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John Williams is the first to take off during the Chuck Mead Memorial Pack Horse Race on Saturday. Jules and Melissa Ward were not far behind. Williams and his parterner, Jason Christopherson took first in the race, with the Ward girls coming in second and Dawn Boregan and Sarah Lowe placing third....
It was all about the food, fun, classic cars and fathers last weekend at the Annual Hot Spot Car Rally in Hot Springs State Park. Those arriving on Saturday took part in the Ted Spatol Memorial poker run during the day, finishing up with the parade of cars through downtown. Sunday, Father's Day, was the big event, the Show and Shine, featuring 120 entries. This year, all the entries came from Wyoming. Winners include: Off Road – Shawn Franzen of Worland with a 1984 Jeep CJ7 Motorcycle – Llo...
by Cindy Glasson With the total solar eclipse just eight weeks away, things are moving along smoothly with the planning committee. Hot Springs County Emergency Management coordinator, Bill Gordon, says they have all the preliminary work done on a separate “hotline” number that will be used in conjunction with 9-1-1 services through the week preceding the eclipse. The hotline number will be staffed by volunteers from the Thursday prior to the eclipse until the Tuesday after to handle any non...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met on Tuesday afternoon, including an executive session on their agenda. Once out of executive session, the commissioners voted to begin legal proceedings against Atlas Roofing for replacement of the roof on the multi-purpose building at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The commissioners and the company have been trying for a few years to come to some sort of agreement on the leaking issues in the building, but to date, nothing has been accomplished. Comm...
Monday marks the start of the Big Horn Basin Football Camp, now in its 28th year in Thermopolis. The camp will be held at LeRoy Hayes Field and will include individual drills and techniques, 7 on 7 competition, swimming, mini golf and a whitewater rafting opportunity for the older players. Costs for grades 5-12 will be $70 for the camp only and $105 with the whitewater rafting trip. Drillers, the K-4 players, will be $35. Rafting is not available for the little Drillers. Registration will be in...
Atticus Smith, son of Jake and Jessica Smith, scoots quickly across the green at the Rod Harris Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday. After a few wobbly steps, he dropped to the grass and made a bee-line toward the balls, adding just another hazard to the game....
Wyoming Whiskey has made the top three list of the “Best of the Best” in Esquire magazine’s best whiskeys in the country. First on the list is Westland, out of Seattle, Wash., founded in 2010. According to Esquire, Westland was the independently owned “little guy” making the best whiskey in America. They were acquired in 2016 by Remy Countreau, so it is no longer the independently owned underdog. Wyoming Whiskey, founded in Kirby in 2009, is second on the list. Esquire warns you may not be im...
What would you do if you knew there was something that affected 1.6 million new people every year? What would you do if you knew 595,690 of those people affected would die? A new organization in Thermopolis is stepping up to make a difference locally, the T-Town Cancer Crusaders. The non-profit organization’s goal is to assist local cancer patients with travel expenses when they must leave town for specialty oncology services. All of the team members have lost family or friends to cancer and u...
Barb Rice puts on her sweetest smile for locals and visitors alike at Hazel - n- Pearls during last Friday's ArtStroll....
We’ve talked a lot about spring and flowers and everything getting so green and beautiful right now, which got me to thinking about my grandmother and her little brother. In the old days, kids had to not only make their own fun, there was no such thing as an allowance, so in order to get treats, they had to use their ingenuity. My grandmother, Margaret, and her little brother, John, lived in Kirby as they were growing up. Their father, my great-grandfather, was the sheriff at the time. My g...
Those of us who live in Wyoming know there are so many beautiful, wonderful things to see in our state that it’s sometimes hard to know which is number one. The folks at USA Today have taken it upon themselves to find out which attraction in Wyoming is the best by creating a travel award on their website that people all over the country can vote for their favorite spot in the Cowboy State. Currently, Hot Springs State Park is ranked 12th of the top 20 best attractions with our mineral waters, t...
This year's annual Run with the Buffalo was well attended by young and old alike, taking them on a 5K tour through the buffalo pasture in Hot Springs State Park....
June is National Safety Month, a time to think about preventing injuries, especially with children who are home for the summer. According to SafeKids Wyoming, 64,000 children end up in the emergency room annually, due to accidental poisoning. In 2014, there were 3,817 child deaths nationwide from car crashes. The number one killer of children ages one to four-years old? Drowning. It’s a fact of life that children are going to fall and crash and slip and tumble, but there are some things we a...
Water from the Bighorn River has taken over the parking area and boat ramp in Hot Springs State Park. The road is blocked off to prevent drivers from going all the way to the end of the street as the water is currently flowing at 8,000 cfs....
The Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Directors met last Wednesday evening and accepted the resignation of high school principal, Scott Shoop. “I regretfully inform you that I have decided to resign as Principal at Hot Springs County High School, effective June 30, 2017,” Shoop said in an email to students and staff. “I have accepted a job in Laramie for 2017-2018. This decision was extremely difficult, because I believe we are building something special here. I hope that I have de...
The Wyoming Business Report has made their selection for this year's class of 40 under 40, those folks under the age of 40 who are making a real difference in Wyoming. This year, Jessica Lippincott, Education Director at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center was one of those chosen for the honor. The complete list includes those in architecture, hospitality, law, engineering, economic development and more from across the state. A call for nominations went out earlier this year and Levi Shinkle at the...
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Hot Springs County Commissioners, they held a public hearing regarding a land use change for Cotton Farms Bed and Breakfast. The request was made by Ruth Cotton for her property north of town. Cotton converted the haymow of her barn in 2016 to contain a single apartment. The proposal is for a single guest unit within 150 feet of her residence, giving her the ability to oversee any activity at the barn. In May, the Land Use Planning Commission passed the request up to...
Students from Ralph Witters Elementary and Risen Son Christian School found out a bit more about where dinner comes from during the Farm to Table day last Thursday. A joint effort between the school district, Farm Bureau and the Pioneer Association featured folks from the University of Wyoming Extension Service and local growers who gave students a deeper understanding of where their food comes from. Students from Thermopolis Middle School who raise animals brought pigs, sheep and cattle to the...
Main Street Thermopolis is working on a few things for this summer, including a celebration for the downtown buildings slated to turn 100 this year. At their meeting last Thursday, the committee discussed getting the building inventory completed by July 1. The inventory will include current owners, size of the building and any history they can gather. Octobrewfest will be coming this fall, with a beer garden, vendors of all sorts and fun and games for the entire family. With so many buildings ce...
Thermopolis Middle School student, Kris Balstad, took first place in Wyoming Level 2 for grades seven and eight in the Letters About Literature contest for 2016-2017. Letters About Literature is a project of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, is a reading and writing contest for students in grades 4-12. The Wyoming State Library conducted the state-level judging through its Wyoming Center for the Book program. Students are asked to read a book, poem or speech and write to the...
Hot Springs County’s jobless rate dropped from March to April, going from 4.4% in March to 3.9% in April. Statewide, unemployment rates fell in all 23 counties, however, the labor force also fell in 13 counties, suggesting that some of the people who were unemployed actually left the state or dropped out of the labor force. Hot Springs County is one of those that lost people in their labor force, which affects the unemployment rate, possibly skewing the percentage numbers. Our labor force in M...
Makayla George joined the other seniors from the class of 2017 for a night of fun, food and games at the middle school Sunday night. The annual senior party features giveaways of all kinds of gifts for the seniors to start college with like dorm refrigerators, microwaves and more, all donated by local businesses....
Hot Springs State Park will be the venue for Walk MS: Northwest Wyoming on Saturday, June 3. Walk MS unites teams of families, friends, neighbors and co-workers to raise funds to drive groundbreaking MS research, provide life-changing services and guarantee a supportive community for those who need it most. Hundreds of people are expected to raise more than $10,000 during the event, giving people living with MS and those who care for them a chance to connect and be inspired. Nearly 300,000...
An event that has traditionally marked the start of summer for Thermopolis, the 3-on-3 basketball tournament, is just around the corner. The Hot City Summer Slam will be held on Memorial Day Weekend this year, May 27-28 in the parking lot at Hot Springs County High School. An event now sponsored by the Booster Club, all proceeds go to help sports teams in the district. At this time, organizers are expecting anywhere from 75 to 100 teams for the weekend event. There are 10 different age...
Hot Springs County Sheriff's Department personnel, Thermopolis Police officers and VFW members gathered for a Fallen Officers Memorial at Monument Hill Cemetery on Saturday. Here, last minute instructions are given on which button to push to play "Taps."...
