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Law enforcement, firefighters and EMTs respond to a one-vehicle rollover, Saturday evening north of Thermopolis. The accident was handled by Wyoming Highway Patrol, with assistance from the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office. Though there was no official WHP report available, it appeared there were no major injuries....
Surviving members of the 300th Armored Field Artillery Battalion met at Thermopolis Café Saturday morning for a reunion, among them Bob Brown, Bob James, AJ Burns and John Dodge. Members of the 300th fought in the Korean War, with Battery “A” personnel activated for Korea on Aug. 14, 1950. Some of the battalion shipped out from Thermopolis in February of 1951. Upon their return, the unit had annual reunions, the first and last of which were in Thermopolis. Though the official reunions have come and gone, Saturday’s meeting gave these member...
At the direction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated an adult male grizzly bear on Friday, Sept. 20, as well as a sub-adult male grizzly bear on Sept. 22. The adult male bear was captured for killing cattle on private lands northwest of Thermopolis. In cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Shoshone National Forest, the bear was relocated to the Fox Creek drainage approximately fifty miles northwest of Cody. Luke Ellsbury, the large carnivore biologist...
RIVERTON — The Fremont County Coroner’s Office will hold a public inquest into the officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of Anderson Antelope, 58, of Riverton, on Saturday at Walmart. Officials said the Riverton Police Department officer who shot Antelope was not injured, despite being “stabbed… in the center of the chest” with a six-inch knife, according to a Monday statement from Fremont County Attorney Patrick LeBrun. LeBrun said the knife failed to penetrate the officer’s body armor. Antelope then “continued the assault,...
During their Tuesday evening meeting, the Thermopolis Town Council heard from Jeremiah Balius, who operates Mr. B’s Childcare and was in favor of allowing people to have chickens in town. The debate of whether to allow chickens is one that has come up at several meetings, which Balius is aware of, but wanted to come to a compromise to allow 4-H kids to be able to participate. He noted he would like to have chickens but since he has a business out of his house he doesn’t want to have to move out... Full story
The Hot Springs County Commissioners were on hand as Road and Bridge Superintendent Dave Schlager opened a pair of proposals for a municipal lease of equipment. The first bid amounted to a lease payment of $25,497 per year for three years. The second bid had a payment listed as $7,785, but Shlager nor the commissioners could determine if that was a monthly payment or a quarterly payment. Schlager will call the bidder to get clarification on the bid since three different offers were included in...
The Wyoming Department of Education recently released their findings for school performance among high schools in the state, including Hot Springs County High School. All schools in Wyoming receive a performance rating ranging from exceeding expectations to meeting expectations, partially meeting expectations or not meeting expectations. Overall, Hot Springs County High School (HSCHS) is meeting expectations based on the seven indicators of achievement, growth, equity, English learner progress,...
Vesicular Stomatitis (VSV) that has affected some of Wyoming’s equine, has now spread to cattle in three different herds. There has been confirmation from the Wyoming Livestock Board of one case in cattle Hot Springs County, and other cases are believed to be in Park and Platte counties. The disease was first discovered in Wyoming around late July when a horse in Platte county was confirmed by state and national veterinarian’s with the virus. Since then, twelve counties across the Cowboy State have confirmed cases in equine infections. Bit...
When a friend or loved one is in jail, those precious minutes visiting them through a glass window, using a telephone to talk, can mean a lot. But often there are circumstances that make it difficult or impossible for visitation at the Hot Springs County Detention Center. Making things easier is the addition of the center's new video calling service. Sergeant Detention Administrator Beth Price noted the regular visiting room will still be available, but the new service allows people to visit...
•Sept. 12: In 1922, a woman in a Cheyenne court brandished a horsewhip, planning to punish her husband. She was disarmed. •Sept. 13: In 1942, Casper attempted to close down its notorious “Sandbar” red light district in response to requests from the commander of the city’s Army Air Corps base. •Sept. 14: In 1893, a Rock Springs doctor reported on the “prevalance of typhoid fever in town.” •Sept. 16: In 1924, actor Tim McCoy visited Cody •to scout the area as a movie location. •Sept. 17: In 1924, a gas explosion at a Kemmerer coal mine ki...
Responders to an accident shortly after noon Friday had to cut a door of one of the vehicles to free the driver. The accident occurred when a northbound vehicle struck a westbound vehicle at the intersection of Fifth and Broadway near the flag pole. One subject was transported to the hospital with minor injuries....
There’s certainly been a buzz at the corner of Sixth and Park, as a former gas station has been transforming into the P6 Station Stone Fired Pizza Co. over the past few months. Owner Ryan Shaffer said the goal for opening was mid-September, and he’s had a few soft openings. “We want to be ready for the public,” he said. “You don’t want to show up the first day with no idea what you’re doing, and make everybody have a bad experience.” The soft openings, he added, will help work out the kinks....
Though still receiving invoices for advertising, Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Meri Ann Rush said things were looking good as far as money from the 2019 Demolition Derby. “We’re looking fairly good,” Rush said. “We did budget to make $15,000. We’re not going to be over that.” She plans to have more solid figures at next month’s meeting. As for the derby itself, Rush said the number of main derby cars was down to 10, compared to more than 20 last year. She not...
Hot Springs County High School had the strongest performance on state assessments in recent history. The 9th and 10th grades had scores well above the state average in English language arts, math and science. The strongest data is the ACT in 11th grade, an area that has long been a struggle for cohort performance in Hot Springs County. For the first time Hot Springs County High School has an overall cohort composite score placing our students in the top ten academically in the state. Our work to develop a vertically aligned curriculum across...
Wyoming’s first case of vaping-associated lung illness has been confirmed in a Uinta County resident, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). The young adult was hospitalized with severe lung disease. “Many states have already reported vaping-associated lung illness, including six deaths,’’ said Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH. “The Wyoming individual reported vaping in the months leading up to illness.” “We will continue to work with local and federal officials to investigate a...
Among those seen at the Hot Springs County Senior Center are couple Frank and Colleen Rhodes. The two recently started going to the center and said they have good food and a very accommodating. Colleen jokes that her husband is "a foreigner," having been born in Meeteetse but moving here when he was seven years old. The two met in high school and were married shortly following graduation; they recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of their wedding, Aug. 30, 1959. "Sixty years out of school...
Monday afternoon in Hot Springs District Court, Tiffany Ringgenberg of Cody pleaded not guilty to felony charges of possession of methamphetamine and conspiracy to deliver meth. The charges carry with them a combined possible sentence of 27 years in prison and a $40,000 fine. Though no date is yet scheduled, trial is expected to take at least three days for Ringgenberg. However, she is only one of three subjects arrested July 22 in a meth bust involving over 91 grams of the drug. Though...
During Sept. 4 meeting of the Hot Springs County Local Emergency Planning Committee, John Fish brought up concerns about what would happen if the bridge on Sixth Street spanning the river were to collapse. The bridge was downgraded from traffic to a footbridge in 1994, and Fish said the last inspection he could find record for was in 1992. Back in ’92, the estimated cost to repair the bridge was $738,000. “It has got some structural issues,” Fish said. “There’s some beams that are bent, the...
Hugh and Mary Sue Vass, as well as Norman Sanford, of Hot Springs County will be inducted as members of the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame (WCHF) Class of 2019 at the Casper Events Center September 22, during the First Annual Wyoming Cowboy & Cowgirl Legacy Week. Hugh and Mary Vass Hugh and Mary Vass began their ranching life together on August 5, 1949. They lived at the mouth of Prospect on Cottonwood Creek until 1959 when they moved to their ranch on Owl Creek 34 miles west of Thermopolis where... Full story
On Friday, Sept. 6, a fatal crash occurred around milepost 134 on US Highway 20 near Thermopolis. Around 4:45 p.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a motor vehicle collision. A 2009 Harley Davidson was traveling northbound on US Highway 20 and had started to enter a construction zone. A Ford F-550 was slowing to a stop at the direction of a construction flagger. The driver of the Harley failed to notice traffic was slowing down and laid the motorcycle on its side as he was attempting to brake. The Harley...
Monday afternoon in Hot Springs District Court, Judge Bobbi Overfield sentenced Byron Huffstetler to three years of supervised probation on a charge of conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance. The charge stems from a Dec. 23, 2018 controlled buy incident, during which Huffstetler was found to have less then one gram of methamphetamine. Prior to sentencing, he acknowledged his guilt in the matter and said he made the mistake of getting involved in drugs. Having put himself in treatment, he...
Here’s a few interesting state historical facts: •Sept. 4: In 1903, the Cheyenne Daily Leader reported the state penitentiary was almost filled to capacity. •Sept. 5: In 1879, the Delmonico Hotel and Washington Market in Cheyenne collapsed, killing several people. •Sept. 6: In 1932, construction began on the Veterans Administration hospital in Cheyenne. •Sept. 7: In 1918, a Union Pacific brakeman was “quite badly injured” after being squeezed between two rail cars in Rock Springs. •Sept. 9: In 1935, a man in Meeteetse who told the sheriff he...
Summer Beach looks out from a log home that burned Friday evening. Firefighters responded to an alarm that came in at 10:22 p.m. with four trucks and 18 personnel, and were on scene for about four hours. The home was occupied by Jason Hailey, who lost all his belongings as the result of the fire. Information on how to provide assistance to Hailey is in an ad on Page 3....
Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Meri Ann Rush was the recipient of the Wyoming Main Street 2019 Leadership Award. The award was presented to her at the Wyoming Economic Development Association (WEDA) Working Together Conference in Gillette Sept. 4-6. Rush said it’s a very humbling experience because there are plenty of others who also do a lot for Thermopolis. Of the conference, she said there is always a lot of good information to bring back. The fall conference is especially good, she said, as it brings t...
A new digitizing project is getting ready to begin at the Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center, thanks to a recent grant. The grant, given on behalf of the State Historical Records Advisory Board will make it possible for the museum to digitize photos, documents and record personal stories of life in Gebo, Crosby and Kirby, with emphasis on the coal mining industry of the time. The museum is looking for family photos and stories to get the project started. You do not have to give the photos to the museum, rather they will take them,...
