console from Xybix. Xybix installed the new console and took them a day and a half to complete the install. The new center gives an updated look and professional atmosphere. Police Chief Julie Mathews made the improvements with funds from the town. There was new paint donated and applied by...
The Bureau of Reclamation, in response to a request from the Hanover Irrigation District, has scheduled a flushing flow below Boysen Dam, according to Area Manager Carlie Ronca. “The purpose of the flushing flow below Boysen is to attempt to flush moss down river and mitigate the amount of moss the district has at their diversion. On June 4 and June 5, flows in the river below Boysen Dam will fluctuate from 1,400 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 3,200 cfs and back to 1,400 cfs. After completing the flushing flow, the flows below Boysen will r... Full story
The Wyoming Department of Transportation is continuing with the changes to corners along Sixth Street and hope to have Phase I completed next week. The project includes tearing out the corners on each block and then rebuilding them to be ADA compliant. This week, they have been running on a skeleton crew as many of the workers had to leave for Sheridan for a short project in that area, but even with fewer people on the job they have tied up a lot of loose ends this week. Starting next week they will be starting demo again and pouring the...
The Wyoming Area Office of the Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), will perform road reconstruction on the Boysen Dam Road and the access road which runs between the dam and the Upper Wind River Campground. It is expected the work will start on June 16 and be completed by September 28. Construction will entail removing and replacing several culverts, grading, base course and paving roads that are currently gravel, realigning a portion of road that has been susceptible to rockfall, and...
Many students at Thermopolis Middle School worked very hard to receive the honor of Straight A’s this 2019-2020 school year. Fifth grade Tristan Armstrong, Ryan Axtell, Olivia Bledsoe, Autumn Cornwell, Ava Dafoe, Trysten DeVries, Kynzie Frederick, Summer Galovich, Teancum Gevas, Morgan Jones, Davien Martinez, Nathan Willie Sixth grade Mesa Allen, Elizabeth Arcand, Cody Bomengen, Lainie Boren, Sharon Burgess, Nolan Collins, Caden Dodd, Jadeth Elder, Kamryn Farrell, Dallyn Griffin, JolieAnne Herring, Cooper Holman, Taylor Ivie, Kamilla J...
Along with the new entrance sign to Hot Springs State Park, work is also being done to fix the roadway for the approach to and under the Burlington Northern Railroad overpass.... Full story
Ralph Witters Elementary presented their end of the year awards online this year as the pandemic prevented them from doing the presentations in person. The following are RWE award winners: Kinder Boost Music, Daxton McLean PE, TJ Miramontes Citizenship, Brycen Jones Most Improved Reading, Levi Logan Math Achievement, Kylie Schenck Kindergarten Music – Landen Tillack, Brooklyn Llabres, Gentry Kimes Science – Mackenzie Jones, Ben Farrell, Karlee Messenger PE – Baylee Bears, Aksel Polson, Willow Mortson Citizenship – Jenny Deromedi Most Improve...
by Katie Roenigk Riverton Ranger Via Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — State Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, lambasted his colleagues on the Joint Revenue Committee this week after the majority opposed drafting a bill to raise property taxes by 2%. It was the first major revenue-generating proposal the committee voted on during its two-day session last week in Lander, and it failed 8-6. “Is this a trend that everybody’s going to have on every revenue bill?” Case asked after the votes were tallied. “If so, how responsible are we being here? … Are we...
The Research & Planning section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 3.8% in March to 9.2% in April. In Hot Springs County, the unemployment rate jumped from 4.4% in March to 6.9% in April. In April of 2019 the unemployment rates was 3.1% in HSC. Given the large number of layoffs and other economic disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in unemployment was widely expected. Job losses were seen across all areas of the state and i...
Governor stands with event organizers to support their decision CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon and representatives from the state’s largest rodeos announced today that six of Wyoming’s large rodeos and events will not take place in 2020. This decision factored in economics, health concerns and logistics. The cancellation decision was made collectively and includes the Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo in late June as well the Cody Stampede, Central Wyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo in Casper, the Sheridan WYO Rodeo and Break... Full story
There have been eight confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Hot Springs County, As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 26. Seven are considered active, one recovered, no current probable cases and two recovered probable cases. In Wyoming there are a total of 648 confirmed cases, 202 unconfirmed probable cases, with 607 recoveries. COVID-19 cases shot up by 30 over the weekend. Recoveries also saw an increase of 24. On Tuesday, the Wyoming Department of Health reported that another Washakie County resident previously identified as a laboratory-confirmed...
Several financial issues were discussed, including the next year’s budget amongst others, during the May 19 Thermopolis Town Council meeting. Town Attorney Mike Messenger gave the first reading of a price increase for the legislature and the courts increase in cost for operation and maintenance of the computer software system and operation for the municipal court and for all courts as well. This is amending Ordinance #848 increasing the court automation fee from $25 to $40 pursuant to Wyoming s...
With over 150 cubic yards of concrete already poured, WYDOT is making their way down Sixth Street on one side with hopes to the other side soon. The ADA corners at Mack's Market and the Dollar Store were completed on Tuesday before the crew moved over to O'Reilly's and the Smoking Waters Bar area. They will be near Amoretti next week with plans to be at Broadway in the next three or four weeks. Crews said traffic was very heavy on Friday with the three-day weekend and they noted there were a...
Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies will hold a Drive-thru Mobile Pantry at the Thermopolis Middle School, 1450 Valleyview Dr., Saturday, May 30, 1-3 p.m. There are no qualifications to receive this food, you will just need to provide your name and phone number. “Wyoming knows about leaning in. When faced with a strong headwind, we lean in to get to where we are going. As COVID-19 impacts our state, Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies is leaning in by increasing food distributions across the state. In the month of April, over 1.8 million pounds of f... Full story
The Wyoming FFA was forced to cancel its convention due to Covid19. The convention was to take place April 15-18 in Cheyenne. It was decided to hold an online celebration, the 2020 Wyoming FFA Jubilee. This way they could recognize members and advisors and their accomplishments over the 2019-2020 Wyoming FFA year. They offered videos and online workshops. Several Themopolis FFA Chapter members were recognized as part of the state jubilee. FFA State Degree recipients are: Audrey Axtell, Spencer Axtell, Hunter Bartholomew, Logan Shumway and...
The Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism Board met to discuss their current budget with some changes and next year’s budget as well. In her financial report, Tourism Director Jackie Dorothy reported for the current year so far they are under budget with expenses reaching $116,000 out of a total allotment of $200,000. This makes some of their money carryover into the next year. In Dorothy’s Director’s Report, she discussed their strategic marketing plan. Dorothy wants to focus on this for the n...
Hot Springs County Recreation District Director, Anja Abbott, informed the Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Directors they have managed to cut about $45,000 out of their budget. Abbott said they are trying to cut the little stuff here and there in order to get the budget in line. This year, they are requiring ever group asking for funds to do a presentation, even if they’ve been getting money from the Rec District for years. Abbot said they have decided to wait to send any funding u...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met briefly as the County Board of Equalization in order to sign the 2020 abstract of Hot Springs County. County Assessor, Dan Weber, put the abstract together, which includes everything his department assesses by categories, including private property, industrial and agricultural. It will now be sent to the state for their approval. Emergency Management Coordinator, Bill Gordon, and Public Health Director, Tricia McPhie, informed the commissioners, as of last week there were three active cases of COVID-19 i...
Three Hot Springs County residents have tested positive for Coronavirus over this last weekend. At least one dozen more people have undergone testing as of Monday, May 18. Results are pending. Ongoing tracing of multiple contacts is underway. If others test positive the contact tracing will include more people. With this ongoing contact tracing we will be seeing more people in home isolation and quarantine. As of Tuesday afternoon, HSC has a total of four positive cases, three probable cases along with three recovered. Several cases of COVID-19...
Spring and summer not only bring flowers and green grass, in Wyoming they also bring road construction. Thermopolis will be spending most of its summer under construction with the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) working its way down Sixth Street on both the northbound and southbound sides. For the next two weeks, concrete work will continue on both sides of the highway. From Canyon Hills Road to Amoretti, work will be on the southbound lanes only. When that is completed, the work... Full story
The filing period for county, municipal and state offices is open and ends May 29. County and precinct committee office candidates should file at the Hot Springs County Clerk’s office and town candidates file at Town Hall. Candidates for state offices should file at the Secretary of State’s office, State House District 28 Rep. John Winter of Thermopolis has said he plans to seek a second term. Levi Shinkle, also of Thermopolis, has announced his intention to seek the Democratic nomination for the seat. State Senator Wyatt Agar has ann...
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Legislature’s first special session since 2004 ended Saturday night with three bills headed to the desk of Gov. Mark Gordon for his consideration, as lawmakers wrapped up their initial attempts to respond to issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The main task of the special session was to set up programs and timeframes for the spending of $1.25 billion Wyoming received through the federal CARES act. Though Gordon has the ultimate authority to spend the mon...
