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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...
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...
