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The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team captured first place in the 1A/2A Sweepstakes at the Northwest College Trapper Rendezvous Speech and Debate Tournament held at NWC on November 8, 2025. The Bobcats, coached by Lyle Wiley, Riley Jeffs, and Markie Whitney, kicked off the season with seventeen novice and varsity students, all of whom had impressive first-tournament results. Junior Hayden Franklin earned first place in Program Oral Interpretation, while senior Kassidee...
Wyoming FFA members were among more than 73,000 participants who gathered in Indianapolis for the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo, held Oct. 29-Nov. 1. Members represented their local chapters and the state through competitions, award programs, performances, and service. Members from the Thermopolis Middle School Big Springs Chapter who attended include: Logan Stewart, Cameron Martinez, Apollo Jenks, Amelia Strickland, Lilly Estensen, Creighlee Williams and advisor Becky Martinez. "Wyoming...
by Noah Zahn, Wyoming Tribune Eagle via Wyoming News Exchange Claims that “chemtrails” from government or private jets are poisoning citizens, sterilizing soil and blocking the sun spurred heated debate among Wyoming lawmakers and the public this week, culminating in the advancement of two bills intended to prohibit atmospheric modifications over the state. The Legislature’s Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee spent nearly four hours fielding public testimony and complex scientific reports before votin...
In early 2025, the Hot Springs County Republican Party elected new officers for their organization. Joe Martinez was elected to serve as Chairman, Clay Van Antwerp was elected to serve as Vice-Chairman, Phillip Scheel was elected to serve as State Committee Man, and Meri Ann Dorman was elected to serve as Secretary. Then, in April of this year, the Wyoming Republican Party implemented a dispute resolution procedure, which resulted in a recount of the votes cast, and changed the elected party leadership of the Hot Springs County Republican...
Around 350 people in 115 households in Hot Springs County may go hungry if federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars are held in limbo during the US government shutdown. Locals are rallying to meet immediate needs and keep our community members fed. On the state and federal level some progress is being made to deploy emergency funds to help. On Friday, Governor Mark Gordon declared a Public Welfare Emergency and issued an Executive Order (2025-08) authorizing up to $10 million in state emergency funds to ensure Wyoming fa...
The Hot Springs Health Board of Directors met on October 28 for their regular monthly meeting. CEO, Scott Alwin, opened the meeting by recognizing several staff members who had received awards from the HealthCare Service Excellence Conference. Alwin advised that the Summit Awards are a North America-wide recognition program established and managed by the Conference. The Summit Awards are presented annually, and the top 3 to 5 nominees are recognized as “Pinnacle Achievers.” From those awardees, the winner of the Summit Award will be sel...
The Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation facilitates Outdoor Recreation Collaboratives throughout the state. These Collaboratives bring together local community members, recreation stakeholders, businesses, conservation groups, federal and state agencies, and elected officials to identify and prioritize grassroots opportunities for the growth and enhancement of outdoor recreation in Wyoming. Members of the public are welcome to attend these virtual meetings. Near the end of each meeting, a designated time will be allocated for public comments....
Beginning in 2018, long-time local resident, Cassie Owsley, operated a small business out of the shop on the family farm on Black Mountain Road. She sold specialized feeds and enjoyed being able to save friends and neighbors a trip into Thermopolis, or into Worland, to purchase necessary livestock feeds. When the feed stores in Thermopolis and Worland closed down, and folks could no longer locally acquire items, which Owsley did not supply, Cassie expanded her list of suppliers, and began to...
The annual People for People Backpack Program Fundraiser and the Beta Sigma Phi Annual Holiday Craft Fair will be held at the Thermopolis Middle School, 1450 Valleyview Dr., Saturday, November 15. Fundraiser The theme for the fundraiser is “Western Christmas.” It will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The items will be up for bid in a silent auction, which will end at 3 p.m. Winning bidders will be notified after bidding closes. Proceeds for the silent auction will go to the backpack program which provides meals on the weekends for kids in our com...
Historical Society program The November 8 meeting of the Hot Springs County Historical Society will be at 2 p.m. held at a new location, The Learning Center, 124 N. 5th St. The November program will be the unique and amazing life of Ernie Over. Over was raised on a farm in Pavillion, went to high school in Lander and college in Riverton. He has had a great career in journalism, public relations and radio. River clean up Thermopolis Trout Unlimited is hosting a Bighorn River clean up on Saturday, Nov. 8. Vounteers are encouraged to help by meeti...
The Swinging Bridge in Hot Springs State Park is getting new decorative lights. The public is invited to a Flip the Switch event on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Lower Terrace Shelter. A chili dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. and a lighting demonstration will begin at 6 p.m. The new lights are customizable for holiday themes, purple and gold or red, white and blue. The Friends of Hot Springs State Park/Legend Rock, the HSC Historical Society, the Pioneer Association and the Hot Springs State Park partnered to bring the new lights to the...
The Wyoming Department of State Parks and Historic Sites, Wyoming State Archives, and Wyoming Arts Council have partnered on a project to gather and exhibit portraits and oral histories of Wyoming military veterans. The exhibition will open in the temporary exhibit gallery at the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site in time for Memorial Day 2026. The Wyoming Veterans in Focus: Oral History and Photo Exhibit Project will help ensure that Wyoming veterans’ experiences are preserved in their own words through conversations with those w...
The Holiday Food Drive will be getting underway soon with volunteers putting out bags and picking up filled bags in the community. Between November 6-8 bags will be placed on doorknobs of Thermopolis homes. Place your food donations of canned or dried food by your front door for pickup on Saturday, Nov. 15 before 8 a.m. No perishable items or home canned products please. If your donation is not picked up or you need assistance, call 864-3629 and leave a message. You can also leave your donations in the entry of the Holy Trinity Episcopal...
The Thermopolis Town Council met for its second regular monthly meeting on October 21. Stephanie Boren appeared and requested that the council allow fireworks to be used at the last regular season home football game at Leroy Hayes Field on Friday, October 26 and at the home playoff game on October 31. After some discussion of the historical use of such displays at home games, it was agreed by all council members to allow fireworks for the two home games, as well as at all future varsity home games. The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met on October 21 for their second regular meeting for the month. Barb Rice from Youth Alternatives appeared and provided the board with a rundown of things her organization had undertaken this fall. She reported that they are organizing an intro to cooking basics class, which will help participants gain some important life skills. As community service projects this fall, the group has done some mowing and clean-up in the state park; performed some improvements at the skate park; and did some much...
The boat ramp in Hot Springs State Park is open for use. A new dock will be installed once it is received. The updated dock will be removable for flooding or ice. The previous dock was damaged in January of 2015 by ice build up....
Governor Mark Gordon traveled to Thermopolis on October 17 to begin the statutorily-prescribed process of investigating a verified complaint received from seven qualified electors of Hot Springs County alleging acts of misconduct or malfeasance by Hot Springs County Commissioners Paul Galovich and Bob Aguiar, and requesting their removal from office. The Governor’s Office will examine the verified complaint and conduct a thorough investigation to determine whether the allegations justify pursuing the requested statutory removal process. Given t...
by Marit Gookin, The Ranger, via Wyoming News Exchange If something belongs to you, should you have to pay to access it? On the other hand, if a government employee has to take significant time away from other work tasks to fulfill your request for a public record, isn’t that an additional cost for that government body? The tension between those two questions is at the heart of the debate over Wyoming’s public records laws, which the Wyoming State Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Election, and Political Subdivisions Committee is slated to di...
The Holiday Food Drive will be getting underway soon with volunteers putting out bags and picking up filled bags in the community. On November 6-8 bags will be placed on doorknobs of Thermopolis homes. Place your food donations of canned or dried food by your front door for pickup on Saturday, Nov. 15 from 8 a.m.-noon. No perishable items or home canned products please. If your donation is not picked up or you need assistance, call 864-3629 and leave a message. You can also leave your donations in the entry of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church...
Artist exhibit and sale A Day of the Dead Artists exhibit and sale will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 from 6-9 p.m. at the Armory, 83 Hwy. 20 N. There will be food, crafts, raffles, door prizes, face painting, live music, bake sale and more. Attendees are encouraged to wear a costume. Contact Audra at (904) 874-2560 for more information. Unplug The Unplug performance at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, corner of 7th and Arapahoe, will be held Sunday, Nov. 2 at 5:30 p.m. This month’s performer is Irish Fiddler Angela Botzer. A soup supper will be s...
Maynard Bills and Daryl Mathern, with the Knights of Columbus, delivered 48 new coats to the Philips Help Center for distribution in the community. The Knights of Columbus purchased the coats to help keep community members warm this winter....
The Wyoming Office of Outdoor Recreation facilitates Outdoor Recreation Collaboratives throughout the state. These Collaboratives bring together local community members, recreation stakeholders, businesses, conservation groups, federal and state agencies, and elected officials to identify and prioritize grassroots opportunities for the growth and enhancement of outdoor recreation in Wyoming. Members of the public are welcome to attend these virtual meetings. Near the end of each meeting, a designated time will be allocated for public comments....
Blakeley Postma explains how to properly groom cattle to Thermopolis Middle School students during the Ag Expo on Wednesday, Oct. 22....
by Joseph Beaudet The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange A national group is continuing its push to amend the U.S. Constitution. The Convention of States Action hosted an event in Sheridan Wednesday evening to inform Sheridanites of the organization’s aim. Article V of the U.S. Constitution lays out methods to amend the document. The Constitution has 27 amendments. Eight have come in the last century, and the most recent was ratified more than 30 years ago, in May 1992. There has not been an Article V convention of the states since the o...
by Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile.com via Wyoming News Exchange President Donald Trump’s announcements that the U.S. will allow Argentina to greatly expand its low-tariff beef exports to the U.S. to reduce prices for American consumers have riled Wyoming stock growers. Trump floated the idea of boosting imports to the U.S. market a week ago, following up with statements that Argentina would be allowed to quadruple the amount of beef it sends north under a low-tariff quota. The move brought a sharp reaction from domestic beef producers as well a...
