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Last Friday afternoon, the area around Tumbleweed Propane Inc. and about a block in every direction was evacuated and traffic was detoured after propane began leaking from the bottom of a truck. The accident happened after the driver over-tightened a bolt and caused it to break. Police and fire personnel helped secure the area for caution, and the truck had to drain before the area was allowed to be re-entered....
The popular Maverik store along Sixth Street will soon be a memory as the old store is taken out and a new, larger one takes its place. Chief Marketing Officer Aaron Simpson said the store will shut down Aug. 27, and expansion work begins the following day. The company recently purchased the lot to the east, behind the store, and plans are to remove all structures on the lots, including the current store and pumps, to make room for the new building. The current store is several years old,...
Though there were not enough Travel and Tourism board members present to constitute and quorum for an official meeting on Tuesday, Director Amanda Moeller presented some incredible numbers for lodging tax receipts. According to the information for the fiscal year 2017-18, receipts for last month were $15,997.24, a $4,891.05 or 44 percent increase over the receipts from the same time last year. Continuing that trend, the receipts for current month are $25,734.17, an increase of $9,937.99 or 63...
During their regular meeting on Aug. 10, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce addressed vacancies on the board. There was no slate of nominees available to vote on to fill the vacant positions, and a motion was approved to give the nomination committee until Aug. 24 to submit a slate of names for nomination. Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush said she will email the list of names out, and the board has until Aug. 29 to reply as to whether they approve of the slate or not. Rush...
Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Town Council approved two motions regarding spaces for events the weekend before and day of the eclipse. The first motion approved was a lifting of the open container ordinance for Thermopolis Liquors. Butch Hendrickson explained it would be only for a slab of cement outside the regularly enclosed patio area, on which he plans to put three picnic tables. He further noted there would be an additional barrier around the area, and requested the ordinance be lifted from...
Playground equipment has been taken out of Bicentennial Park. The slide sustained a large hole and the equipment was deemed unsafe. New equipment has been ordered and will be installed at a later date....
When talking about Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, it’s hard not to mention or think about the planned renovation and expansion of the facility. According to Shawn Warner, president of Sletten construction, the preliminary design and coordination activities are taking place for the project. On July 13, the hospital Board of Trustees approved Sletten as the design/build team for the project, and that team has begun preliminary measures for the design process. Among the measures are g...
Several people came out to support the county FFA and 4-H at the 2017 Junior Livestock Auction and Judges' Choice Bake Sale Friday night at the fairgrounds. The events saw a total of $103,963.60. The amount is down about $745 from last year. The total for baked goods sold was $5,225, with the high seller being Oakely Bowman with $550. The buyer was Road Runner Service & Supply. Thirty head of swine sold for a total $30,814.35. The average price per head was $1,027.15. Remington Ferree's grand... Full story
Wednesday and Thursday of last week, the Joint Revenue Interim Committee, chaired by Senator Ray Peterson and Representative Michael Madden, came to Thermopolis to meet and discuss revenue options available. The joint committee is tasked with looking at various revenue options for the state. Among the topics of discussion were the markups and taxes related to beer, wine, liquor and cigarettes, wind energy production taxes and gross receipts tax. With each topic, several people testified whether...
In order to take some of the strain off the 9-1-1 system for Hot Springs County during the upcoming solar eclipse, a special hotline number has been created for people to call with questions that are non-emergency related. With the influx of visitors expected up to a week before the eclipse, Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon thought a hotline number would be a good idea to redirect those just looking for information away from the emergency number, freeing up dispatchers to handle...
Those who have driven along the south side of 12th Street near Candy Jack Park in the past several weeks have certainly noticed the orange detour signs diverting them around the gaping hole in the street. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett said the valley pan of the street cracked during the winter as ice and water made its way into the ground, and the initial plan was to replace the concrete. However, as additional water infiltrated, the sewer line either heaved, or settled, or a combination of the...
Those who have been collecting the Main Street Thermopolis Christmas ornaments will be excited to know the newest ornament has arrived. This year, the limited edition ornament will feature the building housing the Messenger Law Offices. They will be for sale, soon, for the same amount as last year, $30 per ornament. Any businesses that decide to carry the seasonal ornament will get a slight discount per ornament. The Main Street committee went through their time line for projects and such for... Full story
According to Thermopolis Fire Chief Mark Collins, the number of fires in the area is pretty normal at this time, according to the five-year average, though these first couple weeks in August are typically the start of the wild land fire season. Collins said the farmers in the area have been very good about their controlled burns, watching them to make sure they don’t get out of hand. The fires that the department has had to respond to, he said, they’ve been able to get right on top of and get...
The rock slides in Wind River Canyon this spring and into part of summer are one of the top priorities for the Wyoming Department of Transportation according to the state director, Bill Panos, who met with the county commissioners on Tuesday. Panos said this was the first year they had brought in the state’s geology department to take a look at the canyon walls, even before the slides started happening, to get a better idea of where they may occur. Fortunately, they were already in the area w...
Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Town Council approved the use of Bicentennial Park for vendors during Aug. 18, 19 and 20, the weekend before the eclipse. Council heard from Michelle Lue, who noted the ArtStroll has already been rescheduled for the same weekend and there’s expected to be an influx of people, and allowing vendors to set up in the park could help to draw them downtown. Jerry Fields added they’re not looking to charge anyone, but they want to invite people to come down and set up. Deb...
A motion for a new trial in a case against Justin Spence was denied Monday in Hot Springs District Court. Spence was found guilty of incest on April 27, following a three-day trial. According to the charge, he molested a juvenile female on July 4 or 5, 2014. A motion for a new trial was filed in early May, and prosecuting attorney Marcia Bean noted the hearing on the motion was not within the allowed timeframe — 15 days from the motion filing and 60 days from the conviction —so it would be aut... Full story
By now, most everyone understands that Boysen Reservoir and the Wind and Big Horn Rivers were full and fast for the past two months. Several river rescues were required during that time, ruining the chance of floating the river for most. What we didn’t realize at the time, however, was the water flows this summer have broken a 50-year old record. The record was first set in 1967 when 1.3 million acre feet of water flowed into the reservoir. As of Wed., July 26, 1.67 million acre feet flowed i...
In District Court Monday, Tiffany Seymour Brown was sentenced to a period of six to seven years at the Wyoming Women’s Center. The sentence covers five felony charges in two cases, including two counts of possession of meth with intent to deliver, two counts of endangering a child — exposure to meth — and one count of possession of meth. Prior to sentencing, she pleaded guilty to the charges. According to court documents, on April 6, 2016 a deputy was informed by the Washakie County Sheri...
On Tuesday, July 25, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees was introduced to three new directors joining the staff. Director of Nursing Services Phillip Reintz attended Northwest College for a time, later transferring to the University of Michigan and earning a bachelor's in nursing. From there, he worked a few years in intensive care units in the Detroit area before furthering his education through the Masters in Anesthesia program at Wayne State. Reintz said the Hot... Full story
When it comes to civil cases in the court system, the number of charges, replies and other filed motions filed can take a considerable amount of time to get through. Case in point, the lawsuit filed Dec. 28, 2015 by Joe and Barbara Campbell against the Tri-county Telephone Association, Inc. (TCT). The most recent filing came on Wednesday, July 19, as Chief United Stated District Judge Nancy Freudenthal signed an order denying the Campbells motion for disqualification of counsel. The original...
Law enforcement, along with fire and emergency personnel, respond to a fatal accident shortly after 5:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon about five miles west of town on Highway 120. The accident occurred when an eastbound vehicle, driven by fatality Michelle Jimerson, attempted to pass a semi and struck a westbound truck and trailer driven by Wyatt Agar. A juvenile in Agar's vehicle was transported to the hospital from the scene. According to information from Wyoming Highway Patrol, Jimerson was not... Full story
A couple of unexpected mishaps with the sheriff’s department needed explained to the commissioners at their meeting last week, mishaps that will hopefully be covered by insurance. A new truck purchased by the sheriff’s office was recently hit while it was parked, culminating in over $5,000 worth of damage. The commissioners gave the go-ahead to have the repairs done with any monies over the insurance amount to be covered out of the department’s repair budget. The second issue is a jet ski used...
Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon began Monday night’s final public meeting before the eclipse by saying we’re pretty much going to be outnumbered. “A whole lot of people from around the planet want to see this,” he said. “We’re probably going to be outnumbered, but the hospital, police and fire have done everything they can to be prepared.” Gordon went on to let folks know the ins and outs of allowing people to camp or use their property short term. If you have rented out your home...
Wyoming State Park, Historic Sites and Trails recently released their 2017 survey, which is available at the Hot Springs State Park Bath House. The survey asks whether people would be willing to support an increase in the entrance fee at the park. Currently, there is no entrance fee. Park Superintendent Kevin Skates said there are surveys every other year which ask people about the amenities in the park, and what they do or don’t like about it. This is the first time he’s seen the survey abo...
The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought. The following counties are eligible for ECP assistance: Hot Springs County For land to be eligible, the natural disaster must create new conservation problems that, if untreated, would: •be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be needed to return the land to productive...
