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Megan Kraushaar enjoyed the tiny artwork of Deb Stewart during the Second Friday ArtStroll in downtown Thermopolis....
Junior and senior class students from Hot Springs County High School spent their morning on Veterans Day setting the flags at Monument Hill Cemetery for Hawk's Avenue of Flags. With all hands on deck, it took less than half an hour for the entire display to be in place....
Autumn Cornwell shows real cowgirl spirit as she "pole bends" during the Reading Rodeo at Ralph Witters Elementary School. Students participated in barrel racing, pole bending, roping and other rodeo type events before heading inside to read their favorite books....
After much anticipation, the master plan for Hot Springs State Park was unveiled last Thursday by State Parks and Cultural Resources Director Darin Westby. The gathering was held at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center with a standing room only crowd. The master plan provides a 20-year strategy for physical improvements and management of the 1,100-acre park as well as providing a framework for those improvements based on need and available funding. A study of the park and its facilities has shown it is...
Voters in Hot Springs County came out in droves to vote in the 2016 general election on Tuesday. There were more first time voters in this election than most can remember....
Each year a party is held for the senior class on graduation night filled with games and prizes that send the students off to college with things they can really use. In order to have the party, the senior class parents and students hold a number of fundraisers throughout the year. This Sunday, Nov. 13, they will be having a bingo and spaghetti night with a dessert auction at the Thermopolis Middle School commons, starting at 5:30 p.m. Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. For $20 you will receive two...
Grab your book, Stop! Drop! and Read! The Hot Springs County School district is ready to do their annual reading challenge on Monday, Nov. 14, asking everyone in the community to read for 15 minutes. Last year, over 8,000 people joined the school in the challenge, and this year, their goal is to get 10,000 people to stop what they’re doing at 10 a.m., grab your favorite book, drop into your easy chair and read. They are going for a record and the reading can be done in groups or individually a...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners spent much of their meeting on Tuesday discussing various items in regards to the airport as well as a new liquor license and ongoing issues with the insulation and roof at the fairground’s multi-purpose building. GDA Engineers developed a bid packet for the commissioners to dispose of the job trailer used out at the new airport site during construction. Bids are due back to the county clerk’s office today (Nov. 3), and will now be given to GDA to rev...
August 27, 2017 will be a big deal for the United States, but for Wyoming in particular, as an estimated 500,000 people will converge on the Equality State to view the first total solar eclipse in 26 years. While all of Wyoming will be able to see at least a portion of the eclipse that morning, according to NASA, totality will be viewed in Pavillion, Shoshoni, Riverton, Casper, Douglas, Glendo, Lusk, Torrington and Thermopolis. The celestial happening could have a huge effect on our little...
Our pets become a huge part of our lives, whether it’s a fluffy kitten, playful puppy or a little gerbil running on its wheel, they are like family. Which makes me wonder exactly what my “family” is thinking. Punkin and Cupcake, my little fur-ball family members, are a delight. Most of the time. I’ve heard it said that animals will bring you “presents” when they love you. I’ve also heard those presents can be because they think you’re a lousy hunter. I’m going with the latter rather than the f...
Five candidates will be found on the ballot for the Hot Springs County Cemetery District, incumbents Rose Watkins, Jeanie Love and Cindy DeVries along with newcomers Linda Berry and Julie Lehman. Berry has lived in Thermopolis over 40 years, teaching in the school district and at the Wyoming Boys School before retiring. Her decision to run for the district has come after years of seeing how much more beautiful the cemeteries are now and she has chosen to give what time she can to help the distri...
There will be six names on the general election ballot running for four spots on the Hot Springs County School District Number One Board of Trustees. The terms are four years in length. One name on the ballot is Nikki Slagle, however, she has stated she is moving out of the district and that will make her no longer eligible to run. Her name will still appear on the ballots because they have already been printed. Joe Martinez says one of his biggest concerns is the budget, cautioning if the budge...
Mary Jane Norskog and Wyatt Agar are the two choices in Tuesday’s general election for the State Senate in the 20th District. The first Democrat to run for the position in 23 years, Norskog still believes Wyoming is an equality state and believes in women’s rights. She encourages folks to get involved in their communities any way they can. Norskog said human services are also a key concern. Hospitals, mental health, family services, law enforcement and domestic facilities are being scaled bac...
The Holidays — Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years — are upon us, and its time to start thinking about all those decorations. The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department will be kicking off the decorating frenzy as they begin decorating the light poles along the highway on Nov. 12. According to Chief Mark Collins, if the weather doesn’t cooperate the 12th, they will move things to the following weekend, Nov. 19. The Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Main Street Thermopolis, will be payin...
Wyoming residents will be getting all new license plates in 2017, featuring the Square Top Mountain series. The Hot Springs County Treasurer's Office will be reserving numbers in various classes for persons who already hold certain numbers and would like to keep them. Those include passenger vehicles and trucks with plates numbered between 1 – 2200, small, large and camper trailers between 1 and 400, motorcycles, multi-purpose vehicles and commercial plates with numbers between 1 and 200 and h...
The Lady Bobcat volleyball team finished their season last weekend at the regional tournament in Rawlins. First thing Friday morning the girls faced the Lady Bearcats from Douglas. The Cats dropped three straight games, 25-11, 25-10 and 25-13, sending them into Saturday play. Wheatland's Lady Bulldogs were eliminated from a State berth by the Lady Cats in three, 25-23, 25-17 and 27-25. Unfortunately, the streak didn't last with the Lady Buffs from Buffalo ruining the chances for the girls to go...
Risen Son Christian School will be participating again this holiday season in the Samaritan's Purse shoebox project. Shoeboxes are filled with toys, school supplies and other fun items children will enjoy and then shipped around the world to less fortunate areas in time for Christmas. If you would like to participate, simply use your own shoebox or pick one up in the lobby of Risen Son Southern Baptist Church at 342 Amoretti. Once you have your shoebox, choose to fill it with items for either a...
Tragedy was averted this weekend as two hunters located 82-year old Wayne Hockaday who had been missing since Wednesday. Hockaday left a note at his residence saying he was going hunting last Wednesday afternoon. When he had not returned after dark, the Sheriff’s Department was notified and Hot Springs County Search and Rescue activated. Search and rescue were out overnight on Wednesday, searching the Black Mountain area where Hockaday was believed to have gone. When he was not located that n...
From 2000 through 2010, 649 million votes were cast in general elections, there were 47,000 UFO sightings, 441 Americans were killed by lightning and there were 13 credible cases of in-person voter impersonation. UFO sightings are more common than voter fraud. So is getting hit by lightning. With election time just around the corner, County Clerk Nina Webber and her deputies conducted the mandatory voting machine test last Friday morning. Each of the five voting machines are hand-loaded by the c...
Thermopolis Volunteer Firemen and Mortimore Ambulance Service responded to a two-vehicle collision between the first and second tunnels in Wind River Canyon Friday night. First responders from Fremont County, specifically Shoshoni, were also on scene as the accident was across the county line in Fremont County. According to Wyoming Highway Patrol, there were three injuries with the accident. A Glenrock man was reportedly traveling north on US 20 toward Thermopolis when, for unknown reasons, he...
Kolby Riveria looks a bit apprehensive at the mysterious smoke coming out of the cup at the Lights On Afterschool Celebration, but Dallyn Griffin is taking it all in stride. Students and their siblings, along with parents, were treated to dinner and a selection of games and experiences revolving around things that glow in the dark. The evening culminated with lighted luminaria on the Thermopolis Middle School's front lawn....
Thermopolis Police Department responded to a one-vehicle rollover at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19. According to the report, Mona Riddle was southbound on Sixth in a Ford Explorer, when the accelerator stuck. The Explorer struck three other vehicles, a decorative light post and a traffic control sign before rolling near the 800 block of South Sixth. It was reported that three people in one of the struck vehicles suffered whiplash. Riddle stated she tried to apply the brakes to get the...
If you missed the Grand Opening of One Eyed Buffalo last Saturday, you missed a great time with a standing room only crowd. Under new ownership with Binky and Jennifer Fisher, along with their partner Darin Homer from Casper, the OEB is now a family friendly sports bar featuring nine big screen televisions and a whole new menu. Whether you're in the mood for a delicious flat bread pizza, smoked ribs, brisket or pulled pork, you'll find it at OEB. There is also a full bar now, including domestic...
Civil Air Patrol spotter Jerry Cowles looks on as pilot, Capt. Jeff Baum, center, and coordinator, Lt. Col. Mike Carlson, right, map out the flight plan for searching for missing hunter, Wayne Hockaday....
