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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,...
The largest home hospice care organization in Billings since 2017, Stillwater Hospice, is now working in Thermopolis and the Big Horn Basin. Director Chris Graham said the company’s philosophy is to keep people at home, or wherever they live, until the end of life. “We are here to relieve the burden of the caretakers,” Graham said. “People don’t always understand what hospice is. We don’t just come in the last couple of weeks. We come in six months or even a year before to make the process bea...
The Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce have announced their nominees for 2019 business, non-profit and citizen of the year. Nominees for 2019 Business of the Year are: Storyteller, Wyoming Whiskey, Discover Thermopolis Print Zone, One Stop Repair, Vicklund Pharmacy, The Shoppe, Hot Springs Vet Clinic, Dairyland, Star Plunge and Pinnacle Bank. For Non-Profit Organization, nominees are: Main Street Thermopolis, Hot Springs County Library, Community Federated Church, Town of Thermopolis, Hot Springs County School District Number 1, Big Horn Basin Chi...
The University of Wyoming has released honor rolls for the 2019 fall semester. Chloe Renae Crosby, Amanda Dinsmore, Darren Carl Leonhardt, Margaret A. Ryan and Courtney N. Yarrington were named to the UW President’s Honor Roll. Niki Jo Hill, Abraham Hu, Elizabeth K. Lofink, Jake Michael Maksin, Hannah R. Ozmon, Linsey J. Reed and Jeffery W. Van Antwerp were named to the UW Dean’s Honor Roll. Austin T. Rush earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wyoming at the completion of the 2019 fall semester. Joe Doak has been sel...
The Hot Springs County Board of Travel and Tourism recently met and approved a language change in their bylaws. As part of their strategic plan was to define tourism, Matt Hughes gave a bylaw edit for the first reading. This was originally proposed by Robert Roos because of concerns of businesses that actually do not serve the tourism industry being part of the board. Tourism Director Amanda Moeller brought up the International Tourism Industry definition which states, “The people, activities a...
by Shane Sanderson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Prosecutors on Tuesday announced they will not again try Tony Cercy, a prominent Casper businessman, on an allegation of sexual assault. The announcement — made in documents that became public Tuesday morning — marks the conclusion to a case that has spanned more than 2 1/2 years. In its filing, the Natrona County District Attorney’s Office states that a Wyoming Supreme Court opinion that jurors could not again convict Cercy on the basis of an oral sexual assault means t...
It was 1907 and two towns just north of us were booming with coal. Gebo and Kirby boasted everything from boarding houses to grocery stores, baseball teams, schools and even city bands as the coal industry took hold and tons of the black fuel was pulled from the shafts dug on their outskirts. Of course, there was Crosby, too, which had become a town itself in 1890, providing the initial coal to get the other towns going. Needless to say, there were friendly rivalries between the three towns and...
The Ranger Via Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — Responding to a new push for medicinal marijuana legalization on the Wind River Indian Reservation, United States Attorney Mark Klaassen was non-confrontational. “The United States Attorney’s Office recognizes and respects the sovereignty of Native American Indian Tribes in their self-governance,” read a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Cheyenne. “(We) will continue to work with them to uphold the rule of law on tribal lands.” When states or localized government systems legalize mariju...
Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — Hours into the start of the 2020 legislative session, the Wyoming House killed a bill Monday that would’ve set the stage for Medicaid expansion. The bill fell at the earliest hurdle in the House, with nearly two thirds of the body voting against it as part of the chamber’s consent list. It’s a swift end for the measure, which would’ve given Gov. Mark Gordon the ability to study expansion and move it forward, albeit under the eye of the Legislature. Jen Simon of the Wyoming Women’s A...
The driver of an SUV accidently rear ended a semi-truck carrying gasoline on the south end of town on Monday. No further information was available....
The Wyoming Department of Education recently released a list of the recipients of the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Center Cohort 13 grants and Hot Springs County School District made the cut. With $2.05 million to distribute, the department of education gave $220,149 to the district, one of the top four districts as far as amount of money received. The program is authorized under Title IV, Part B, of the Every Student Succeeds Act and recipients must serve students and families from low-performing, high needs schools with...
If you’re ready to set some realistic activity goals, reduce your chances of falling and increase your flexibility as well as your strength and balance, then a Matter of Balance class may be just right for you. Presented through Hot Springs County Public Health and the Wyoming Pioneer Home, the classes will cover all of these goals during four, two-hour sessions starting on Tuesday, March 3. The classes will include group discussions, problem solving and peer support. To achieve the intended outcome, class attendance for all four sessions is r...
Stephanie Boren, Reading Specialist and Interventionist at Ralph Witter’s Elementary, announced a new school reading project. She gave each family of the students in the school a copy of “C is for Cowboy,” a Wyoming Alphabet book. The teachers and students will spend a week reading and talking about the book to build vocabulary and to learn about our great state. Boren states, “The benefits of reading aloud to all students are truly remarkable. Studies have shown that reading to childre...
The Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners is asking Hot Springs County Residents to apply for a Board Position of the Travel and Tourism Board. It is a three-year term and there is one opening. Residents of Hot Springs County who are interested in applying to serve on the Board or position should submit their County Board Questionnaire. This is available on the County website www.hscounty.com or at the Clerk’s Office. Submissions should be submitted no later than 12 p.m. (noon), Friday, February 28, 2020. Applications will be considered a...
