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It’s back! The 22nd Annual Christmas Tree Festival will be held on Tuesday, December 6 at the Community Church Fellowship Hall at 5:30 p.m. for food and drinks, and at 6:30 p.m. will be the tree, wreath, and specialty items auction. All proceeds go to the Thermopolis Community Fund. Hot Springs Health and Pinnacle Bank sponsor the event. Spokesperson John Gibbel said, “It’s really exciting. We’re hoping to have over 30 items available for auction. And we just really appreciate those that ta...
Wyoming Whiskey is celebrating 10 years since its first small batch of bourbon by having an anniversary party on December 3. The party will be at the new location of their Satellite Store at 120 East Main Street in Kirby, the former site of Kirby Bar and Grill. The anniversary party will be from noon until 8 p.m. There will be hayride distillery tours from noon until 3 p.m. Justin Beasley and After the Rodeo Band will provide Live music. Food will be provided by We Got Your Six Portions and...
District Court Judge Bill Simpson ruled on the Tipi Retreat, LLC, with Michele and Michael Stevens v. the Hot Springs County Board of County Commissioners on November 8. The order is granting the defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment. Earlier this year, The Tipi Retreat LLC, Michele and Michael Stevens, plaintiffs, through counsel Hathaway & Kunz LLP, filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief, and Petition for Judicial Review against defendant, Hot Springs County B...
Aidan Freeman, a junior at Hot Springs County High School, has been selected for the High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall on February 4, 2023. Freeman will perform alto saxophone with the High School Symphony. Participation in the Honors Ensembles is limited to the highest-rated young performers from across the world. Freeman auditioned for the Honors Performance Series and was recently accepted after a review by the Honors Selection Board. Acceptance to the elite group is a...
The River of Life Church is preparing to move into its new building location. The church, led by Pastor Joe Moon, purchased the building in March. It used to be the Elks Lodge and the former Wax Museum. They are finishing up construction, including the fire suppression system. The pipes for the fire suppression are currently being fabricated. Moon said that they hope to be moved into the building and hold service by the end of December or the beginning of January. Moon added they want to use...
At the November 1 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross of T-O Engineers gave the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) update and said in September they used septic documents from 1998 and 2000 up to 2021 to attribute septic permits in the GIS database. They added 79 previously unmapped septic permits and linked documents in cloud storage. They finished mapping county road easement and right-of-way descriptions and linked historical documents to easement...
Thermopolis Middle School students were honored with awards at the National FFA Convention on October 25-29 in Indianapolis, Indiana. There were over 66,000 students in attendance. FFA Advisor for the Big Springs Chapter, Becky Martinez said that there were six students who qualified, but only three traveled to the convention. Those who attended are 8th graders Chloee Owsley, Haden Johnson and Alec Martinez. They are part of the top 10 in the nation and were welcomed onto the stage for the...
Kent and Stacy Hessenthaler are long-time Thermopolis figures known for their sweet corn and pumpkins. Kent retired from teaching high school math and Spanish about five or six years ago. “Time runs together and as you get older, you know that,” said Kent. However, more changes are coming for the Hessenthalers as they have decided to stop planting pumpkins, but they will continue farming their sweet corn. Kent explained, “My wife hasn’t liked doing pumpkins for a long time. Because she wants t...
At the October 18 Thermopolis Town Council, they held a brief meeting at the Town Hall. FredCrosby, assistant to the mayor, communicated to the council on behalf of Jennifer Fisher that they are still moving forward with the gaming at the One Eyed Saloon. Crosby added that Fisher is in current conversations with both Wyoming Downs and 307 Horse Racing. Also, Crosby said, “Fisher believes the revenue for the county and the city should be pretty good with this once it gets up and going and she i...
At the October 19 Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC), they held two public hearings. First County Planner Bo Bowman presented a plat amendment for the applicant Ross Woolley, for the Crimson View Estates HOA. The proposal was to amend the road dedication language. Bowman said this proposal includes a language change that states: “The Crimson View HOA proposes to remove the following existing language in Item #5 in the notations on the face of the plat: “All portions of Miller Lane, Schmidt Lan...
An open house will be held at Safe Haven, 426 Big Horn St., Saturday, October 29 from noon-5 p.m.. Kaitlin Stone is the new executive director of This nonprofit organization had been part of the Self Help Center out of Casper, but they are their own organization now. Stone moved to Thermopolis in July from the Portland area. However, she is originally from Cody. Stone said, “It was like coming home.” Stone described Safe Haven and said, “The quick answer is that we provide support to survi...
Dust off your brooms and get ready for the Hags-N-Bags Halloween Purse Auction on Saturday, October 22 at the Fair Building. The dinner will be at 6 p.m. and the auction will be at 7 p.m. All proceeds will be for T-Town Cancer Crusaders. Advanced tickets are $12 and Walk-Up Sales are $15. Come celebrate Halloween and raise funds for local cancer patients to help with hotel, meals, fuel, and other travel expenses for oncology appointments. They will have dinner and auction new and gently used pur...
At the October 4 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Tricia McPhie gave the Public Health / Prevention report and said they have been busy the previous month. They were part of a preschool fair that was held in the State Park in the middle of September and Prevention sponsored the Together for Mental Health Walk, which was on September 27. Regarding funding, McPhie said, “Over 50% of our funding is going to community activities like actually giving to the schools, law enforcement and train...
Dust off your brooms and get ready for the Hags-N-Bags Halloween Purse Auction on Saturday, October 22 at the Fair Building. The dinner will be at 6 p.m. and the auction will be at 7 p.m. All proceeds will be for T-Town Cancer Crusaders. Advanced tickets are $12 and Walk-Up Sales are $15. Come celebrate Halloween and raise funds for local cancer patients to help with hotel, meals, fuel, and other travel expenses for oncology appointments. They will have dinner and auction new and gently used pur...
At the September 27 Hot Springs Health board meeting, in the growth report, CEO Scott Alwin said that in the first week of November their contract attorney Scott Shanker from Tennessee will be on-site to meet with providers, the executive team, and others to learn about their workflow. Also, Alwin said that “Brian Lee from Custom Learning System will be here providing what’s called ‘Ignite the Patient Experience.’ We are tapping into his resources to help with our overall patient experie...
At the September 20 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, concerned citizen Gene Boehmke brought up his issues with the construction work being done on Richard’s Street, specifically between 7th and 8th Streets. Boehmke said that he had no issues with the construction crew but was specifically upset with the Town of Thermopolis for not notifying himself and his neighbors that there would be an activity that affected them, such as not having water for a period of time. Boehmke requested that there wo...
On September 20, the Hot Springs County Commissioners held a brief meeting at the Annex building, where there were three public hearings for liquor license renewals. Chairman Tom Ryan asked for public comments for all three individually and none were given. The commissioners voted and passed the approval of the liquor license renewal for the LLL Company and SonRise Grass Creek Guest Ranch LLC. However, for the Legion Town and Country Club, Inc, the commissioners decided to table their renewal...
In 2022, the Hot Springs Memorial Foundation, with the community’s generosity, has been able to provide support for a variety of needs and they offer a challenge to local businesses. The Foundation has offered scholarships to Hot Springs County High School graduates, they purchased two glucometers, bought 10 EZ-IO Guns, partnered with the Hospital Auxiliary to offer Baby First Pillows, and sponsored Foundation Fridays, among other things. Recently Thermopolis Hardware & Merchantile is extending...
On September 16-17, remote control airplane pilots and enthusiasts from throughout the region gathered at the Hot Springs County Airport to fly their model planes. Twenty-one pilots came from Riverton, Billings, and elsewhere to participate. The weather was pleasant, and many pilots commented it wasn't too hot. The planes used either combustion engine propellers or jet engines. Contest directors, Art Mulkey and Dennis Rollins, both from Billings, described the event as their "butterfly event,"...
At the September 6 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross of T-O Engineers gave the Geographic Information System (GIS) update via speakerphone to the commissioners and said that they finished scanning land use change files and began processing documents for upload to cloud storage. They also returned land use change and septic permit files to county planner Bo Bowman and received a new batch of septic permit files to scan. Additionally, they finished scanning...
On September 8, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce held its board meeting at Big Horn Federal. In old business Chamber, CEO Meri Ann Rush said the income for the demolition derby event was “higher than anticipated” and they are waiting for final expenses to come in. Rush added, “The derby was good.” Also, discussed Rush said there was a theft of welding leads at the fairgrounds during the derby. One of the board members said that the derby was on a Saturday but the theft was rep...
At the August 30 Hot Springs Health board meeting, in the growth report, CEO Scott Alwin recognized Verlene Luna who has been re-certified as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the nation’s leading professional society of healthcare leaders. Luna has held the ACHE Fellow designation since 2004. Also recognized was Linda Veylupek, who had successfully passed the Human Resources Certification Institute HR Ethics Certification program. Regarding the Chief Clinical O...
The Thermopolis High School Alumni Association is making major changes for future reunion gatherings. There will no longer be an organized association that will plan events for the weekend of reunion. Reunion will still be held the third weekend of July but it will be up to each individual class to make their own plans. The live band and picnic hosted by the association will no longer be held. Alumni Association director Kim Enis said, “I have talked to several past members of the Alumni, and w...
At the August Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism meeting, in the financial report, Treasurer Audra Dominguez said, “We did pretty excellent for the tourism dollars coming in. We surpassed our last year’s income by 121% on the month… We’re at $36,680.49 that came in for tourism and that is a record.” Tourism Chairman Carl Leyba noted that the lodging tax dollars they reported can come from up to three months behind due to the collecting methods involved. The board voted and passed approval...
Mack's Market now offers two new self-check stations for customers without eliminating any staff positions. Owner Eric Mackay said regarding the decision-making in these new additions, "It actually isn't a new idea. It's been something that has been in the grocery industry for probably the last maybe 15 to 20 years, with a lot of prevalence. And it's been an idea that keeps coming back. But these particular units were ordered about probably three years ago. It was actually before COVID-19."...
