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The Big Horn Basin Nature and Discovery Center Joint Powers Board will host a “Call to Wyoming Artists” for their 2021 Wyoming Discovery Days on August 7 and 8 at the Hot Springs State Park. The event will be Saturday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Organizer Audra Domínguez says she is excited about the event. Its theme is “Rails, Trails and Folktales,” where we get to explore “Where did we come from? Where are we going? How did we get here?” Dominguez sa...
The Thermopolis High School Robotic Team is actively making progress to prepare for their coming competitions despite them now being virtual due to COVID. Coach London Jenks said, "We're continuing our robotics season like we normally do. We have not had any in-person competitions, they mostly moved to virtual and everything is about two months behind." In February they would usually be ending their season and have their Wyoming State Championship, but it has been moved. The team's first...
At the January Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board meeting, in the growth report, hospital CEO Margie Molitor said they just started their second round of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for 80 employees and also 13 people from Gottsche and the dental clinic. Molitor mentioned their work with the Public Health Office and getting people who are 70 years and older to get vaccinated. She added that they are waiting for more doses to come to them. She said, “As it comes in, Public Health has a w...
At the most recent Town Council meeting on January 19, the council approved two catering permits for Shorty’s, one for Duck’s Unlimited at the fairgrounds and the other for a Kirby Creek Mercantile event. In his report, town engineer Anthony Barnett said that they did get the landfill wells sampling started. These samples will be taken to Casper. He said several individuals all helped out in getting the sampling done and that “things went well.” Assistant to the mayor, Fred Crosby added that th...
At a recent traffic stop, Thermopolis police officer Mike Mascarro made a major drug bust of a local distributor that captured around $1,000 of crystal meth. This is still an open investigation, and all allegations for those involved are still alleged. On Friday night January 15, officer Mascarro was driving southbound on South 6th Street in the area of Family Dollar and he saw a van pull out of the Paint Brush motel. Mascarro had been aware of the van for several days already. He saw that it...
The Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism board met for its January meeting and addressed several marketing decisions and received an overview of their strategic plan from a consultant. In the financial report, treasurer Matt Hughes said that the lodging tax spending showed receipts for December at $18,625.92. For spending related to COVID, expenses from March 20, 2020, until December 20, 2020, totaled at $59,554.23. In Jackie Dorothy’s director’s report, she said that December saw low occ...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting on January 5, town attorney Mike Messenger swore in both Dusty Lewis and Bill Malloy as re-elected town council members. The council also approved a motion to reappoint Julie Mathews for another term for two years. Messenger also swore her in for this position. In his report as director of public works, Ernie Slagle said that they lost their backup generator at the water treatment plant. A repairman arrived and found that all the computer boards are...
All too common in conversation it has been spoken that 2020 was the hardest year our nation and state have experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related issues. Finding hope has been a great challenge for most. In Hot Springs County, our residents have been hit very hard. There have been job losses, business failures, divorces, suicides and other very challenging situations. However, the community of Thermopolis has been working hard to bring support to its residents. First responders, fr...
At the December Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital board meeting, CEO Margie Molitor talked about the fact that they have three qualified surgeons for orthopedic care. She said that the staff met Dr. Caldwell on his second trip to the area. He was also in surgery and was seeing patients. Dr. Francisco from Lander is in Thermopolis on certain days, and Dr. Rice is at Gottsche for providing care. Regarding construction Molitor said that the Covid bill that recently passed gave an extension on...
The Hot Springs County Museum recently added a new display to its features that celebrates the legacy of the late Dorothy Grace Buchanan Milek. The Pioneer Association chose Cynthia Garbin to create the Milek display, as Garbin is very familiar with Milek's legacy in the area. Garbin said, "Milek is very special and important to the community. I felt very honored when they asked, 'would you like to do this?'". Milek, whose husband was the late Bob Milek, had five children and is known as an... Full story
At the December 15 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Wyoming Finance Insurance agent Luke Anderson presented himself at the request of Assistant to the Mayor Fred Crosby. Crosby wanted Anderson to take a second look at the town’s properties and assets to see if there is a better way of insuring them. Anderson’s work covers the Big Horn Basin and he has 21 years of experience, eight with his current company, and has been in the Cody office for 13 years. His title is regional vice president. And...
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon along with State Health Officer Alexia Harrist updated public health orders on December 9 to require bars and restaurants to close at 10 p.m. instead of being able to stay open until 2 a.m. There are also limits on groups of patrons seated together and gatherings without required social distancing. Bar owners around the state and in Thermopolis are very concerned about the lost revenue they will face and some are questioning the legality of the health orders. The...
At the December 1 Thermopolis Town Council meeting last week, there was no citizen participation and few reporting parties. Assistant to the mayor in codes administration, Fred Crosby said he met with some other individuals the previous week about their fire rating audit and those results have not yet been provided. The data was almost identical to their previous audit in 2016. Crosby said, “I anticipate our rating will be the same. I don’t know how it can be different.” There were the same...
Someone once said, “Difficult, unusual times require difficult, unusual solutions.” Jennifer Fisher, co-owner of One Eyed Buffalo, both the brewery and saloon, has taken those words to heart. Fisher said they have decided for the brewery they are going to implement breakfast for their restaurant. Fisher said, “We’ll probably start off just doing it Friday’s, Saturday’s, Sunday’s and Monday’s. The hours will be 6 until 11 a.m. We will serve crepes, benedicts, and a few things like that.” The reas...
Retail business owners reported that business went well for them on Small Business Saturday. Karen Sinclair of Thermopolis Hardware said, “I think it went pretty good. We’ve had great support from our community. We just appreciate everyone supporting small businesses, brick and mortar. I’m just happy to be open and chugging along. Regarding how well their business went overall for the year 2020, Sinclair said, “I think we’ve had a good year. Thermopolis supported us. I think fewer people we...
Restaurant owners in Thermopolis have been faced with challenges as consequences from public health orders on the state and county level due to COVID-19. At one point earlier in the year, restaurants were only able to serve to go orders. Currently, they still face limited seating restrictions to maintain social distancing and most recently the face covering requirement in Hot Springs County. The order requires face coverings be worn by all members of the public, except for minors, when they are...
At the November Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board meeting, in the growth report, CEO Margie Molitor said they do have their rapid testing machines running locally and in their other clinics. She noted that if a person is still symptomatic with COVID but testing negative, they will still send their tests to the state for analysis to make sure. Molitor also reported they have their bio-fire, a big machine that they have been waiting for, and it will be installed next week from the time...
On Thursday, November 19, Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar received a call directly from County Health Officer Dr. Vernon Miller. Miller informed the Sheriff that he received a threatening message by voicemail and played the message for him. The recording was an adult male who allegedly intended to cause harm to Dr. Miller because of his health orders to the county mandating citizens wear masks. Deputy Casey Freund went to Dr. Miller and recovered the voicemail audio. The county was able to call the...
At the November Travel and Tourism Board meeting, Treasurer Matt Hughes released his financial report. For the month ending in October, they collected $30,267.83 from the lodging tax, and they received $8493.65 from CARES Act funds in that time. Hot Springs County has been performing over other destinations and is one of the top-performing counties in Wyoming. Hot Springs County had only 12% down from last year compared to the Wyoming average of 31%. They outperformed Fremont, Teton and Park...
At the most recent Chamber of Commerce meeting, Director Meri Ann Rush reported on the profit and loss for the Banquet that was held on October 3. They had 150 tickets sold and there were 129 meals served. Rush said many people would buy tickets to give to someone else. The banquet did make a profit and Rush said that “it was surprising.” Moonlight Madness was a success with the chamber filling 163 bags. Rush reported that there was great attendance and that she was “shocked there were that many...
The November 3 Town Council meeting was brief. There was no one present for citizen participation, and Mayor Mike Chimenti checked in with all reporting subjects and no one had anything to discuss or update. However, in the end, there was some discussion sparked by the director of public works Ernie Slagle. Slagle mentioned that the police department bought some radar signs that display how fast drivers are going. Apparently, the signs’ installation will be delayed because they need to get a...
Hot Springs County Senior Center director Trenda Moore has great concerns about the budget cuts coming to Wyoming Home Services (WyHS), a program funded by the Wyoming Health Department. WyHS helps seniors live in their homes longer and safer by providing personal care and homemaking services. Moore has said, “Much like the previous attempts to privatize and or change the Pioneer Home in the past, now the Wyoming In-Home Services program is at stake. It will be eliminated on June 30, 2021, if s...
At the most recent Town Council meeting during citizen participation, Chamber of Commerce Director Meri Ann Rush requested town approval of their lighted Christmas parade on Friday, December 4 at 6 p.m. She asked for street closures for the same route as last year’s event. The theme for this year’s parade is “Santa’s Workshop.” The council voted and approved Rush’s request. Citizen Gary Sikes also approached the council requesting permission for a parade for supporters of President Trump’s campa...
At the most recent Travel and Tourism board meeting, Jackie Dorothy said in her director’s report that the bulk of her time this past month has been concentrated on spending the CARES Act money appropriately and completing the creative projects for each campaign. Dorothy said, “Our ‘Be Happy, Be Safe, Be You’ campaign is up and running with radio and social media.” Recently they received the first version of their television commercial that they shot. They plan to launch their first e-newslet...
At the October 6 Town Council meeting, they approved the transfer of a liquor license as a housekeeping measure requested by the liquor division. Town Clerk/Treasurer Tracy Van Heule explained, “Carspa is one of the corporations associated with Big Spring Spa and Big Spring Spa is the corporation that orders the liquor so they wanted everything in Big Spring Spa’s name.” The change is for bookkeeping purposes. In citizen participation, Linda Klink, the Program Manager for Wyoming Main Stree...
