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The Wagonhound Off-road event will be held July 29-31. Event representative Travis Winger said, “Wagonhound, in general, is a collaboration between Central Wyoming 4x4, which is a local nonprofit road organization here. I’m the vice president of that.We’ve got several members locally and we’ve worked with a local landowner for probably six to seven years now to try to get this park established.” The developed trails are on private land of about 2,000 acres. Winger said the activity on the trail...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department is planning on holding their Independence Day fireworks show on Monday, July 4, according to Chief Mark Collins. The show will start just after it becomes dark. The show should last between 15 to 25 minutes and they will shoot off from atop T-Hill. Collins said that the State Guard has prepped the launching area, sprayed it for weeds and added gravel. Collins said that they ordered about $12,000 worth of fireworks with money left over from last year beca...
by Jurri Schenck Teacher Britton Van Heule recently received two awards, one from the Hot Springs County School District for Teacher of the Year and the other from the Wyoming Association for Career and Technical Education (WACTE) Teacher of the Year. According to Van Heule, for WACTE, recognize "teachers that teach trades and agriculture and different things like that. I teach autos and woods and all those things... And then there's also a national association." Van Heule will next apply for...
At the June 21 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting held at the Annex building, the commissioners voted and approved a contract presented by Tricia McPhie between the Wyoming Department of Health, Public Health Division, and Hot Springs County for $57,000. The commissioners voted and approved two agreements, which include the Landfill Agreement for one year, and the Joint Law Enforcement Agreement Review for two years. The commissioners also voted and approved a scholarship renewal for...
At the June 21 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at the Town Hall, town clerk/treasurer Tracy Van Heule presented a budget resolution and the financial statement. The council voted and passed the acceptance of the documents. Mayor Mike Chimenti then recessed the council meeting and held a public hearing and asked for comments about the proposed 2022-23 budget. Assistant to Mayor Fred Crosby said that after the second reading, he was approached with new items from Chief of Police, Pat...
The Wagonhound Annual Off-road Event will be on Friday, July 29 through July 31. Event representative Travis Winger said, “Wagonhound, in general, is a collaboration between Central Wyoming 4x4, which is a local nonprofit road organization here. I’m the vice president of that. We’ve got several members locally and we’ve worked with a local landowner, and we’ve worked with them for probably six to seven years now to try to get this park established.” The developed trails are on private lan...
At the June 15, Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission meeting, under new business, they held a public hearing for the Proposed 2022 Changes to the Land Use Plan. County Planner Bo Bowman documented the changes. In Chapter Two, the definition of a Bed and Breakfast Facility was updated to say, “A guest operation where one to five bedrooms in a residence are rented for periods of less than 30 days. The residence containing the bed-and-breakfast operation must be the principal r...
At the June 7, Thermopolis Town Council meeting at the Town Hall, Mayor Mike Chimenti held a public hearing to address a citizen’s request to change the subdivision/lot plat for three properties on Cedar Ridge Drive owned by Chuck Cooper. Engineer Heath Overfield explained to the council that Cooper has three different lots in the Cedar Ridge subdivision and wants to build a garage. To make the construction legal and to simplify the situation, Cooper wants to make all three lots into a single l...
At the June 7 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, commissioner Phil Scheel was not present, therefore chairman Tom Ryan suspended the normal Robert’s Rules. First to present was Brian Clarkson of T-O Engineers to give the Geographic Information System (GIS) update over speakerphone. In the report, they met with the commissioners on May 17 for a work session to demonstrate the GIS web applications created in 2021/2022 and they discussed the direction for their services in the following y...
Wyatt Haight of the Saddle Sore Arena, located at 423 North on Highway 20, is offering a variety of opportunities for those who are interested in horses and horse related activities. The location was traditionally known as the Jackman Arena and Haight has been making improvements to the property. Haight offers team roping, barrel racing, pole bending, horsemanship lessons, clinics, events, and riding lessons. Additionally, Haight offers horse boarding for the short term or long term, inside...
The Thermopolis Hot Spot Car Rally will be held in the Hot Springs State Park Washakie Shelter on Saturday, June 18 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Early-bird registration begins at 8 a.m. The Driver’s Choice and People’s Choice Awards are at 4 p.m. Stephanie and Jason Owens are now organizing the Hot Spot Car Rally. Stephanie said, “This year it’s a little different. We’re doing just one day instead of two and we moved it to Saturday rather than Sunday. It’s been suggested over several years that... Full story
The Southside Travel Center convenience store is now under new ownership by Mike Bailey’s Pit Stop or Bailey Enterprises in Riverton. Store Manager Mike Hughes said “It has been really hectic just because of all the transferring. But as far as I see, they are doing things the right way. They do it as a team. So not one person is overstressed which I’m really looking forward to. ” Regarding Champs Chicken, Hughes said there will be more options on the menu coming soon. Recently, Champs Chicken...
The local organization of Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) will hold its Field Day on Saturday, June 25 from 12 noon until 10 p.m. and Sunday, June 26 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Hot Springs State Park Kiwanis Shelter. Members of ARES are volunteers who seek to gain new members and interest in HAM radio operations. The event is held by ARES leadership, which includes Zieb Stetler and Casey Freund. Stetler is the District 6 Emergency Coordinator. Freund is one of the Sheriff’s O...
Buddy Rangel recently started Homestead Realty located at 443 Big Horn Street. Rangel has been in the real estate business since 2014. Rangel said about his service, "I want buyers and sellers to know that they can expect more from us. I'm not going to say one bad thing about the other real estate companies because I've worked with them and they all seem to be pretty good. But I just want people to know that, you know, that they're going to get honesty from me. They're going to get loyalty....
Megan Degenfelder, a Republican, is running for Wyoming’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She announced her candidacy on April 7 in Casper at the Boys and Girls Club. She and her husband Bryan reside in Laramie. She was in Thermopolis last week to attend the Reagan Day Dinner. Regarding her vision to improve schools in Wyoming, Degenfelder said, “As a 6th generation Wyomingite and product of our state’s K-12 public schools and the University of Wyoming, I am very passionate about...
Hot Springs Health CEO Margie Molitor passes the torch to the new CEO Scott Alwin starting July 1. Molitor has served in her position for the past six years and has said about her experience, "It's been amazing. I mean, my experience here at Hot Springs Health has been extraordinarily positive." Molitor sums up what she is most proud of in two words, "growth and culture." At the beginning of her tenure, Molitor met an immediate challenge. She explained, "A lot of things have changed since I...
Doug Lindamood of SonRise Ranch in Grass Creek has several focuses for his business and operations. Lindamood was recently awarded a county liquor license. For Hot Springs County residents and tourists traveling through the area, Lindamood said his guest ranch is a place that attracts agritourists. According to the USDA, agritourism is growing at 600% annually. So, what is agritourism? Lindamood describes dude ranches as “cowboy hats and horse rides.” But for Lindamood, agritourism is much mor...
At the May 17 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, County Assessor Dan Webber came to present the 2022 Abstract for the Board of Equalization. The commissioners then recessed and reconvened the meeting under the Board of Equalization. Webber said that the locally assessed value of properties in Hot Springs County is $59,988,460 and that is the number on those estimates. Webber added, “It’s up roughly $7 million. It was in the $52 million range last year. We got through the 30-day app...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting held May 17, during citizen participation, the council voted and approved alcohol permits for OEB Saloon, for two events, the Republican Party Dinner at the Fair Building and the Thermopolis Brewfest on Broadway Street, June 5. The council also voted and approved an alcohol permit for Central Bank and Trust for the Beer and Brats Meet and Greet at the bank for indoor use. Town engineer Anthony Barnett reported that the bid opening for the water project...
At the 2022 Hot Springs County High School graduation, two students also received a degree from Central Wyoming College in addition to their high school diploma. Jacob Randall and Lee Grimm, took dual credit courses for the past four years and their efforts and achievements allowed them to get an associate’s degree. Even though Randall and Grimm started taking college-level courses in their freshman year, it was a surprise to both of them that, in their senior year, they would be able to b...
The trail development of Roundtop is about to be complete and it will have its Grand Opening on May 21 at 10 a.m. Todd Thibodeau is the team leader of four members who did the hard work. The trail building work started on March 22 and they hope to be done by May 20. The nature of the work entails digging with pickaxes, using a Punjab gas-powered jackhammer, and a device called a come-along that helps move huge rocks that easily weigh tons. And, when necessary, they drill holes or cores into the...
Bill and Carole Smith of Wyo Quarter Horse Sales are holding their final sale on May 21 at the Fair Grounds. Depending upon the weather, a performance preview will be at 9 a.m. and the sale will occur at 1 p.m. The Smiths said that they had 59 sales events in 39 years. Their journey in this business started in 1983 when they moved from Cody to Hot Springs County. Bill said, “We’ve always had horses and we’ve always bred some horses and had some colts and things like that. And we were looki...
Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) now has its own FFA chapter for seventh and eighth graders called Big Springs. TMS FFA advisor Becky Martinez said, "We got chartered this year, so we are now our own chapter, separate from the high school. We've had students in FFA for four years, but we were a combined chapter with middle school and high school. Now we're big enough to stand on our own." Martinez said they have approximately 56 students in total participating. There are two classes that are...
At the May 5 Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission held at the Annex building, the commission continued their discussion of the Red Rim Ranch Subdivision application. The application was previously discussed at the April 20 meeting where public comments were given. At this meeting, there were no formal public comments. However, the planning commission did ask questions of both the applicant Brian Hayek and residents of the Red Rim area, particularly those who live on Lane 14. The plann...
At the May 3 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at the Town Hall, Jackie Dorothy from Travel and Tourism presented to the council their joint project of installing a digital sign at the fairgrounds. Dorothy reported that the Tourism Board, the Fair Board, and the Rec Board have raised $70,000 for the $120,000 needed. They still need $50,000. Dorothy asked the council if they could find $5,000 to $10,000 in their next budget to contribute. Mayor Mike Chimenti asked Dorothy for a formal letter...
