Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Your source for news in Hot Springs County
Sorted by date Results 251 - 275 of 585
David Souders has opened Hot Springs Thrift located at 1002 Shoshoni. The shop contains a variety of clothes, shoes, small pieces of furniture, videos, etc. Souders moved to Thermopolis in February 2020 just after he shut down a 1950s-style restaurant he owned in New Castle, Colorado, just before Covid occurred. He later applied for a local position and was hired. Souders explained his motivation for the thrift shop and said, “This is something that I feel like I want to do for the community.” A...
Marissa Selvig, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives under the Constitution Party in the state of Wyoming, recently held a meet and greet in Thermpopolis. Selvig is from Riverton, has four children, married for six years, is a musician, worked at Central Wyoming College in the theater program, and is trained in speech and communication. Selvig is also the director of the Food Bank for Foundations for Nation’s Ministries in Riverton. They do outreaches in town and on the Indian r...
At the August 18 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the Annex building, the commissioners voted and passed the approval of a corrective quit claim deed for Alfred T. Graham and Ada F. Graham. The original property document was recorded in 1986 that contained some errors. It took a very long time for the issue to be resolved. Certified land surveyor R. L. Hudson examined the property and was able to assist in correcting the matter. The commissioners held two public hearings...
During the Primary Election Day on Tuesday, August 16, the polling location for the Town of East Thermopolis Precinct 2-1 and the Town of Kirby Precinct 3-1 had to move due to flooding at the County Museum. Hot Springs County Clerk Becky Kersten received a phone call from her Deputy Karen Slocum at 5:34 a.m. that morning to inform her of the flooding. Prior to the call, Slocum arrived with Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar to deploy keys to the election judges so they could do the chain of custody. The...
At the August 10 Hot Springs County Emergency Planning Meeting held at the Fire Hall, Coordinator Bill Gordon met with participants who represented different entities, such as Gottsche, the Fire Department, the Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Family Services, and others. Gordon reported that the recent siren test last Saturday, August 6 went well and asked the participants for feedback on their experience during the test. They reported that they could hear the sirens from the Wedding of t...
In preparation for your kids returning to school, knowing about safe driving in school zones is important. The legal speed limit in school zones is 20 mph. In Thermopolis, there are several areas of school zones, one is for the Middle School on 14th Street, and the other surrounding the high school and elementary school on Park Street, Springview Street, Arapahoe Street and Senior Avenue. Being safe and driving carefully are a must. However, if you happen to speed through one of those school...
At the August Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce board meeting held at Big Horn Federal, under old business CEO Meri Ann Rush reported on the July 25 Meet the Candidates Forum which was held at the Middle School. Rush said it was well attended, however, there was some “push back” about allowing people to read letters on behalf of absent candidates because of the length issues. Candidates were limited to two minutes in their speaking times. There was also a discussion about having the...
At the August 2 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, representatives from WYDOT gave an hour-long presentation about the Hot Springs County State Transportation Improvement Program. District Construction Engineer Randy Merritt said that for 2022 they received $438,291,760 in federal funding for projects throughout the state of Wyoming. The federal funding covers 71% of the total budget, whereas 29% is covered by the state. WYDOT is $123.92 million dollars underfunded for the various...
Marty Oravec has opened a new business called Frontier Freeze at the old Thermopolis Liquor, across the street from Mack's Market, 625 South 6th Street. Frontier Freeze is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Oravec said he always wanted to do an ice cream business, but first postponed that dream when he bought Thermopolis Cafe from Tony Nettles. Oravec said, "By having a cafe in six months, I probably knew everyone in the whole county." Later they got a liquor license and establi...
Tatum and Jeff Epperson recently purchased an Ebike rental business from Cody and are bringing it here to Thermopolis. They have 16 bikes available and rent them hourly, for half a day or for a full day. The cost is $30 for the first hour and $10 per hour thereafter. The bikes fold in half and can fit inside of a trunk. They have big, fat tires that will ride well on gravel roads. The Ebikes have five different settings and as long as the driver is pedaling, the motor will keep it riding at a...
Four candidates will face off in the 2022 Hot Springs County Commissioners race, including incumbents Jack Baird and Tom Ryan along with challengers Paul Galovich and Joe Martinez. All four candidates are running as Republicans and only two will move on from the Primary Election next week. Jack Baird Jack Baird is running for re-election for Hot Springs County Commissioner. Baird has served for the past four years in his first term. When discussing his accomplishments, Baird mentioned his work...
Thermopolis Mayor Mike Chimenti is running for reelection in the 2022 Primary Election in August. He will be facing off against Adam Ryan Estenson. Two candidates will move onto the General Election in November when the race will be decided. Mike Chimenti Chimenti is nearing the end of his first term of four years. Regarding some of the town’s accomplishments in that period of time, Chimenti said, “We’ve done a lot of building projects. We’ve rebuilt our purifiers and our broken beds and the...
On July 20, the Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission held a brief meeting at the Annex building, where they held two public hearings for proposed subdivisions. The first application was for the Dean Minor Subdivision and Land Use Change from Mark and Liz Dean for the approval of a preliminary plat to subdivide about 36 acres into two single-family residential lots of about seven acres and 28 acres, and a land use change from agricultural to residential. The property is located in...
At the July 19, Hot Springs County Commissioners Board meeting held at the Annex building, the commissioners appointed Ryan Shaffer, owner of P6 pizza restaurant, to the Travel and Tourism board. The commissioners held an introductory Zoom meeting with Lily Griego, the Health and Human Services Regional Eight Director based in Denver. Griego addressed issues such as mental health and the suicide rates in Wyoming with work to raise awareness and assist in prevention help. Griego also talked...
The Red Dirt Master Gardeners are encouraging local home gardeners to donate their extra fresh garden produce to help their neighbors in our community. Last year was the first year Thermopolis participated in the Grow A Little Extra program and it was a great success. Local gardeners were very generous and donated over 787 pounds of produce last summer. There also are beds in the Community Garden which are designated to grow to produce for the Grow A Little Extra program. Produce can be...
At the July 19 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Mayor Mike Chimenti was not present, therefore, council member Bill Malloy presided over the meeting and addressed some catering permits during citizen participation. All the permits were for Shorty’s for these events: Band in the Hot Springs State Park, July 24; Ranch Rodeo, August 3-11; Wyoming Discovery Days, August 6, 7; a Private Reception, September 3; and a Purse Action, October 22. The council voted and passed the approval of all the p...
The Hot Springs County Sheriff's Department has a new K-9 unit with Deputy Shayna Cox and a one and half-year-old German Shepard named Riggs. Cox said that she and Riggs went through about three weeks of training working every day. Riggs was supplied by a company called MAKOR K9 of West Virginia. Cox explained, "The guy that sold the dog to us came down and trained with me, brought the dog, delivered it, and trained with me. We finished a little bit early, so it would have been 21 days." Cox...
The local Thermopolis Rotary Club will be holding its annual fundraiser on August 20 with its Turtle Trek event. Tickets are $10 each with only 1,000 tickets sold. The event begins with 1,000 small floating plastic turtles that are poured out at the Big Spring in Hot Springs State Park and they float down a small channel of water and eventually reach the first of the cooling ponds near the terraces and The Swinging Bridge. Each turtle is marked with a number and depending upon which turtle...
Four candidates will face off in the 2022 Hot Springs County Commissioners race, including incumbents Jack Baird and Tom Ryan along with challengers Paul Galovich and Joe Martinez. All four candidates are running as Republicans and only two will move on from the Primary Election in August. Jack Baird Jack Baird is running for re-election for Hot Springs County Commissioner. Baird has served for the past four years in his first term. When discussing his accomplishments, Baird mentioned his work...
At the July 5 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the Annex building, a public hearing was held to address the Red Rim Ranch Subdivision application, represented by developer Brian Hayek. The request was for the approval of a preliminary subdivision plat to divide 385 acres into 88 single-family residential lots and a land-use change from Agricultural land use category to Residential land use category. During public comments, Lisa Vice from Coyote Run asked the commissioners, “I j...
On Friday, July 8, the family of Duncan Harris interred his ashes in the Nostrum family plot in the Monument Hill Cemetery located in Thermopolis. Duncan's widow, Janice Harris, helped the family gather together to celebrate his life, coming from Jackson Hole and elsewhere. Duncan comes from a long lineage of the Nostrum homesteaders in the Thermopolis and Hot Springs County areas who arrived in the late 1800s. As a youth, Duncan claimed both Wyoming and California as home. He was born February...
Michael and Michel Stevens are operating the Tipi Grill in relationship with Hellie's TeePee Pools in the Hot Springs State Park. They opened for business on July 1. They are open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m and are open Sundays noon until close. They plan to keep the business open with these hours until further notice and may change them in the fall. Regarding how things have been going since they started, Micheal said that this past weekend and on July 4 they were...
Four candidates will face off in the 2022 Thermopolis Town Council race, including incumbents John Dorman Sr. and Tony Larson along with challengers Bradyn Harvey and Rachel Hughes. Four candidates will move forward from the Primary Election in August so the race will be decided at the General Election in November. John Dorman Senior John Dorman Sr. is running for re-election to the Thermopolis Town Council. Dorman said, “I enjoy working for the town and trying to keep things on an even keel, d...
Thermopolis Mayor Mike Chimenti is running for reelection in the 2022 Primary Election in August. He will be facing off against Adam Ryan Estenson. Two candidates will move onto the General Election in November when the race will be decided. Mike Chimenti Chimenti is nearing the end of his first term of four years. Regarding some of the town’s accomplishments in that period of time, Chimenti said, “We’ve done a lot of building projects. We’ve rebuilt our purifiers and our broken beds and the...
At the June Hot Springs Health board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor gave her final growth report prior to her retirement. She said the recent state survey was “probably the best survey that Hot Springs Health has had in years. I mean, from what I could see. So that’s a great way for me to go out on.” Molitor credited the work everyone did as a team in the mock survey, which aided in their preparation for the state’s visit. Molitor also mentioned that part of her bucket list was to update the emp...
