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Hot Springs County Assessor, Shelley Deromedi presented the abstract assessment roll for tax year 2017 to the county commissioners last week. The abstract is created using the tax rolls for the year, including agricultural lands, residential and commercial properties within the county. According to Deromedi, the total of the county’s property values, either market or productive value, amounts to $518,490,398. This creates an assessed value of $50,297,835 for 2017. Breaking things down to t...
Hot Springs County’s Land Use Planning Commission held a public hearing March 17 to consider a Bed and Breakfast permit for Ruth Cotton of Cotton Farms, LLC. Cotton is requesting the permit for property north of town, which would not be a bed and breakfast in the traditional sense, but instead would be essentially a home-based business. 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, g...
It looked a little like something out of the "Fast and Furious" franchise on Wednesday and Thursday last week as members of the Wyoming Highway Patrol used the former Hot Springs County Airport as a training ground. Troopers from District 5, which includes Thermopolis, Basin, Cody, Dubois, Lander, Riverton, Meeteetse, Shoshoni, Ten Sleep and Worland, converged on the area to do some advanced training. Lieutenant Lee Pence, supervisor for Division I of the Highway Patrol out of Lander, organized... Full story
by Cindy Glasson Hot Springs County School District #1 held their consolidated grant planning meeting for stakeholders on Tuesday, May 9, discussing each of the various grants and what they are used for. District staff, parents and members of the public attended the meeting learning that funding for schools comes from two basic areas, state funding and federal grants. Superintendent Dustin Hunt made it very clear that the grant monies cannot be used to supplant programs, but are intended to be... Full story
As always, the end of the school year is a busy time for students and parents at Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) and Thermopolis Middle School (TMS). Friday is field day for RWE and the track will be filled with fun and games for students from kindergarten through fourth grade from 9 a.m. til 10:30 a.m. “Move up” day for RWE is next Tuesday, May 23. Fourth graders will make a trip to TMS to take a look around while kindergarten through third graders will have a chance to take a peek at their cla...
Hunting and recreational shooting are some of the best things about Wyoming. In an effort to keep the western heritage of shooting alive, the Governor’s Office has implemented a series of shooting competitions at various locations throughout Wyoming. The Thermopolis Gun Club will be hosting one of the competitions on Wednesday, May 24 at the Bob Milek Memorial Gun Range on Highway 120, about eight miles west of town. The shoot will be from 4-8 p.m. The only fee will be that the shooter must h...
Plans are continuing right on schedule for the solar eclipse passing over Thermopolis on August 21. Emergency Management coordinator, Bill Gordon, has been working with various agencies, including the Wyoming Highway Patrol, local law enforcement and first responders on an interoperable communications system that will allow all the agencies to remain in constant contact throughout the week of the eclipse. Gordon said their main base of operations will probably be in the firehall, however, that...
As part of an effort to encourage more young women to choose careers in technology, the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) and its Wyoming Affiliate recognized four high school ladies for their accomplishments and aspirations in computing and technology. The group also selected one Wyoming educator. Hot Springs County High School’s Shianne Yarrington, a junior, received an honorable mention at the group’s awards ceremony in April at the University of Wyoming. Yar...
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. Final registrations are due May 24 and are $145 per team. At this time, organizers are expecting anywhere from 75 to 100 teams...
There are several openings available on various Hot Springs County boards that will need to be filled soon. Two openings are coming up on the Land Use Planning Commission; one, a three year term and the other, an unexpired term which will run through April 20, 2019. There is also an opening on the Library Board, which will be a three year term. The final opening is on the Museum Board, which is in need of two new members who will serve three year terms. Any residents of Hot Springs County who...
The auditorium was packed with cheering fans Monday night to watch the wonderful performances by the local Hot Springs Dance troupe during Dancing through the Decades....
It was a wild few days in Wind River Canyon as Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) crews fought rain, snow and falling rock last week. WYDOT Maintenance Engineer Lyle Lamb of Basin said last Wednesday that quite a few big rocks had fallen in one particular area due to increased moisture and asked that folks not stop in the Windy Curve area. When asked about the possibility of closing the road at that time, Lamb said, "If it gets too western tonight, we're going to pull out of there and...
by Cindy Glasson It was something of an informal night at the Main Street Thermopolis meeting last week as three of the board members were absent, attending a Main Street America meeting out of state. With their absence, there were not enough members to have a formal meeting, so the members there simply chatted about Main Street and some of the things they have done or have coming up. One member, Amanda Moeller, who is also CEO of the Thermopolis Hot Springs Economic Development Company (EDC),...
by Cindy Glasson The Federated Community Church is happy to announce the dedication of their new Community Hall on Sunday, May 7 at 9 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend the dedication and take a tour of the new facility. The building is located behind the church itself and includes a large hall, kitchen, store room and a meeting room large enough for at least 30 people. The mission of the new hall is to provide space for multi-use purposes including dinners and children and youth activities....
I am always amazed at how smart animals really are. For instance, elephant mommies will stay with their babies if they’re in trouble and the rest of the herd gathers around to help. Sea turtles on Roanoke are hatched on the beach and the babies somehow know how to use their tiny little flippers to move across the sand to the ocean. Domestic animals are pretty smart, too. Dogs are brilliant escape artists as evidenced by the number of them running happily about town according to page two of this...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners made a decision on Tuesday morning that many were afraid was coming. Due to upcoming funding constraints for this budget session, the commissioners informed all county agencies there will be a hiring freeze in place at least until all budgets are finalized. As a whole, the commissioners felt it was unfair to prospective employees to be hired at this time when they may have to be terminated in the next couple of months when budgets are completed. Commission...
by Cindy Glsson About 25 residents attended a second public meeting Monday night at the middle school regarding the upcoming solar eclipse. The eclipse group has been working on plans for the last 18 months in preparation for the celestial event that will be visible in certain areas of the country on Monday, Aug. 21. Estimates on the number of people expected to descend on Hot Springs County could be near 4,500, not including the “day trippers” who may come down from Cody, over from Worland or o...
Living in small-town America, we often say, "It can't happen here," but the truth is, an active shooter situation can happen anywhere at any time. Dozens of people in Thermopolis are now better prepared after taking Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate (ALICE) training, a Homeland Security training program. The training was created after the Columbine shooting by Greg Crain, who shows the traditional passive response is inadequate – do nothing, you die. Instructors for the classes w... Full story
County crews were kept busy Tuesday with reports of water over the road on Black Mountain. Here, a truck cautiously drives through where Lake Creek escaped its banks. WYDOT crews were also going back and forth through Wind River Canyon with constant reports of slipping mud and falling rocks. With more wet weather in the forecast over the next few days, citizens are asked to drive cautiously through the canyon and report any falling rocks as soon as cell service is possible....
You have just two evenings left, Thursday and Friday, to catch the Hot Springs County High School Drama Club’s spring production, the “Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” in the auditorium, beginning at 7 p.m. Written by Dan Zolidis, the show features two narrators and a group of actors attempting to present all 209 Grimm Brothers tales as they were originally meant to be – as one long story. Buckle up for a hilarious ride through well-known stories such as “Snow White” and “Hansel and Gretel”, and...
Shawna Farrell seems to be putting out the challenge during the start of the Has Beens basketball game last Thursday....
Travis McDermott and Kevin Simpson came out on top in the Two-Person Best Ball Tournament on Sunday at the Thermopolis Golf Course. McDermott and Simpson were 13 under par for the day for the first place win, followed closely by Jake and Jessica Smith with 12 under par. Steve Bury and Frank Toth tied for third with Jeff Dittmer and Sam Needham at three under par. Other teams under par included Donnie and Valerie Bjorhus at two under par and Ethan Brooks and Dan Yetter, one under par. Bob and...
Another preparation meeting for the solar eclipse coming to Hot Springs County on August 21 was held at the fire hall last week. Support services are now in place with the National Weather Service in Riverton. Daily weather briefings will be available to Emergency Management and others on the solar eclipse planning committee, starting Aug. 17. With the eclipse coming at a time when this part of Wyoming sees some unusual weather, everything from sunshine to blistering heat, tremendous...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met Tuesday evening for their second meeting for the month of April. Mary McDougal with Hot Springs County Public Health approached the commissioners for approval to apply for a grant through TNF/CPI that would cover children in danger of out-of-home placement within the county. The grant is one Public Health has applied for and received over the last 15 years in conjunction with the counseling center aimed at helping children, their parents and grandparents... Full story
Property Notices of Assessment for Tax Year 2017 were mailed Wednesday, April 12. According to Hot Springs County Assessor Shelley Deromedi, “Properties throughout Wyoming are assessed to the owner of record and valued as they existed as of January 1 each year.” The Assessor’s office has the statutory responsibility for determining the current fair market value of taxable property annually. The level of assessment is set by statute and the mill levy is based on budget requests from vario...
