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Thermopolis Volunteer Firemen responded to a vehicle fire in front of the post office Tuesday. Apparently there was a strong smell and smoke coming from an electrical malfunction toward the real of the vehicle....
The Thermopolis Middle School football team stayed busy playing three games in the past week. On Thursday, they played Worland’s 7th and 8th grade teams then Burlington’s middle school team on Saturday in a game that featured primarily the TMS B team and some players needing work at other positions to help us create more depth. During Thursday’s games, the TMS boys ran up against very tough Worland teams, giving both a valiant and a resilient effort but lost both games. By the second quart...
Tuesday night's sunset makes a beautiful colored reflection in the cooling ponds in Hot Springs State Park. Virga is dropping from the clouds....
Students and family members enjoyed games and ice cream at the Head Start social Sept. 10. Left to right. Briar, Vinnie, Abigail and James take their turn playing with a parachute....
Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman Brandon Blakesley sprays water on a smoldering tree stump during a grass fire on South 5th Street. The fire department responded in full force to quickly contain the fire as the wind fueled the fire....
Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman James Coats holds his boot up for approaching motorists to see during the Fill the Boot fundraiser on Labor Day Monday in Thermopolis at the stoplight. Adriana Rivera holds a boot for a driver to drop in her donation....
The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust awarded Alan Barnett its eighth annual Kurt Bucholz Conservation Award at its Annual Roundup, held August 29 at Warren Livestock Co.'s Pole Creek Ranch outside of Cheyenne. Many Wyoming producers know Barnett through his work with Farm Credit Services but in addition to his career as an ag lender, Alan and his family bought a ranch on Gooseberry Creek at the edge of Hot Springs County. A conservation easement on that ranch was completed in 2005 and led the...
Thermopolis Volunteer Firemen and their families spent Labor Day Monday raising money for multiple sclerosis during their Fill the Boot fundraising drive held at the stoplight....
Glenna Tippets thanks Ellen Galyan for coming to her 100th Birthday Party Open House Saturday. Tippets welcomed a steady stream of well wishers throughout the evening....
The 15th annual Fall WYO Quarter Horse Ranch Sale is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The fall sale is the second of two sales each year featuring the horses of Bill and Carole Smith, Jack and Becky Wipplinger and Dr. H.B. “Woody” Bartlett. The “Parade of Geldings & Two-Year-Olds” video display will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the fairgrounds. A performance preview is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The auction this year fe...
The Lady Bobcats opened their 2015 volleyball season at the Douglas Invitational last weekend. Saturday the Lady Cats went 1-2 beting Lander in 3 sets. They lost to Kemmerer in 2 and also to Glenrock in 2. According to coach Shannon Hill the team has a lot of growing to do this year but she is confident she has the right girls for the job. "They are competitive, coachable and very athletic so I know we will just keep improving," said Hill. Hill said the competition was tough at Douglas and the...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat boys’ golf team opened their season August 20-21 at the Powell Invitational. According to coach Jacob Smith, the tourney was a great start to the season with each golfer improving from the first day to the second. “For some it was more an exercise in knocking off the dust and rust of summer, but good debut,” said Smith. Hudson Roling started his sophomore season strong with a two day score of 159 (84/75). Cameron Cole (117/88) had a fantastic secon...
The Bobcat football team took on both Greybull and Shoshoni last Friday night in Greybull for a pair of scrimmage games used as a tune up for opening game Friday, Sept. 4 against Pinedale at home. According to head coach Rob Anderson, the games are a good indicator of where the team is now and what they need to work on. “We had a few penalties that hurt us a little but nothing that we can’t fix,” said Anderson. He said the team learned a lot during the two games to help prepare them for the c...
Last Saturday's Farmers Market was bustling with shoppers at a variety of booths downtown next to Bicentennial Park. The Farmers Market is held every Saturday into September....
Emergency responders were called on scene to a motorcycle accident about half-way through Wind River Canyon Sunday night. The male driver was transported to Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital and then Life Flighted....
Even the employees got in on the fun as Wyoming Dinosaur Center's Jessica Lippincott gets her face painted during their 20th Anniversary Celebration Saturday....
Despite the windy conditions the turn out for Friday's Relay for Life event, including the survivor's and caregiver's dinner above, was good. Teams raised over $21,000 for cancer research....
Wind gusts the National Weather Service reported peaked at 67 mph in Thermopolis Monday afternoon damaged the roof of Stones Throw Restaurant forcing it to close for a short time. Owner Jennifer Fisher planned to have the restaurant reopened Wednesday evening....
An entire stack yard of hay on Owl Creek was destroyed due to a fire Monday evening. The high winds fanned the flames that engulfed the large stack yard within minutes. Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman Mike Mascorro works to contain the fire....
Attendees of the 100th Anniversary celebration in Kirby Saturday enjoyed entertainment, food and learned a little about the history of the small town north of Thermopolis....
Men and women alumni from Thermopolis and Worland are taking it to the basketball court, revisiting an age-old rivalry, to find out who still has it at the Has Beens Basketball game. The benefit matchup will be held in the Hot Springs County High School gym Saturday, July 18 at 1 p.m. Doors will open at noon. All proceeds will go to the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Tickets are on sale at the Hot Springs County Senior Center, Chamber of Commerce, Car Quest, Needful Things, Storyteller,...
Men and women alumni from Thermopolis and Worland are taking it to the basketball court, revisiting an age-old rivalry, to find out who still has it at the Has Beens Basketball game. The benefit matchup will be held in the Hot Springs County High School gym Saturday, July 18 at 1 p.m. Doors will open at noon. All proceeds will go to the Hot Springs County Senior Center. Tickets are on sale now at the Hot Springs County Senior Center, Chamber of Commerce, Car Quest, Needful Things, Storyteller,...
CodeRED is a high speed emergency and community notification system that has been in use in Hot Springs County since 2008. The system has been used frequently in the past month or so because of the variety of weather, flood and drinking water alerts and warnings sent out via phones. These warnings are not sent out frivolously. This alert system can be used for more than natural disasters. In the case of a hostage situation or other dangerous event, residents of area houses can be singled out to...
The Hot Springs County Weed and Pest District will be spraying for mosquitoes June 30-July 2 in the county including the areas of Lucerne, Kirby and Owl Creek, weather permitting. Ground fogging will be done in Thermopolis and East Thermopolis. Contact the Weed and Pest district office if you would like to be on a no spray list. Mosquitoes are thriving this year due to the rainfall the county has received. There are options available for residents to control mosquitoes in their yards....
There was no hole-in-one winner during the Smokin' Waters Golf Invitational held Saturday at Thermopolis Golf Course, but nearly $12,000 was raised for Hot Springs County 4-H and FFA. The team of Ethan Brooks, Binky Fisher, Travis McDermott and Parke Price took gross honors with a score of 53. Darin Homer, Kevin Homer, Bob Ryan and Bob Uffelman came in second at 55. Third place gross went to Donnie Bjorhus, Hardy Johnson, Joey Johnson and Jake Smith with 56. Gil Guyon, TJ Owsley, Ty Vass and Jon...
