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A total of five people have been arrested on drug-related felony charges, with one bust believed by Hot Springs County Sergeant Deputy Jeremie Kraushaar to be the biggest in the county for meth. Kraushaar reported he had received information previously that Tyler Kihlstrom was returning from Utah with a large quantity of methamphetamine. The information was provided to Probation and Parole, which reported Kihlstrom had not appeared for his last scheduled appearance. That, Kraushaar said, provide...
Monday night at the Hot Springs County Fair Building, several members of the community gathered to ask questions of the candidates for county sheriff in a no host public forum. Though all candidates were invited to speak at the forum, only Dan Pebbles and Tom Christensen attended. After each candidate provided a brief introduction, those attending were allowed to ask questions, the first of which was in regard to working with the schools. Christensen said he knows there is a tight budget and...
A case against Mark Danis has been bound over to Hot Springs District Court. Danis faces charges of felony aggravated assault and battery with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic battery. The charges stem from an alleged July 25 incident, when a Thermopolis Police officer responded to a disturbance at the residence of Danis and Pedro “Peter” Diaz. At the scene, the officer was met by a Hot Springs County deputy. As the officers approached the residence, Diaz, covered in blood, opened the door. It was noted Diaz had a deep laceration to...
There was a one vehicle rollover on Hospital Hill Tuesday morning. No details were available at press time....
The filing dates for various county boards are open now through August 28. There are three openings on the Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Trustees, all four-year terms. School board applications are available in the County Clerk’s office. In addition, there are two openings for the Hot Springs County Fire Protection District’s board, both of which are four-year terms. Two rural, four-year terms are open on the Hot Springs Conservation District board along with one at-large, four-year term. Three openings are available on the H...
The Wyoming Transportation Commission has awarded a contract for $972,895 to Mountain Construction Co., of Lovell, for a left-turn lane on US 20 between Thermopolis and Worland in Hot Springs County by Oct. 31, 2019. The commission also awarded a $439,709 contract to Wilson Bros. Construction Inc., of Cowley, for pipe rehabilitation work at several locations in Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs and Washakie counties by June 30, 2019....
The next week will see a couple opportunities to visit with local candidates. Jerimie Kraushaar, a candidate for Hot Springs County Sheriff, will host a meet and greet at Storyteller on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 2-4 p.m. On Thursday, Aug. 16, mayoral candidate Mike Chimentiwill host an event at Candy Jack Park from 6-8 p.m....
A second candidate’s forum, sponsored by the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce will be held on Thursday, Aug. 16. All candidates that are running opposed, for both county and town offices, are being invited to attend the event at the school auditorium, starting at 6:30 p.m. You may anonymously drop off your question at the chamber office or email it to thermopolischamber@rtconnect.net. Questions may also be taken from the audience. Please be aware, due to time constraints and the number of candidates, not all questions may be a... Full story
Information from the Wyoming KIDS COUNT Data Book was recently released. The book, which shares county-by-county data, follows the release of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2018 KIDS COUNT® Data Book. The Wyoming Survey & Analysis Center (WYSAC) compiled and analyzed the data to ensure high quality independent reporting. The Wyoming Community Foundation releases the data book every two years and believes the findings can help to inform and guide decision making about our state’s kids. According to the Wyoming KIDS COUNT Data Book Hot Spri...
July was a very busy month for FBO Nate Messenger at the Hot Springs County Airport. According to Messenger’s records, there were a total of 200 operations at the airport, including four air ambulances. A Falcon 2000 jet had planned on overnighting in Thermopolis, but due to its size, 66 feet long with a wing span of 63 feet and a height of 23 feet, there was not hangar space large enough to accommodate the craft. Although it was not able to stay here without a hangar, the ownder did fill the p...
Hot Springs County has been covered in a cloud of smoke for many days now, and folks are wondering where its coming from. Fires burning along the West Coast, specifically California, are what is causing the haze hanging around town. Fortunately, Hot Springs County has been very lucky this fire season with only 712 acres having burned over the past three months, according to fire chief Mark Collins. That acreage came from a total of 66 small fires within the county. The Zimmerman Ridge fire, which was put out last week between Hot Springs and...
Among the candidates on the ballot for U.S. Senate is Republican Dave Dodson who recently visited Thermopolis and participated in the Pageant Days Parade. Dodson grew up about 35 miles south of Cheyenne in a farming and ranching area. His father was in the sugar beet business and his mom was a schoolteacher. He earned degrees in Business and Economics, and while in college one of the jobs he had was at a slaughterhouse. He later became involved in the oil and gas business before going into business for himself with a trucking, auto parts and...
Tuesday night at the Thermopolis Town Council meeting, there was lengthy discussion regarding alternative water options. Matt Ryan and Phil Scheel were present as representatives of the Hot Springs County Joint Powers Rural Water Board. Ryan noted a Level 2 study just finished and they are looking at the possibility of going to the State of Wyoming to request funding for a Level 3 study to drill a test well on Lysite Mountain. He said they were at the meeting to see if the town were interested...
The streets of Thermopolis have been a variety of detours this past couple months as the water line replacement project has gotten underway. Work began in Hot Springs State Park but was plagued with delays. According to Town Engineer Anthony Barnett things are a bit behind but they should hit the final completion date fairly close. A second crew has been beneficial, allowing for work on Seventh Street at the same time that work continues on Fifth Street and the 400 block of Warren. Barnett...
Tuesday evening, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees approved a number of policies, including the complaint/grievance policy. The policy is designed to allow handling of all patient and family complaints in a timely manner, and also track and track and trend complaints and grievances so as to implement any necessary changes and process improvements under the direction of Quality Assurance, Risk Management and Patient Care committees. Patti Jeunehomme reported on recent...
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, Hugo A. Luna pleaded not guilty — through an interpreter — to felony charges of first-degree attempted murder and kidnapping. The charges stem from a Friday, April 13 incident, during which Luna allegedly attempted to kill a woman who he had been traveling with for several days. The woman was found along the side of the road, and upon being interviewed said she became suspicious of Luna when he wasn’t stopping in populated areas and did not allow her acces...
Last Thursday almost looked like winter in Hot Springs County, as a short but intense thunderstorm came through with wind gusts and plenty of hail that covered yards and streets in a brief blanket of white. Meteorologist Chris Hattings with the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Riverton said the largest hailstones reported were about the size of a quarter and at official reporting stations the largest wind gusts were 35 miles per hour. The combined forces certainly left their mark,...
The political season in Wyoming is heating up with just a little under three weeks until the Primary Election, August 21. If you have discovered you aren’t going to be in town for the primary, your vote can still count if you do absentee early voting. You will need to contact the County Clerk’s office at 864-3515 to get the absentee ballot mailed to you, or you can stop in the clerk’s office and vote immediately. If you have the ballot mailed to you, it must be back in the clerk’s office by August 21. According to County Clerk, Nina Webber,...
There was a great turn out for the all candidate forum held a few weeks ago. Although with the amount of candidates present only one or two questions were asked of each candidate. Voters who would like more information specifically in regard to the candidates for Hot Springs County Sheriff — Tom Christensen, Pat Cornwell, Jeremie Kraushaar, Mike Nelson and Dan Pebbles — can attend the no host Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Candidates Forum on Monday, Aug. 6 from 7-9 p.m. All sheriff candidates have been invited to attend....
As of last Thursday, Trenda Moore has been named director of the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Moore said the decision came from the board, though she had been serving as interim director since the resignation of Lisa Pierce earlier this year. After things got a bit settled, Moore said, she chose to apply for the director position. Moore has been with the senior center for 16 years, starting as a sub in the kitchen, then being a janitor for a year and then a case manager. She has lived in Th...
Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) will be having new student registration on Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 9 a.m. until noon at the RWE office for students kindergarten through fourth grade. If you have any questions about registration, please call the RWE office at 864-6561....
Recently, Jackrabbit Java in Thermopolis was the recipient of a handwritten letter claiming a whole bean bag of its product was recently purchased, though the customer later tried the product and was disappointed as it tasted “stale.” The customer then requests a replacement of the coffee and an explanation of how it happened. While this appears to be a letter targeted specifically at the local business, it was found that such letters have actually been sent out to various coffee companies across the country. As of July 25, more than sim...
With the start of school just around the corner, it is time once again for the People for People Backpack program to get rolling. The program is a group of volunteers in the community dedicated to stopping hunger for local children by filling backpacks with food that are distributed on Friday’s so they have something to eat over the weekend. Many of our youngsters depend on the school lunch program to get their nutrition, and the backpack program ensures there are simple things the students can fix themselves to eat. There are plenty of o...
With the rain and hail we’ve seen this past week, there’s been plenty of standing water, which provides a breeding ground for perhaps the most annoying of the summer insects, mosquitoes. Aside from creating a bite that will leave you scratching for a couple days, mosquitoes are known for carrying dangerous diseases such as West Nile Virus (WNV) and Zika. According to information from Kim Deti, a public information officer with the Wyoming Department of Health, there have been no reports yet received of cases of WNV in Wyoming this year. Also, s...
A few weeks ago, the Hot Springs/Washakie County Farm Service Agency (FSA) conducted a presentation at Hot Springs County Library regarding livestock disaster assistance programs that are available to local agriculture producers through the USDA. Among the programs is the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP). The 2014 Farm Bill authorized LFP to provide compensation to eligible livestock producers who have suffered grazing losses for covered livestock on land that is native or improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover or is...
