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Hot Springs County High School English teacher Alex McLean was named as the third Bobcat Champion for Children . The Champion for Children program is replacing the Teacher of the Month award that has been in place for several years. With the new program, a committee consisting of past District Teachers of the Year and parents receive nominations from the principals at all three schools. The committee then researches the nominations by visiting with the nominee’s colleagues, students and even community members, then submit their r...
A couple weeks ago, tickets went on sale for the annual scholarship raffle hosted by VFW Post 2281. The post annually honors the memory of Sergeant William T. McCormick by providing a scholarship for Hot Springs County High School students in his name. Tickets are $10 each, and are available at the VFW Club, 302 Broadway. Several businesses have donated items to win, and proceeds will go to the scholarship fund. The drawing will be in April. Though committed to one $600 scholarship each year, lifetime VFW member Jeff Strong said the club did...
Thursday night’s meeting of the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce saw plenty of discussion regarding the Hessenthaler billboard just south of town. Board member Phillip Scheel noted the Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism Board also discussed the billboard at their latest meeting. Scheel said the idea is the billboard on the Hessenthalers’ property was given to the Chamber, and they pay a dirt lease to have access to it. Five or six years back, Scheel said, the Chamber offered the... Full story
The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled an informational meeting regarding water in Boysen Reservoir. The meeting will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 21 at the Elks Lodge, 604 Coburn Ave. in Worland. Topics of discussion include current water supply conditions, the 2017 snowmelt runoff forecast and 2017 projected reservoir operations. The bureau’s March forecast of the April through June runoff predicted for the reservoir is 1,100,000 acre-feet (af), which is 204 percent of the 30-year average of 540,000. Other forcasts include: Bighorn Lake — 2,0...
The Thermopolis Community Blood Drive by United Blood Services will be from 3-7 p.m. Monday, March 20 at the Hot Springs County Senior Center. A community blood drive is held in Thermopolis every few months. The goal at each drive is to collect 25 pints of blood. To set up an appointment for the blood drive, individuals can call Melene Mierzejewski at 307-240-1414 or they can do so online at www.bloodhero.com using the sponsor code “Thermopolis.” Individuals can also do the pre-check self-interview so they will not have to wait before giv...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department is working with the American Red Cross to help ensure homes have working smoke detectors and people know what to do in case of a fire. Jayson Zimmerman with the Red Cross explained the Home Fire campaign through Red Cross, and the intent is to use donations earmarked specifically for smoke detectors and purchase the devices, then form lasting partnerships with local entities such as the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department. These partnerships provide a...
Yetter Salvage removed the overhead canopies from the former Kwik Mark location at Sixth and Warren on Saturday. According to Hot Springs County property records, the property is owned by YBP, LLC of Casper. Robinson Contracting of Casper contracted for the canopy removal and with D & A Construction and Concrete to remove the fuel tanks from the location in February. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality requires removal of out-of-service storage fuel tanks after an extended period of...
Police, emergency and fire personnel responded to a two-vehicle accident at 12:06 p.m. on March 7, at Sixth and Arapahoe. According to the report, a truck driven by Wesley Meier was attempting to cross Sixth when it was struck by a truck driven by Devin Jaussaud. There were no ambulance transports from the scene. A diesel tank being hauled ruptured, but the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department contained the leak before any of the fuel ran into the storm drain....
Community members may have thought they were seeing things Tuesday as Captain America wandered the streets of Thermopolis. Allen Mullins has a mission; raise enough money so a new VFW/American Legion post can be built in Warm Springs, Ore. He is walking across the United States meeting people and telling his story. For more information on Mullins adventure search Allen Mullins (Captain America) on facebook. There is link on his page where you can donate to a Gofundme account for VFW Post...
Tuesday night, the Thermopolis Town Council voted, with Councilman John Dorman Sr. voting “no,” to reconsider covering a portion of an overage for work on the communications area at the Law Enforcement Center. At the council’s last meeting, they voted to approve splitting an overage on the project with the county. Brad Basse originally bid the project at $3,324, but unforeseen complications put the final amount at $11,7760.60; the town agreed to pay half of the overage, or $4,226.30. Howev... Full story
In this day and age security is a major concern on many fronts, from schools to businesses and places like our own Hot Springs County Courthouse. Department heads at the courthouse have been meeting over the last few months to review their offices and come up with a plan for creating a safer environment for themselves and the citizens visiting their offices. They presented their plan to the county commissioners at their Tuesday meeting. The group evaluated each of the offices as well as the...
The 2017 general session of the Wyoming Legislature adjourned Friday, and Senate District 20 representative Wyatt Agar stated, “The final week of session was interesting to say the least. “For the senate chamber it was a hurry up and wait situation, which is highly frustrating when you strive for efficiency. We did not adjourn on Friday until around 11:30 p.m. waiting on the house to take action on several bills.” After reconsideration of four different bills on the house side, Agar repor...
On March 3, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia recognized Wyoming’s wolf management plan should be upheld. This comes after, the US Fish and Wildlife Service removed Wyoming’s wolves from the protection of the Endangered Species Act through a delisting rule in 2012. In 2014, a federal District Court judge reinstated federal protections for wolves and vacated the 2012 rule because the judge believed that population commitments Wyoming made in its wolf management plan needed to be in regulation or sta...
Another 10 charges have been filed against Lola Vialpando. Vialpando was charged in August with 10 counts of felony forgery, two counts of felony theft and one count of felony larceny. According to those charges, she allegedly forged checks between January and August of last year and facilitated online and mobile transfers of money from her employer to satisfy personal debts. Recently in Thermopolis Circuit Court, additional charges including seven counts of forgery and three counts of theft wer...
Monday afternoon in Hot Springs District Court, Michelle McLeran was sentenced to three to five years with the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk on a charge of fourth-offense driving under the influence. The charge is from an April 1 incident, with previous convictions from March of 2011, May of 2012 and the summer of 2014. McLeran pleaded no contest to the charge in November. Judge Robert E. Skar suspended the prison time, however, for three years supervised probation. McLeran was also fined $...
Reports are still coming in regarding a phone scam in which a person pretends to be a target’s grandchild who has fallen into some trouble and requests financial assistance. Anyone who thinks they might be a target of this scam should not send any money and report the incident to law enforcement....
There is no greater love than the love a mother has for her child. On Feb. 14 we celebrated Valentine's Day to honor those we love, and what better way to do so than to keep them safe. This Valentine's Day Safe Kid's Hot Springs County Chapter, Public Health, Thermopolis Police Department and Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital started one family off on the road to safety. As part of the Gift of a Mother's Love program, sponsored by Safe Kids Wyoming, Wyoming Department of Health and Cheyenne...
by Mark Dykes It’s Mother Nature in action this time of year. The snows are dwindling and melting, and the water is flowing into the rivers. Hot Springs County Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon said as of Feb. 27 the snow water in the Wind Rivers is 200 percent of normal. He further explained the climate prediction center with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has stated through March we have an equal chance of having above or below normal temperatures and p...
Spencer Axtell, left, placed fifth out of 11 at the FFA district speaking contest, and Jason Clouse placed third and will move onto the regional contest Tuesday March 14 at 3 p.m. at the auditorium. During the contest, students have to recite the FFA creed, and answer questions from judges. Thermopolis FFA members Logan Bartholomew, Ryan Bleak, Taylor Nuttall, Jessi Pennoyer and Dreama Thorpe are 2017 Wyoming state degree recipients....
It is nearly that time again when the clocks will spring ahead for most of the country and we will begin enjoying an extra hour of daylight in the evenings. Daylight saving time this year begins at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 12. We will lose an hour of sleep with the time change....
James Coates and son Grant, a Head Start student, present a $400 check to Head Start teachers Heather Herring, Rachel Johnson and Ashleigh Wilson. The money will go toward the purchase of a sandbox on the school playground. James stated that he helped set up the donation gathering, but it was contributions from the community, friends and family that made the donation possible....
Mary McGillivray, music educator at Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) and high school drama director, was recently awarded the Outstanding Young Music Educator for the North Big Horn Basin. Nominated by her colleagues, McGillivray has spent a lifetime in music and theatre, attending Casper College where she was deeply involved in the music and theatre departments before moving on to Black Hills State University where she received a Bachelors in Vocal Music Performance, a Bachelors in Music Educatio...
Among the topics of discussion with regard to Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, one that’s generated plenty of talk is the planned $16.4 million renovation and addition to the existing hospital. During Tuesday’s meeting of the hospital Board of Trustees, Theresa Brigden of Vizient RE spoke via teleconference about the services the company can provide. Brigden noted she is responsible for the consulting services Vizient offers with regard to capital and construction solutions. Among tho...
A group of around 30 citizens met at the County Annex Monday night to discuss possible new uses for the old airport. Dusty Spomer and Wes Werbelow with GDA Engineers conducted the meeting, as their company will be creating a plan for the property based on the public’s input at a number of meetings. Werbelow said there are some things to consider when it comes to the land – short-term vs. long-term use, public, private or mixed use and the long and short term costs associated with any plan. “Toni... Full story
“We have a budget!” is what Senate District 20 representative Wyatt Agar reported Tuesday morning, further stating, “We voted on concurrence to HB 1 yesterday. It now is on the governor's desk.” Agar noted the budget holds mainly to the original cuts in most departments. As for education, he stated, it incurs a 1.7 percent cut, or $45 million over the next two years. Agar further reported on two agriculture related bills he cosponsored. HB 275, which has passed, deals with drivers license...
