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An estimated 10 percent (14,000 total) of Wyoming’s kids, double the national average, do not have health insurance according to the 2019 KIDS COUNT® Data Book released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The Data Book assesses child wellbeing using 16 measures that represent the domains of health, education, economic well-being and family well-being and community. The 2019 Data Book report found that Wyoming’s child health system was weak when compared with the rest of the nation, ranking 49th out of 50 states. While these findings were disa...
Everyone could use a little help from time to time and the Thermopolis Church of Christ may have just what you’re looking for. The church will be hosting a youth group that is looking to help members of the community during their stay in Thermopolis, July 13-17. If you have a project, whether its yard work, clean up, small painting projects, general repair or something along those lines, the youth will come, at no charge to you, to get it done. All you have to do is supply the materials. If you need some help, please call Pete Coggi at 3...
During their June 25 meeting, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees reviewed and approved the 2019 Community Health Needs Assessment, presented by Miranda Nelson, a social worker with the hospital. Nelson noted the assessment involved a lot of collaboration with the community and the Hot Springs County Community Prevention Coalition. The assessment is required every three years, and the last was done in 2016. The full assessment will be available via the hospital’s website....
A line of cars sits west of town as drivers wait for the pilot car to lead them through the area being chip sealed on Highway 120. The stretch of road being sealed is 32 miles and the work is expected to be done by mid-July....
After a very wet spring, most of Wyoming was looking good as far as fire danger, a multitude of counties in the low range with just a couple sitting in the mid range. However, since the last several days of high temperatures and very low humidity along with fairly breezy conditions, we can’t say that anymore. Hot Springs County is currently in the mid range for fire danger according to the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WYFAS). We are looking at very little chance of any rain for at least several more days, which could raise our fire a...
by Mark Dykes Independence Day is one of several days throughout the year where we have the time to reflect on what it means to be an American, the freedom we enjoy and the soldiers who made that freedom possible. Jeff Strong enlisted in the United States Air Force in January of 1971. The first three quarters of the year, he said, were various kinds of training at locations including Sheppard Air Force Base, Brooks Airfield and Lackland Air Force, undergoing jet engine training and helicopter...
Folks out in the Cottonwood Creek area will be glad to know the water has receded enough now that Hot Springs County Road and Bridge Director Dave Schlager said work should start on replacing the culvert that failed last month. The road near the “Y” has been closed several weeks after a huge rainstorm undercut the culvert, tearing it from the ground and tipping it on its end. Schlager said the target date to start the work is July 8. He also indicated there are three more culverts down the line where Sand Draw crosses Cottonwood that are in...
The Hot Springs County Senior Center is now available to provide rides for veterans to get to medical appointments. Center Director Trenda Moore said the appointments must be in the state, and the rides are free. Through the Highly Rural Transportation Grants program through Prairie Hills Transit, the center receives reimbursement. Rides will be provided using the senior center vehicles, and at least two days notice is required. To schedule a ride, contact the center at 864-2151....
A walk up the stairs at Mortimore Funeral Home calls to mind scenes from timeless silver screen treasures such as Back to the Future and Hook, but for Mike Mortimore, there's riches of another kind in his clock repair shop. Mortimore said he wants to work in the arena of clock repair, and between his shop and his home he has 80-100 clocks that he plans to sell. He's gone to shops in other towns and seen that they sell for $400-500, but he plans to sell them for half that price. The clocks in...
One of the most devastating but least likely to happen disasters in Hot Springs County would be the catastrophic failure of Boysen Dam. Completed in 1952, the 220-foot tall earthen-filled dam was built for flood control and irrigation along with a 7,500 kilowatt hydroelectric power generation plant. Hot Springs County Emergency Management gives Boysen Dam a unique category in the list of threats to our county as the failure of the dam poses the highest risk of widespread, total carnage in the co...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners had a busy meeting on Tuesday, starting with the monthly report from Nate Messenger, FBO for the Hot Springs County Airport. During June, Messenger logged 174 different operations at the airport and sold more than 1,200 gallons of aviation fuel and over 2,100 gallons of jet fuel. He started a deal with a new helicopter operation out of Worland to sell them jet fuel. Because they are planning to use as much as 2,000 gallons each month, Messenger gave them a...
A hearing scheduled for June 26 in Hot Springs District Court regarding the sentence of James Wiley has been cancelled, following the dismissal of Wiley’s motion to correct an illegal sentence. In his motion, Wiley alleged that the sentence imposed on him as a juvenile violated established constitutional standards. Special Deputy Hot Springs County Attorney Michael Blonigen filed a response to Wiley’s motion, arguing that his sentence does not constitute one of life without parole and that he...
The Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund board awarded $293,293.29 to 36 projects around the state at their recent grant review meeting in Thermopolis. Awards were given to a wide variety of projects, from historic preservation, archaeological research, and petroglyph preservation and education to art exhibition, museum storage equipment, choirs and orchestra programming. In Hot Springs County, $10,000 was granted for the Big Horn Basin Nature and Discovery Center Joint Powers Board, for a petroglyph...
You’re going to want to pull out the lawn chairs and get ready for a spectacular fireworks show on the Fourth of July, presented by the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department. According to John Fish, who has mastered the show each year for the past 25 years said this year is going to be very special. Funds raised so far for the event total $11,000, about the same as they had last year, but Fish said anyone still wanting to donate to the show may do so by dropping a check in the mailbox at the f... Full story
Following proceedings on Friday in Hot Springs District Court, a trial for Justin Spence will be set at a later time. Spence is charged with incest, a felony charge that alleges on July 4 or 5, 2014, he molested a juvenile female. Should the case go to trial, it will be the fourth for Spence on the charge. His first trial was cancelled due to a holiday conflict. His second was again rescheduled, after his defense attorney expressed concern he had not received all of the taped interviews of the...
A slight issue with the east abutment of the bridge on Broadway, when the concrete along the finger joint failed, required the bridge be closed for repairs. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett reported Monday afternoon that the work went quickly and smoothly, and the bridge is scheduled to be open again this Friday....
The public is invited to attend Father Joe and Ellen Galligan's retirement barbecue on Saturday, June 29 from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the lawn of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Joe Galligan was born and raised in the Episcopal Church, in a number of different dioceses around the country. He further explained he was born in Connecticut and was a member of the church growing up and while in the service. He and his wife married in 1969 when he was on assignment to a naval academy as a...
Guys and gals have a new place to get a trim, style or even a hot shave, as Kristen Monasmith opened the doors of Smoking Waters Barber Shop. She officially opened her current spot at 316 Broadway, No. 3 on June 18, though she had previously rented some space from Twisted Mane Salon and Spa starting on May 2. She decided to open a barber shop because she had been doing hair for a while and kept hearing people wanted a barber shop. Her husband, Raymond, is the junior vice commander for VFW Post...
Nothing is more exciting in the spring than the birth of all the new animal babies, and this year, at the Bar None Morgan Ranch, they've had their fair share of excitement with the arrival of 17 new foals. Harvey and Lois Seidel are the owners of the Bar None Ranch and if you look to the east on your way into the canyon, you just may catch a glimpse of the babies and their mothers running and playing in the grass. The Bar None pedigree begins with a mare named Shawnee Lass and a stallion named...
The franchise is reaching a milestone this year, and the Thermopolis location is celebrating with a trivia week July 1-7, during which people can come in and answer questions for a free koozie. Following the trivia week, the restaurant will have weekly deals through Aug. 18. Taco John’s history dates back to 1968 when a small taco stand opened in Cheyenne. It was a hit, and two local businessmen — Harold Holmes and James Woodson — purchased the franchise rights in 1969 and named the restaurant Taco John’s, after the man who opened that first t...
Everything is right on track with the completion of the construction at Gottsche Rehabilitation and Wellness Center for March 1, 2020. According to Gottsche director Cheryl Shero, things are going very well and the "new side" of the facility will be amazing. The addition will include new bathrooms and reception area as well as new space for patients. Phase I, which was the outside of the building, is completed, and the addition is known as Phase II. Last week, Gottsche had a community BBQ to...
We all look forward to the heat of summer, but at some point you’re going to have to turn on that air conditioning, so as temperatures rise, so does your electric bill. There are some things you can do to beat the high temperatures and that high bill that don’t take a lot of time or money. Did you know a ceiling fan or any kind of fan can make a room feel six or seven degrees cooler because of the wind-chill effect? The fan doesn’t actually cool the room, but it helps disperse the air conditioned air more efficiently so you could raise your...
Two competitors from the Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team returned on Sunday from the National Tournament in Dallas, Texas. The tournament features 1,299 schools from all 50 states plus several foreign countries, totaling 7,105 competitors vying for that coveted National stage appearance. Hannah Hu competed in Informative Speaking, a relatively new event to the circuit. While Hu placed third, fourth or fifth in all six of her preliminary rounds, it wasn’t quite enough to make it into the top 60 semi-finals. Hu competed agai... Full story
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees met last week with a shortened amount of information due to the upcoming board retreat. The board approved the Hot Springs County Recreation District budget for the upcoming year and agreed to the use of district-owned vehicles and district facilities for their programs. The buses and multi-purpose vehicles may be used when it does not conflict with regular school district activities and drivers will be provided through the school district’s transportation director. The rec district m...
The Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission approved a land use change for Frank Robbins at their meeting last week, passing it up to the County Commissioners with a “do pass” rating. The commissioners will consider the change at their July 2 meeting. Robbins’ application requests a change from residential to institutional in order to build a church building with a seating capacity of about 100 persons along with an onsite counseling ministry. The land is on the southwest side of the highway at 245 Hwy. 20 W. Robbins plans to construct...
