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A mystery was solved Tuesday morning after possible graffiti was reported on some rocks in Hot Springs State Park. What looked like blue paint was found in several areas of rock near the entrance to the buffalo pasture from Warm Springs Road. After some investigation, park personnel determined it was nothing more than a dye used in pesticide as some spraying for Dalmation toadflax had been going on in the park Monday afternoon....
After weeks of fundraising, the "Pretty Little DI'ers" made their way to Knoxville, Tenn. to participate in the Destination Imagination Global Finals on May 19. More than 15,000 people attended the event including more than 1,100 teams from 45 states, seven Canadian provinces and 13 countries. The girls did their performance just after lunch the following day in the Clarence Brown Theatre on the University of Tennessee campus. According to their director, Wes Meier, there was a bit of a glitch...
Hot Springs is one of seven Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails venues that have been awarded the TripAdvisor 2015 Certificate of Excellence Award. “We greatly appreciate that the public has shared the great experiences they have had in our unique and spectacular parks and sites,” State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails Administrator Domenic Bravo said. The other parks recognized are Bear River, Curt Gowdy, Fort Phil Kearny, Historic Governors’ Mansion, Sinks Canyon and the Wyoming Territorial Prison. Award winners must maint...
The outdoor pool at the Wyoming State Bath House will be closed at the end of June for approximately 10 days. According to State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates, the pool needs to be drained and repaved now as the material they’re using needs to cure. “It has to be done during the Summer,” Skates said. Because the resurfacing needs consistent temperatures, the work can’t be done easily at other times during the year. And while the indoor pool will remain open while resurfacing takes place, it’s a modest attraction compared to the draw the...
Last month, Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens and fisheries personnel gathered on the Bighorn River near Thermopolis to check fishermen and enforce fishing laws. “With the fish population in the Bighorn at an all-time high and an increase in anglers and boaters on the river, we wanted to see what compliance was like with fishing and boating laws,” said Scott Werbelow, Cody region game warden coordinator. “For the most part, compliance was good and Bighorn River anglers are abiding by the rules.” Werbelow said that wardens and bio...
County Assessor, Shelley Deromedi, has released updated estimates on the values of Hot Springs County. Final figures will not be available until next week after the final hearing of assessment. Deromedi figures the current local assessment at $50,592,682, but the final figure will not be available until June 15. Final assessment on state assessed utilities is $5,783,687. Other final figures include hard minerals in the county at $3,666,132, oil production during 2014 at $167,162,982 and gas...
The first home in the Crimson View subdivision was placed on Monday via a crane from JMS Crane and Rigging out of Billings. The home was brought to Thermopolis in three pieces on semi trucks, then each piece was carefully lifted from the truck and placed on the full-basement foundation and secured in place. The new subdivision, owned by Scott Miller and Rob Schmidt, was approved by the Hot Springs County Commissioners less than a year ago, and can be found behind the Lutheran Church on Highway...
The Thermopolis Town Council approved spending an additional $9,123.50 on an updated WYOLink dispatch console for the Law Enforcement Center. WYOLink is a statewide digital network that connects police, fire, other agencies and emergency agencies. The current system is being replaced because it is out of date compared to most of the rest of the state, but the new system should last the town 15 to 20 years according to information from Motorola, who maintains the equipment. The board also approved the renewal of the IT contract with Mike... Full story
The Hot Springs County Commissioners signed a proclamation on Tuesday afternoon naming the road into the new airport “Manning Road,” after late commissioner Frank Manning. Commission chair Brad Basse said one of the last things Manning did as a commissioner was review the submittals by the various engineering companies interested in constructing the new airport, recommending GDA Engineering as the contractor. The board agreed naming the road after Manning was a good way to honor his work on the...
Howard Samelson and Deb Tudor were named board members to serve on the Main Street Thermopolis board during their meeting May 28. Both were unanimously voted into the positions following recent board resignations. The board also discussed planting flowers in pots downtown. Currently, flowerpots located in the downtown district are almost all empty except for those being filled by local businesses. The Main Street board is trying to coordinate filling those pots. Chamber Director Meri Ann Rush...
David Hicks, 45, was given 21 to 25 years in prison following his guilty plea to felony third-degree sexual assault without inflicting sexual intrusion or bodily injury, and felony abuse of a vulnerable adult. County Attorney Jerry Williams asked the judge for the max sentence for both crimes; thirteen to 15 years for felony third-degree sexual assault and eight to 10 years for felony abuse of a vulnerable adult, to run consecutively. “It’s one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen on a tape,” Williams said. The main point of evidenc...
Shayla Hansen is the new Gottsche Wellness Director. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Kinesiology degree, is an ACE Personal Trainer, and certified to perform Functional Movement Screens. Hansen grew up in Yoder, Wyo. where she participated in numerous sports. Fitness has been a big part of her life and she enjoys showing others how fun and rewarding it can be. She will be offering free personal training sessions at Gottsche through June for limited slots. Her goal is create...
Katherine Spatol of Cheyenne, Wyo. and the late Theodore Spatol and Kenneth, and Lesli Person Fitzgerald of Scottsbluff, Neb., and Robert and Debra Grimes of Lorton, Va. are pleased to announce the engagement of their children. Lisa Spatol is a graduate of Hot springs County High School in Thermopolis, Wyo. and a graduate of LCCC of Cheyenne, Wyo. She is employed with Advanced Dental of Cheyenne, Wyo. as a dental hygienist. Brandon Grimes is a graduate of Sherman E. Burroughs High School in...
Brad Cline from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services June 11 at the Hot Springs Museum from noon-2 p.m. Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Cline can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. Please contact Cline at 307-250-3890 for more information, or to schedule an appointment....
Coaches, teams, friends and family gathered last week to celebrate the accomplishments of sports and activities at Hot Springs County High School and witness the induction of the 2015 Hall of Fame. Each sport, from football to volleyball, wrestling and cheerleading as well as the music department and speech and debate team gave a recap of their individual seasons before the Hall of Fame ceremony. Allen Bucher Inducted into the Hall of Fame for Male Athlete, was 1980 graduate Allen Bucher, a...
Public comment is being accepted until June 29, on the Boysen Reservoir Resource Management Plan/Environmental Assessment and Boysen State Park Master Plan draft preferred alternative. The plan and preferred alternative will guide management of recreation and natural resources at the state park. The preferred alternative was developed through a planning process which included a series of steering committee meetings, community meetings, and community outreach. Under the preferred alternative future development is based on a moderate increase in...
Fifth grade students from Thermopolis Middle School held their DARE graduation ceremony last week in the auditorium. DARE coordinator, Cindy Magelky, led her final graduation as she is retiring from the program after 27 years of teaching children to say no to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. The following students graduated from the program: Mr. Strenger's Class Austin Barral Draven Morgan Kael Berg Ryan Mosser Mariah Brooks Kaidy Randall Jim Christensen Gunner Schepker Julie Johnson Michael Slagle...
Emergency Management coordinator Bill Gordon held a conference call on Tuesday afternoon regarding water levels in the Big Horn and Wind Rivers. The river is currently flowing at 5500 cfs (cubic feet per second) and the Bureau of Reclamation hopes to be able to continue that flow for the next two or three days. With inflows into Boysen Reservoir increasing mid-week to approximately 11,000 cfs and slowly subsiding over the weekend, that means the outflow into the Wind River could be raised to as...
Hot Spring County’s unemployment rate decreased slightly between January and February 2015, based on information from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. From March to April of this year, unemployment in the county has decreased from 5.1 percent to 4.5 percent. The unemployment rate is back at the same mark it started at in January of this year. Comparatively, from April 2014 to April of this year, unemployment in the county has increased from 4.4 percent to 4.5 percent. The number of potential employees in the county continues to f...
Mama Robin brings lunch to her obviously hungry babies still in the nest. The little ones will be ready to fly on their own in a few short weeks....
An emergency contract totalling nearly $200,000 has been approved for cleanup of mud slides and big rocks near U.S. 20/Wyoming 789 inside Wind River Canyon, according to Wyoming Department of Transportation District 5 maintenance engineer Pete Hallsten of Basin. The $199,200 contract has been awarded to Pab Good Trucking LLC, of Greybull. "This project is scheduled to begin this Thursday, June 4, and will clear the ditches of slide debris and rocks from the highway's clear zone," Hallsten said. "Traffic will be controlled with flaggers, and...
According to information provided by the Bureau of Reclamation, water levels at Boysen Reservoir are expected to rise approximately 2.5 feet in the coming days. The added water will fill the reservoir’s flood pool and will flood some of the reservable campsites at the State Park, as well as several regular and group campsites, especially in the Tough Creek area. Persons with reservations at the affected sites will be contacted by the Division of State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails. The high water level is not expected to require the c...
Mother Nature reared her ugly head over Memorial Day weekend, bringing rain to the Big Horn Basin, which created unstable conditions in Wind River Canyon south of Thermopolis. After a week of rain, things turned loose in the canyon on Sunday bringing rocks, trees and mud, up to eight feet deep in some places, down on the roadway as well as the railroad tracks. According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) there are a total of 10 areas along the 13-mile stretch of canyon road...
Things are going to get “shook up” a little at Hot Springs County High School next fall with some changes Principal Scott Shoop reported to the School Board at their meeting last Thursday night. One of the things that will change is the bell schedule for students. In past years, high school students who wished to leave campus for lunch were out at various fast food places at the same time as most businesses were having their lunch hour, too. This sometimes created issues with students being tar...
State Rep. Elaine Harvey, R-Lovell, gave some advice to the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board during their meeting Tuesday. However, Harvey pointed out before she gave advice that she was hesitant to do so. She informed the board that they need to be the ones actively seeking out a hospital district if they want one, as hospital employees do not receive positive responses from the public. “Since you don’t have a hospital district, you need to get one,” she said. As the chairman of the House Labor, Health and Social Services committee,... Full story
