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(March 8, 2018, Cheyenne) The Wyoming Republican Party Executive Committee met via teleconference on March 7, 2018. The committee is comprised of the state party officers plus seven State Central Committee (SCC) members from around the state. The Executive Committee followed Robert's Rules of Order to conduct the meeting. Two motions were made. The first was a motion to suspend the duties, powers, and responsibilities of party secretary Charles Curley. The second motion directed Chairman W. Frank Eathorne to set a meeting of the SCC for the pur... Full story
A collective sigh of relief could be heard from Cheyenne all the way to Thermopolis last Friday as word came down that the Senate had killed SF112 and the House had approved funding through the biennium for the Wyoming Pioneer Home. A great effort between Representative Nathan Winters, Senator Wyatt Agar and local residents as well as folks from across the state ensured the home would be safe from privatization and funded through the next two years. The fight really began in the background a... Full story
Thermopolis Middle School was recently selected as one of three finalists for the prestigious DuFour Award, presented by Solution Tree during the Summit on Professional Learning Community At Work™ in Phoenix Feb. 20-22. Though TMS was not selected as the recipient, 5-12 principal Breez Longwell Daniels noted the school’s representatives, which included herself, Eric Kay, Cassie Hetzel and Jacob Strenger, were able to meet with representatives of the other nominated schools and discuss what the...
On Saturday, the Wyoming Republican Party State Central Committee nominated three people to fill the vacant Secretary of State office. Among the names that were forwarded on to Governor Matt Mead are Ed Buchanan of Torrington, Darin Smith of Cheyenne and Richard George of Cody. The three will be vying to fill the spot left vacant by former Secretary of State Ed Murray who resigned after two women accused him of sexual misconduct. There were initially eight applications for the position,...
"This is huge," State Representative Nathan Winters said Tuesday morning. "This is the biggest thing Hot Springs County has faced." Winters is referring to the privatization bill, SF112, that would have allowed an outside company to come in and take over the Wyoming Pioneer Home and the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin. According to Winters, there was no doubt in anyone's mind the bill was going to pass. "It was going to go through," he said. "There was a lot of pressure to pass it. We are...
Senate District 20 representative Wyatt Agar commented on the recent defeat of the bill meant to privatize the Wyoming Pioneer Home and the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin. Agar noted legislators from the Big Horn Basin worked hard to not only kill SF 112, but also returned funding in the budget bill and remove the study. “I am proud of how well our delegation worked together,” he said. “We as a community now need to come together and work on a path forward. This is not the last we will...
Monday afternoon in Hot Springs District Court, Jessica Bledsoe was sentenced to four years supervised probation on a charge of endangering a child — exposure to methamphetamine. The charge stems from a May 17, 2017 incident during which an officer assisting with a welfare check on juveniles observed a substance that later tested positive for meth in Bledsoe’s residence. Though sentenced to a prison term of two to four years, that sentence was suspended for the probation. A $3,000 fine aga...
For the past few years, students at Thermopolis Middle School have been kept up with the happenings at their building through the TMS Gazette. Hayden Mayne explained the origins of the publication, which began when he was in fifth grade with copies he drew up and wrote. “Mainly because I was bored,” he said, “I just wanted to have something to do on my own time.” In sixth and seventh grade, he started making print copies online, using his cell phone for pictures. It originally began as the Tea...
The Hot Springs County High School Board of Trustees received their annual audit report at their Feb. 20 meeting, courtesy of Michel, Wright and Associates. Michael Wright informed the board there were no problems with compliance with the exception of some minor issues. Compliance audits focus on federal grants. Wright indicated the district needs to work on keeping track of documentation. If there is no documentation on where grant funds were spent, the grantor assumes the money has not been...
This past weekend saw the two Thermopolis teams — Fistful of Axles and Aluminati — at the Wyoming State Championship in Casper, with Aluminati bringing home the Motivate Award. The team had previously won the Think Award at the Montana State Championships. The Motivate Award, teacher London Jenks explained, is presented to the team representing the essence of the FIRST Tech challenge competition through team building, team spirit, showing enthusiasm and connections with the school and com...
Tuesday evening at their regular meeting, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees received information from Kelli Hoblit regarding compliance for boards and a compliance work plan. The plan addresses topics such as awareness efforts on compliance risks, audits and monitoring, policy creation and evaluation and regular and/or specialized training. The plan is meant to demonstrate the hospital's commitment to ethical conduct by setting up guidelines for conduct Among the items...
The Land Use Planning Commission met with Mathew and Linda Huckfeldt and Clint Huckfeldt regarding a land use change on property they own at 850 Skelton Road. The Huckfeldts would like to do a small subdivision of the property, selecting a piece of five acres to split from the remaining acreage, leaving a 35.3 acre parcel. Originally split from a larger acreage in the mid-1980's, there is no residence on the five-acre section, however, a mobile home was removed recently and a shop building was...
Tuesday night, Thermopolis Town Council approved two plans to address drainage issues on Upper Fremont. Ray and Belinda Moore first brought the issue before the council in July last year, noting that the installation of a new city water line had caused a lot of water in their home. This water, they said, has devalued their property and required them to run a sump pump. The Moores have come before the board on the matter a couple times since that initial meeting, and attended Tuesday’s meeting t...
Friday evening in Hot Springs District Court, a jury found Holly Herrera guilty on three counts of child endangerment — exposure to methamphetamine — and one count of possession of a controlled substance. The charges stem from a July 1, 2017 incident, after a vehicle in which Herrera was a passenger was stopped for not having illumination on its rear license plate. Herrera was located inside the vehicle, along with three juveniles, a small amount of meth and various paraphernalia. During ope...
It has been a busy week in Cheyenne as the Wyoming Legislature is now in session, but the question weighing heavily on the minds of those in Thermopolis and Hot Springs County is the future of the Wyoming Pioneer Home. The fate of the facility should be on the minds of everyone in Wyoming as the Pioneer Home is available for any Wyoming resident, not just those who reside in the Big Horn Basin. According to Representative Nathan Winters, the bill was once again in the appropriations committee... Full story
The biggest question Thermopolis residents have been asking this past week has to do with the Wyoming Pioneer Home. Under SF112, the facility would be privatized, allowing a company to take over it as well as the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin. Senate District 20 representative, Wyatt Agar, was not present during the bill’s introduction on Friday, as he was assisting his wife during their annual bull sale, but he returned to Cheyenne early Saturday. Agar said he and Representative Nathan W... Full story
Born in Worland on Sept. 11, 1939, Willard Allred spent the first few years there, lived south of Ten Sleep for the first few years of his life before moving Ten Sleep for five to six years and spending some time at lower Norwood. After graduating from Ten Sleep High School, Allred's first job was with Wyoming Game and Fish. He noted he also worked with the department off and on during school, maintaining the grounds and taking care of the fish. After high school, he was on the distribution...
The H.O.P.E. Agency in Thermopolis recently acquired a new director, Daisy Torres, who comes from our sister agency in Worland. Torres began her career in 2012 as an advocate in Worland and volunteered as an Americore Advocate and became the director here on Feb. 1. Services will remain the same at the agency, providing advocacy for victims of domestic violence, helping with stalking orders and all the other previous services. Torres brings some grant writing experience to the position, but she...
Those who have noticed a new face at the Hot Springs County Senior Center or heard a different voice when they call know somebody new is on staff. Bruce Lohman took on the position of office manager at the center starting February 12. Among Lohman’s responsibilities, he said, is making sure the bus gets to people who request rides, and making sure the counts and finances are accurate for meals served and delivered. He noted Lisa Pierce, the center director, has been adding a little bit to his d...
Emmy Hergert addresses students at Thermopolis Middle School, after being named the third Champion for Children for the school year....
When Karen and Carl Leyba, owners of the Quality Inn, wanted to create a certain niche at the hotel, they knew exactly who to call – their friend Dan Powell, a retired judge from Colorado. That niche is a vision of the kind of hotels one would find in the 30s and 40s, with a lounge in the lobby for guests where even locals could come in for a quiet drink and a little conversation. From that vision came the Q Lounge. The Q is a place where you can come in and have a quiet drink after work and m...
The Bureau of Reclamation recently released its March forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin. The report shows the forecasted April through July inflow to Boysen Reservoir is 900,000 acre feet (af), which is 156 percent of the 30-year average of 577,700 af The bureau prepares monthly forecasts for the runoff, which typically occurs between from April through May. Forecasts take into account snow accumulating at an average rate. If the temperature increases and there’s not as much snow as predicted in the c...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners got some new estimates on repair or replacement of the roof on the multi-purpose building at the fairgrounds during their afternoon meeting on Tuesday. Thane Magelky with GDA Associates said the new estimates were calculated based on contractor’s estimates for the job and the cost has come down considerably. According to Magelky, full removal and replacement of the metal roof should run $192,812, much lower than the original $300,000 estimate. Foam i...
Cheyenne, Wyo. - A group of legislators from the Big Horn Basin led by Senator Wyatt Agar and House Members Nathan Winters, Mike Greear, David Northrup, and Jamie Flitner successfully pushed back against multiple attempts to sell or close the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin and the Wyoming Pioneer Home in Thermopolis. The delegation passed several budget amendments in the House that fully funded the Wyoming Retirement Center and Pioneer Home through the next biennium, as well as defeated Senate File 112 that would have eliminated or put... Full story
In November, it was reported that water received in the South Thermopolis Water and Sewer District is above the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for levels of disinfection byproducts, specifically for total trihalomethenes (TTHM). At that time, tests showed the amount of TTHM was .081 micrograms per liter, just .001 micrograms out of compliance with the EPA. However, according to the EPA’s Drinking Water Watch, a collection taken Jan. 2, 2018, indicates the TTHM for the South T...
