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On Aug. 8, a fire was sparked 19 miles south/southwest of Meeteetse. Dubbed the Twin Lakes Fire, it has since grown to nearly 1,300 acres - 93 of which are private land in Hot Springs County - as of Tuesday afternoon. The fire is on acreage in Park County, Hot Springs County and in the Wind River/Bighorn Basin District. As of Wednesday morning, the fire was 40 percent contained, and the Hot Springs County Volunteer Fire Department has been part of that effort. Chief Mark Collins noted there...
At Tuesday’s meeting of Hot Springs Travel & Tourism, Director Amanda Moeller reported the lodging tax receipts were a bit gloomy, noting they were down nine percent compared to last year at this time — $15,796.18 compared to $17,376.97, though this fiscal year’s receipts are still better than the $14,582.17 seen at this time during the 2013-14 fiscal year. Moeller presented a recent article that stated Sturgis vehicle counts were down 40 percent, which is a contributing factor to the lower...
Oliver Strenger works at sorting shapes while his dad, Jacob, is all smiles during the Preschool Screening and Health Fair....
Charlotte Endorf, author of Always on Target: Adventurous Annie Oakley, was signing copies of her book at the Friday Night ArtStroll, with her husband Kevin by her side....
Vicklund Pharmacy has a new face - that of 2008 Hot Springs County High School graduate Ben Van Heule. Van Heule said he spent six years earning his doctorate in Pharmacy at the University of Wyoming before beginning his career in Riverton. "I started out in Riverton and things weren't working out with my job, so I started applying for new jobs," he said. "I called Tony [Deromedi] for a reference. I'm glad to be back and very grateful that Tony offered me the job." Van Heule said he interned at...
Tiffany Mortimore, a 2014 Hot Springs County High School graduate, spent her summer interning for Sen. John Barrasso. Mortimore said she was assigned many projects during her internship. "I mostly had projects assigned to me from legislative directors and legislative assistants," she said. "I was mostly in charge of doing the tours with constituents. We walked them through the capital. I learned a lot of history from that." This was her first internship, Mortimore said. "It was awesome to be...
Angie Guyon, the general manager for the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, was a nominee for the Wyoming Women of Influence this year. Guyon has worked at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center for 15 years. She is also a member of the Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism Board. When she was initially nominated, Guyon said she felt honored. "I felt very honored that I was thought of in such a way as to be nominated for Wyoming Women of Influence," she said. Guyon was nominated as one of top three for the award...
The Hot Springs County Airport hosted a free pancake breakfast on Saturday to feed the community and let them peruse the aircraft....
Children look on as turtles float down the Big Spring during the Rotary Turtle Trek Saturday. Several prizes were awarded....
Thursday evening at the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting, Barb Heinze announced at this point there is no People of the Earth Days in the works for 2017. The event has been done annually for the past three years. Heinze said there have been efforts made to advertise the event as much as possible. She pointed out attendance was up the second year but down this year, and noted Michael and Kathy Gear approached her and Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush, and said they...
Tuesday's primary election will decide which of five men seeking an open position on the Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners will advance to the general election and also most likely be elected to the position. Joe Martinez, Mike Chimenti, Hub Whitt, Joseph Casciato and Phillip Scheel are all Republican candidates for the commissioner position. There are no Democratic candidates. One of these five men will be elected in the primary and will move onto the general election in November. Only...
The Big Spring in Hot Springs State Park shows a slight increase in output over the last three years. However, officials say the overall trend is still in decline. According to a report from the State Engineers Office, the Big Spring has increased from 1336.42 gpm (gallons per minute) in July 2013 to 1693.51 gpm in July 2016. The lowest output occurred in March 2014 at 1169.7 gpm, with the largest output being the last measurement in July 2016. The output has increased almost every month in... Full story
The Riverside Cemetery Board discussed Hawk’s Avenue of Flags at their meeting last Thursday. The Cemetery Board had recently had communication issues with representatives for Hawk’s Avenue of Flags — a program to honor veterans that takes place at Riverside Cemetery — regarding putting the Avenue of Flags up for Reunion Weekend. Julie Lehman, a representative for Hawk’s Avenue of Flags, said she knew the board had some questions about some misunderstandings about putting the flags up for other...
Last week, Northwest Wyoming Board of Cooperative Education Services (NWBOCES) Administrative Director Carolyn Conner was honored at the Week of Academic Vision and Excellence (WAVE) Conference in Cheyenne as the 2016 Special Education Director of the Year. Though the administrative director since 2001, Conner has been with NWBOCES and Big Horn Basin Children's Center for 32 years, and started as a school social worker. In that first position, she explained, she worked a lot with parents,...
The Thermopolis Town Council met in a work session July 19 to discuss the Thermopolis Landfill. In addition to Mayor Mike Mortimore and the Council, those present included Assistant to the Mayor/Codes Administrative Assistant Fred Crosby, Clerk/Treasurer Tracy Van Heule, Public Work Director Ernie Slagle, Landfill Lead Man Buck Clouse, Police Chief Steve Shay, Town Engineers Heath Overfield and Anthony Barnett, and Department of Environmental Quality Representatives Carol Stark, Dale Anderson...
One candidate out of the five running on the Republican ticket for Hot Springs County Commissioner will advance to the general election in November. There are no Democrats running so the new commissioner will be decided Tuesday in the primary unless a successful write-in candidate were to enter the race in the general. Five men are running for the open commissioner seat vacated by Brad Basse. Joseph Casciato Joseph Casciato said he believes he is the best candidate because he is the common sense...
Three names will be on the ballot for four-year terms on the Town Councils for Thermopolis and East Thermopolis. Dusty Lewis, who is running unopposed for the Thermopolis Town Council seat, said he grew up in Wyoming, farm-raised in the Big Horn Basin. In 2005, he joined the team at Gottsche Rehabilitation, where he still works today. Lewis said he loves Thermopolis, as it is a great place with great potential. One of the big issues facing the community, of course, is the recent economic...
Three Republicans and one Democrat are running in the primary for the Wyoming State Senate District 20 seat vacated by Sen. Gerald Geis who did not seek re-election. One Republican candidate and the Democratic candidate will advance to the general election in November. Wyatt Agar Republican Wyatt Agar, a local rancher and businessman, said he is running to protect constitutional, individual and private property rights. "At a time when the very foundations of our livelihood and lifestyle in...
Among the candidates whose names will be on the ballot for the congressional representative for Wyoming are: Heath Beaudry, Liz Cheney, Leleand Christensen, Mike Konsmo, Paul Paad, Jason Adam Senteny, Darin Smith and Tim Stubson for the Republican Party. Evanston resident Beaudry believes he can relate to the working class as an average person. He plans to advocate for the state in term of the energy industry, management of public lands, freedom of the press and the Second Amendment. A personal...
Several precinct committeemen and committeewomen are included on the 2016 Primary Ballot. Running for Republican precinct committeemen and committeewomen are Jerry D. Williams (precinct 1-1), Joshua P. Brown (precinct 1-1), Ellen Galyan (precinct 1-1), Charles Curley (precinct 1-2), Benjamin W. Shidler (precinct 1-2), Toni Casciato (precinct 1-2), Kevin Dickey (precinct 2-4), John Baird (precinct 3-3), Jim Collins (precinct 3-3), Jamie George (precinct 3-3) and Patty O’Brien (precinct 3-3). W...
Two candidates are on the primary ballot for the Wyoming State Representative of House District 28 - Nathan Winters and Howard Samelson. Both will advance to the general election in November. Republican candidate Winters, who has served as State Representative the past four years, stated he has worked to preserve a sound budget and stand for the principles he outlined in 2012 - upholding Constitutions of the U.S. and Wyoming, limiting government, working toward a business-friendly environment,...
The first reported case this year of West Nile Virus in Wyoming involved an adult from Goshen County, according to the Wyoming Department of Health. Though, there have not been any reported cases of Zika in Wyoming, the Wyoming Department of Health said it is still important to take precautions. West Nile Virus first appeared in Wyoming in 2002. Reported cases of infection within a year have ranged from two with no deaths to 393 with nine deaths. West Nile Virus is spread by mosquitoes when... Full story
As of Aug. 24, Director of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources Milward Simpson will resign from his position and take over as Director of the Wyoming Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. Simpson was appointed to his position as Director of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources in July of 2006 by former Gov. Dave Freudenthal. Prior to this position, Simpson served as the Administrator of the Division of Cultural Resources. He also served as the Manager of the...
The Hot Springs County Historical Society and the Pioneer Association will be holding a trek on Saturday, Aug. 13. The trip will be all day, round trip from Thermopolis to Ten Sleep to Spring Creek Raid Site, to Red Bank Murder Site, to Bates Battlefield, to the Okie Mansion at Lost Cabin then home. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Historical Museum. High clearance vehicles required so plan to carpool. Provide your own lunch and drink. For more information, call 864-2678 or 921-1551....
Hallie Martinez, above, interviews with the Food & Nutrition judge, Evee Greer, while clerk, Norma Asay, observes and takes notes. Every 4-H member entering an indoor exhibit must interview with judges, answering questions about their projects. Rebecca Clouse, Kaitlyn Schmuck and Jessie Pennoyer arrange their agronomy samples as part of the FFA exhibits for fair. The members collected many different grass samples from around the county....
