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Hot Springs County School District #1 recently held two community meetings where Superintendent Dustin Hunt discussed the possibility of changing the district’s schedule to 4-day school week. Staff members attended, as well as members of the school board and local citizens. Hunt presented a series of slides to explore the matter. As to reasons why to change to a 4-day school week, Hunt explained there is a substitute teacher shortage, it would be an incentive to recruit and retain teachers, i...
Brooks Jordan, District Manager at Wyoming State Parks, is seeking to provide members of the local community and visitors to Hot Springs State Park (HSSP) an insight on all the park has to offer. "I think with everything that's going on with the concessions and the Star Plunge, there might be some confusion by the public and potential visitors about things like whether or not the park is open, what amenities are available and what people can see and do? Also, what does the future look like?",...
The United States of America begins its 250 year celebration on April 18-19, 2025, with a nationwide initiative called “Two Lights for Tomorrow”. The celebration carries the moniker of Semi-quincentennial, but is more commonly known as America 250. For the “Two Lights for Tomorrow,” the Hot Springs County community will participate in this effort to honor and remember the famous ride of Paul Revere that occurred overnight on April 18-19, 1775. This ride of warning “The British are coming!” event...
At the April 1 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the annex building, the commissioners reviewed the Findings of Fact Regarding Michael and Michele Stevens’ Application for Land Use Change. This new document was prepared by the county’s attorney in Sheridan and was presented. During discussion a member of the public, Lee Campbell, interrupted and said, “Mr. Chairman, I’d like to ask Commissioner Galovich to recuse himself from further discussion on the Tipi. I’d like to s...
At the April 1 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, during citizen participation, the council voted and passed the approval of Frank Davis’ request for police escort and corners blocked off for the Motorcycle Awareness Parade on May 3, with the parade path to be announced later. They also approved Lon Beck’s request for street closures on Broadway Street between 5th and 6th Streets beginning on May 23 at 8 a.m. through May 24 for the OEB Kick Off the Summer Party. Sandy Robertson requested a str...
On March 31, The Learning Center presented their second of three meetings, Local Government 101. This first part is “How Does Our County Government Work?” Charles Curley led the Pledge of Allegiance and discussed the norms. Dr. John Anderson gave an Introduction to Local Government 101, where he discussed Governmental Structure and its Functions. Anderson talked about the different areas of the US government, specifically the Federal, State and Local, and how they overlap in everyday life. He...
At the March 18 Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism board meeting, Treasurer Audra Dominguez and Tourism Director Angie Guyon gave the financial report. The lodging tax distribution for January 31, 2025 was $9,652.58. This amount compares to the same months in 2024, which was $10,511.92 and for 2023, which was $8,757.04. The board voted and passed the approval of the financial report. Guest Chamber of Commerce CEO Meri Ann Dorman presented a request for funds in the amount of $500 related to...
At the March 18 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the Annex building. Commissioner Bob Aguiar motioned to amend the agenda to add two items to Other Business. First was a motion regarding engineering. The second was a statement about the February 4 meeting regarding the Tipi Retreat matter and the Stevens. During discussion Chairman Tom Ryan replied, “It’s nice to have some heads up…When you start setting a precedent it’s not advertised for the people…” Commissione...
At the March 18 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, the council discussed the coming Broadway Bridge construction, where the street will be closed from May 28-October 16. During citizen participation the council voted and passed approval of both a 24 hour liquor license for OEB Saloon LLC for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet on April 5 at the fairgrounds and a 24 hour malt beverage permit for Central Bank and Trust for their Beer & Brats event on May 29 in the Hot...
Tabatha VanDeGrift has taken over as owner of the El Rancho Motel located at 924 Shoshoni Street. The purchase was made official on October 1, 2024 from the previous owners Bernice Balog and Susan Lankford who had the business since 1971. VanDeGrift previously suffered an injury where she had about 30 screws in her neck and eight plates holding her neck due to a construction accident. She came to Thermopolis in January 2021 to heal and met Balog and Lankford, the owners of El Rancho Motel. VanDe...
The Hot Springs County School District #1 held their Community Stakeholder Meeting on March 11 at the Administration Building. This meeting was open to the public, but no public comments are allowed. However, guests are invited from various members of the public to hold a discussion. Some of those guests included two school board members, the superintendent, a retired teacher, and several others. This month’s discussion was about school board responsibilities and superintendent r...
The Starpower Regional Dance Competition was held on March 1-2 in Gillette at the Cam-Plex Center. Members of Hot Springs Dance LLC competed with all their pieces choreographed by Tess Williams, owner and artistic director. Skylar Lippincott performed in "Not About Angels." She earned overall first place level 2 solos (of 10+ routines) and was chosen for the Orlando, Florida Power Pak dance convention as an invite only participant. For the piece "Brave", Skylar Lippincott, Kaylee Bazzle, Kyle...
Tom and Jessie Ream's Double R Store located at 901 Shoshoni Street is open for the 2025 season. They originally started the business as a trial run on August 1 of last year and closed down at the end of October. Now they are open for their first full season as of March 13. The Double R Store serves as a sandwich shop and a supply store for fishermen getting on the river. This type of business was originally their wish, but Jessie said, "We couldn't find anybody to do it, so we did it ourselves....
The Hot Springs County Prevention Coalition will provide Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training at their Suicide Prevention Workshop on March 26-27 at 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (both days. They invite the public to join them for free and to increase your knowledge about suicide, learn skills to reach out, and increase your confidence to help save a life. Be an active part of the community’s plan to prevent suicide. Snacks and lunch will be provided both days. The workshop is free, however, p...
At the February 25 Hot Springs Health board meeting held at the conference room, Dr. Mattson Mathey gave the medical staff report and said that several of their doctors were “Doc of the Day” at the legislative session in Cheyenne, a program hosted by the Wyoming Medical Society. The doctors are available throughout the entirety of the day to answer any medical questions related to policy discussion and to provide any medical attention to anybody needing it. In fact, they responded to a sta...
At the February 18 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, the commissioners held a discussion about an agreement from Hathaway & Kunz, the attorneys who represent Michael & Michele Stevens and the Tipi Retreat. The document is a Settlement Agreement, Release and Waiver. Chairman Tom Ryan and County Attorney Jill Logan previously recused themselves from this matter. Chairman Ryan also suggested that the other commissioners, Paul Galovich and Bob Aguiar, seek legal counsel to review the...
At the February 18 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, during town department reports, Sergeant Mike Mascorro said that the Thermopolis Police Department is releasing the body cam footage of the officer involved shooting that happened in September, 2024. The video can be viewed on the Thermopolis Police Department’s official Facebook page. In the codes administration, Assistant to the Mayor Jim Jeunehomme updated the council about the downtown flagpole issue. He said that Billings Sign Service and...
At the February 18 Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism board meeting held at the State Park Headquarters, Treasurer Audra Domingez and Tourism Director Angie Guyon presented the financial report. The lodging tax distribution for January 31, 2025 was $14,480.18. This amount compares to previous years in the same month of January, being 2024 was $13,386.76 and 2023 was $10,392.43. Additionally, the tourism’s board’s total assets as of January 31, 2025 was $220,221.20. In the previous year, at the...
Last week, Water Development Project Manager George Moser held a public hearing and presented the recommendations for the WWDC Study - Hot Springs County Supply Evaluation - Level II Study. The event, held at the county annex, was well attended with various members of the community and representatives of different related agencies. Moser was joined by Jeff Rosenlund of DOWL and Ben Jordan, a geologist, where they gave the presentation together. The presenters reviewed some of their past...
At the first February Thermopolis Town Council meeting, the council voted and passed the approval to appoint Jerry Williams as the official Municipal Court Judge. Williams had been acting as a temporary judge since the passing of Judge Ron Jurovich. During citizen participation, Meri Ann Dorman, representing Main Street Thermopolis, requested street closure and the use of the Old Fire Hall for Brewfest on June 7. The event will occur from 4-8 p.m. Setup will be at noon and the street closure...
At the February 4 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the annex building, Ardurra’s Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross gave the Geographical Information System (GIS) update. Regarding the work completed or in progress done, they said they ran automated parcel updates for ArcGIS Online data on each Monday of the month. They also drew and attributed 2024 septic permits, uploaded documents to AWS, and appended new permit locations to ArcGIS Online data. Ross also said they drew a...
On February 8 in Alabaster, Alabama at the 2025 Limitbreakers, International, Invite Only Strongman Competition, Thermopolis’ Porshia Birdsley took first place in the U64 Woman division.Worth noting, the woman that took second place was New Zealander’s Meg Latta who is the World’s 2nd Strongest U64 Woman. Latta traveled to the United States from New Zealand for the competition.Birdsely said, “It was a huge accomplishment to beat her as she is a long time Pro Athlete in the sport.”The Limitebre...
At the February 13 Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce board meeting held at Big Horn Federal, during old business, CEO Meri Ann Dorman discussed the State/Local Civics Bee which will be held on April 6 at 2 p.m. Dorman said that they are still looking for additional judges. At this time they have received about 18 essays from the region, including Thermopolis, Riverton, Lander and Burlington, from schools and homeschool groups. Dorman added that Thermopolis Middle School will complete...
On February 4, Commissioners Paul Galovich and Bob Aguair held a public hearing of remedy for Michael and Michele Stevens and their Tipi Retreat on Coyote Run Road.Commissioner Tom Ryan recused himself from the hearing. Chairman Tom Ryan Chairman Tom Ryan said to the other commissioners regarding the Stevens’ matter, “I think it’s a new application, and I think it should be going before the Planning Commission and coming through the process. And I think we’re violating that process. I think ther...
A great fishing story can start with a mysterious premonition of destiny that sets the course to where great friends go on an adventure that seems totally unbelievable. We learned such things from the recent Fishing Derby on February 1-2 at the Upper and Lower Sunshine Lakes. The event was put on by Discover Meeteetse. The stage was set with Grandpa Monty Thorton speaking to his grandson Trever Birdsley. The elder cowboy said, “You guys are going to catch big fish today.” Birdsley looked at his...
