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For the faithful wishing to join forces and pray for Christian Unity during these trying times, a community prayer service will be held at Bicentennial Park from 12:15-12:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 11. The prayer service coincides with the Week of Christian Unity, started by the Anglican Church in New York in 1908. Over the last 100 years, the service has grown from a local event to an international week devoted to prayer. According to Father Hugo Blotsky, the purpose of the prayer service, “Is i...
After a short vacation for the holiday season, which allowed the players some much needed rest, the Bobcat boys will be gearing up this week for the upcoming Big Horn Basin Basketball Classic in Lovell. The Bobcats, whose schedule has yet to be determined, will be participating in the tournament alongside teams like Greybull, Lovell, Powell, Rocky Mountain, and Shoshoni. The tournament will begin Friday and will end Saturday, and both the JV and Varsity teams will be competing in the action....
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board took its next small step towards building renovations, carefully discussing plans that have been mired in contentious discussion since a failed hospital district vote two years ago. After a thorough study by the Erdman healthcare planning firm, it has come to light that in order to maintain the exceptional healthcare service to which Hot Springs County residents are accustom, the present half-century old facility needs to be expanded and...
The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team continued to prove their fight during a long weekend of play against tough opponents in the ShoOpolis tournament, a shared tournament between Thermopolis and Shoshoni. First up for the Bobcats were the Upton Bobcats on Friday, a home game played in Shoshone. The game was a shootout that went down to the final buzzer with the hometown Bobcats falling 64-61. Upton, which has won each of their first six games, have out scored their opponents...
With cold, snowy weather setting in, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs County Chamber of Commerce Board approved Thursday the group’s upcoming fundraiser, which will send one lucky Hot Springs County resident and a friend to Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii. The fundraiser is similar to a fundraiser ran last year by the board, which sold 113 tickets and raised over $2,500 for the board. A limited number will be sold, improving buyers’ chances of winning. The winner will be given a travel credit of $2,5...
High school band member Darren Leonhardt plays the bass guitar during the high school Christmas Concert Thursday evening....
As the dust of major construction settles at the new Hot Springs County Airport, the county board of commissioners continued to tackle unforeseen issues that have arisen out of the construction of the $22 million facility. In the board’s first order of business, GDA engineer Ford Roes informed the board that the 2012 International Building Codes, which note that hangars within 30 feet of their lot line must have a fire resistant rating of two hours. The current T-hangars at the airport are n...
Winter is fast approaching Wyoming, and with it often come below-zero temperatures and heavy snowfalls. For some on fixed incomes, this provides a dangerous situation in which expensive heating bills can take food off the table. Luckily, there are two groups that can help residents afford to keep the lights on this winter. Energy Share of Wyoming, a non-profit organization that helps low and fixed-income households pay winter heating bills, is now accepting applications. Energy Share Wyoming...
Hot Springs County residents braved the cold and snow Monday night to take part in the Tour of Homes, a fundraiser for People for People. Thermopolis Middle School students decorated the halls for a reception held there during the event....
by Chandler Smith The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team channeled their pride and chaos into three hard-fought games over weekend at the Coal Miners' Classic in Wright. The boys were edged out early in the first game by Big Horn, losing 75-50, then rebounded and beat Wright 58-41, only to lose their last game against Tongue River in the final seconds Saturday morning. "Quarter one, three, and four, if we took those scores, we lost by one point. We tied them the third and...
Joseph Budd, Alyssa Andreen, Charlie Harris, Eryn Robinson, Breanna Peterson and Sydney Peterson all take part in sledding on Warren Hill Tuesday. Due to heavy snowfall, school was cancelled in Thermopolis, leaving students to enjoy sledding and other activities....
The unusually warm weather witnessed in Thermopolis last week was not only remarkable because it seemed out of season, it was also remarkable because it was the highest temperature recorded on Dec. 9 since 1939. The National Weather Service recorded a temperature of 64 degrees on Wednesday, which was accompanied by an unusual rainfall late in the night. The record, set over three-quarters of a century ago, was 65 degrees, a mere degree warmer. On the same day in 1939, Hugh Harmon’s animated C...
The 15th annual Christmas Tree Festival raised over $20,000 Dec. 3 for the Thermopolis Community Fund. The festival, held at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center for the second consecutive year, was well attended. Auctioneer Gary Nash was in charge of auctioning off the trees and wreaths. The bidding action was fast and furious Thursday night as community members bid on trees with titles like "Wooly Winter Wonderland" and "Have a Very Merry Bobcat Christmas." Thermopolis Hardware, Red Rock Family...
Tim Casey, Vice President of Architecture at the Erdman planning firm, revealed the firm's first suggestions for the Hospital Facility Master Plan during Monday night's public meeting. The presentation itself lasted only a mere fifteen minutes, while the question and answer portion consisted of an hour of pertinent questions from the audience, mostly about the plans themselves. The plans revealed were drawn from extensive analysis of the market environment in Hot Springs County, Casey said....
Clemens Abbott attempts to dribble past Hudson Roling during practice Monday....
Tannen Birdsley sits on Santa's lap across from his sister Taylin, who is telling Santa all about her Christmas list during the craft fair at the VFW....
Little Wyatt Nance gazes into Santa's eyes for the first time. Wyatt's mom, Kendra, brought him to Thermopolis Hardware on Saturday to meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus....
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats basketball team will head to Wright for the Coal Miner's Classic this Friday, marking both the start of the 2015-2016 season as well as the first game of coach Kevin Gerber's run at the helm of the varsity team. Coach Kevin Gerber noted that his team's excitement for the beginning of the season is matched by his own anticipation: "Honestly, it's awesome," he said. This is my fifth year coaching, my first year taking over as varsity coach," he added....
Hot Springs County High School senior Jessica Schierkolk has been named to the Wyoming State band, becoming the first HSCHS student in eight years to receive the prestigious honor. Schierkolk started playing trumpet eight years ago and has been playing with teacher Dustin Olsen the entire time. The talented trumpet player practiced her audition piece daily for the months leading up her audition and beat out over 280 other players to be named one of the 19 trumpets on the ensemble. "When he...
Ralph Witters Elementary students Mason Reese, Chase Herring, and William Coale for years have had one desire when it comes to lunch time in the school’s cafeteria: to help custodian Ann Peterson clean up. Although it may sound strange that fourth graders are eagerly willing to clean up after themselves, Peterson said that Reese, Herring and Coale have been asking for years to pitch in during cleanup. “Since last year they’ve been trying to help me, and I wouldn’t let them,” Peterson said. “Th...
RoxAnne Arnett, obstetrics lead nurse, surprised the Hot Springs community during a Chamber Meet and Greet with the presentation of not just one, but two fetal heart monitors. The monitors, which enable nurses to monitor the heartbeat of an unborn child, were purchased with matching funds from the Hospital Foundation Board and the greater Hot Springs County community. The Hospital Foundation board challenged the community in October of last year to raise half of the $30,000 necessary for the...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board approved Nov. 24 the hospital’s 2015 Medicare Cost Report, which details information about the facility and is necessary for critical access facilities like HSCMH. The report, which is “tax-like” in its structure and is over 100 pages long, was presented to the board in a condensed slideshow. The purpose of the report is to determine reimbursement to the hospital and is also used to update hospital payment rates. Payment rates are expected to chang...
The Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners sat Tuesday for their monthly day-long session which heard updates on the new county airport from both GDA Engineers and airport FBO Nate Messenger, updates about the future Black Mountain Road project and Barb Rice’s monthly report from Youth Alternatives. Updates on the new airport were the first order of business with GDA CEO Dustin Spomer informing the board about new airport business. A hydraulic gate, which is not functioning properly, was a...
Students from the Hot Springs County High School Woods Class braved bitter cold and snow flurries Monday morning to put the final touches on their first big class project of the year: a wooden enclosure that would reroute some traffic from the emergency room during remodeling for a new MRI and the installation of glass doors. The project, which was started three weeks ago by the woods class students, is slated to be finished Dec. 1, but teacher Thomas Koehler hopes that the lessons students...
Thermopolis youngsters gathered Friday night at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center to watch "The Goonies" and eat ice cream as part of Night at the Museum....
