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Violet Peterson gets to sit in the cockpit of a medical helicopter as Elizabeth Peterson takes a look at the controls, during the fly in at the Hot Springs County Airport Saturday. Visitors were treated to a pancake breakfast and observed the fliers who came in, which included helicopter and plane pilots, and even a bat or two....
Monday afternoon in District Court, Darren Dumas was sentenced to a total five to 10 years in the state penitentiary. Dumas was sentenced on three charges, including failure to register as a sex offender, strangulation of a household member and domestic violence-battery. The strangulation and domestic violence charges state he beat Christy Dumas from Sept. 23-26 and impeded her breathing on Sept. 26. As to the failure to register, Dumas was charged and convicted of the crime in 2015 and given fi...
What might have wound up a disaster instead resulted in an unorthodox landing Friday afternoon. Ray Arey, explained he was flying a 1946 Ercoupe for a friend, taking the plane from the old air port to the new, when the engine quit on him. He was the only occupant of the plane. After acknowledging the engine failure, Arey said his first thought was to try to restart it. When that didn't work, the only option left was to land it. Arey said, "this wasn't my first flight," indicating he has plenty...
Monday afternoon in District Court, Kristy Samples entered a “no contest” plea to a charge of taking records without permission and was sentenced to five years supervised probation. Samples was originally charged with burglary, stemming from a Sept. 20, 2016 incident during which she allegedly stole money and notebooks from her employer after she was relieved of her duties. According to court documents, Samples’ former manager met with an officer and said two other employees had discussed some...
Cindy Toth, Sonja Becker and Shelley Deromedi shred pork for the Red Dirt Master Gardeners Farm to Plate Gala. The Sunday evening event featured foods from local producers....
The final planning meetings are being held, hotels and campgrounds continue to fill their empty spaces and specially tinted glasses that are ISO 12312-2 certified have quickly become the latest “must have, sell out” items. With less than a week to go before the big event, there’s still a few questions out there, which nobody can really answer until Monday has come and gone, such as “Will we actually get the influx of people everyone is predicting?” “Will there be enough gas, food and other s...
Zeb Massey enjoys a treat Friday afternoon during Central Bank and Trust's ice cream social in appreciation of its customers and friend....
The Thermopolis Bobcats took to the field for practice this week, with their first scrimmage scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 26 at Cody. Coach Matt McPhie stated, "Many of our students' have worked very hard in the weight room and with speed and agility since last season. We anticipate a very exciting season in 2017. We have a returning all state player in Cullen Becher, and we'll also be led by seniors Noah Schwalbe, Milton Peden, and Andrew Yarbrough. "The football team attended and had a great...
The 2017 Thermopolis High School Cross Country team started practice this week, with their first meet scheduled for next Friday. Coach Stephanie Metz stated, "We have a very dedicated, young team! They're not afraid to run in the rain and work hard. We have seven middle school athletes out that are challenging and pushing each other every practice, all of which are optional at this time. It's great to see an interest in cross at such a young age!! "Our high school girls have also worked hard...
The popular Maverik store along Sixth Street will soon be a memory as the old store is taken out and a new, larger one takes its place. Chief Marketing Officer Aaron Simpson said the store will shut down Aug. 27, and expansion work begins the following day. The company recently purchased the lot to the east, behind the store, and plans are to remove all structures on the lots, including the current store and pumps, to make room for the new building. The current store is several years old,...
Though there were not enough Travel and Tourism board members present to constitute and quorum for an official meeting on Tuesday, Director Amanda Moeller presented some incredible numbers for lodging tax receipts. According to the information for the fiscal year 2017-18, receipts for last month were $15,997.24, a $4,891.05 or 44 percent increase over the receipts from the same time last year. Continuing that trend, the receipts for current month are $25,734.17, an increase of $9,937.99 or 63...
During their regular meeting on Aug. 10, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce addressed vacancies on the board. There was no slate of nominees available to vote on to fill the vacant positions, and a motion was approved to give the nomination committee until Aug. 24 to submit a slate of names for nomination. Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush said she will email the list of names out, and the board has until Aug. 29 to reply as to whether they approve of the slate or not. Rush...
Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Town Council approved two motions regarding spaces for events the weekend before and day of the eclipse. The first motion approved was a lifting of the open container ordinance for Thermopolis Liquors. Butch Hendrickson explained it would be only for a slab of cement outside the regularly enclosed patio area, on which he plans to put three picnic tables. He further noted there would be an additional barrier around the area, and requested the ordinance be lifted from...
When talking about Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital, it’s hard not to mention or think about the planned renovation and expansion of the facility. According to Shawn Warner, president of Sletten construction, the preliminary design and coordination activities are taking place for the project. On July 13, the hospital Board of Trustees approved Sletten as the design/build team for the project, and that team has begun preliminary measures for the design process. Among the measures are g...
Several people came out to support the county FFA and 4-H at the 2017 Junior Livestock Auction and Judges' Choice Bake Sale Friday night at the fairgrounds. The events saw a total of $103,963.60. The amount is down about $745 from last year. The total for baked goods sold was $5,225, with the high seller being Oakely Bowman with $550. The buyer was Road Runner Service & Supply. Thirty head of swine sold for a total $30,814.35. The average price per head was $1,027.15. Remington Ferree's grand... Full story
Wednesday and Thursday of last week, the Joint Revenue Interim Committee, chaired by Senator Ray Peterson and Representative Michael Madden, came to Thermopolis to meet and discuss revenue options available. The joint committee is tasked with looking at various revenue options for the state. Among the topics of discussion were the markups and taxes related to beer, wine, liquor and cigarettes, wind energy production taxes and gross receipts tax. With each topic, several people testified whether...
Those who have driven along the south side of 12th Street near Candy Jack Park in the past several weeks have certainly noticed the orange detour signs diverting them around the gaping hole in the street. Town Engineer Anthony Barnett said the valley pan of the street cracked during the winter as ice and water made its way into the ground, and the initial plan was to replace the concrete. However, as additional water infiltrated, the sewer line either heaved, or settled, or a combination of the...
Last week, Thermopolis residents Sallie Wesaw, J.W. Bailey and T.J. Schoenewald travelled to Laramie to compete in the 2017 Wyoming Senior Olympics and each brought back some hardware with them Wesaw, competing in the 80-84 age division, earned gold medals in several swimming events, including the 50-yard freestyle, 25-yard breaststroke, 50-yard backstroke, 25-yard freestyle, 25-yard backstroke, 100-yard backstroke, 25-yard butterfly and 100-yard individual medley. Medleys include butterfly,...
According to Thermopolis Fire Chief Mark Collins, the number of fires in the area is pretty normal at this time, according to the five-year average, though these first couple weeks in August are typically the start of the wild land fire season. Collins said the farmers in the area have been very good about their controlled burns, watching them to make sure they don’t get out of hand. The fires that the department has had to respond to, he said, they’ve been able to get right on top of and get...
Tuesday evening, Thermopolis Town Council approved the use of Bicentennial Park for vendors during Aug. 18, 19 and 20, the weekend before the eclipse. Council heard from Michelle Lue, who noted the ArtStroll has already been rescheduled for the same weekend and there’s expected to be an influx of people, and allowing vendors to set up in the park could help to draw them downtown. Jerry Fields added they’re not looking to charge anyone, but they want to invite people to come down and set up. Deb...
A motion for a new trial in a case against Justin Spence was denied Monday in Hot Springs District Court. Spence was found guilty of incest on April 27, following a three-day trial. According to the charge, he molested a juvenile female on July 4 or 5, 2014. A motion for a new trial was filed in early May, and prosecuting attorney Marcia Bean noted the hearing on the motion was not within the allowed timeframe — 15 days from the motion filing and 60 days from the conviction —so it would be aut... Full story
In District Court Monday, Tiffany Seymour Brown was sentenced to a period of six to seven years at the Wyoming Women’s Center. The sentence covers five felony charges in two cases, including two counts of possession of meth with intent to deliver, two counts of endangering a child — exposure to meth — and one count of possession of meth. Prior to sentencing, she pleaded guilty to the charges. According to court documents, on April 6, 2016 a deputy was informed by the Washakie County Sheri...
Last weekend I took the opportunity to do something I haven’t in . . . I can’t remember when. I fished. At a small lake about 10 miles from my in-laws I was re-acquainted with that age-old pass time that comes with the cycle of casting, untangling, getting frustrated, occasionally taking a poke from the hook and, yes, even catching a small crappie, bluegill or bass every so often. While I seem to remember drinking was a part of that process the last time with a rod and reel in my hand, I tho...
Ana Mosser looks at Hayden Mayne's project at the Makerspace Lab this week. Among the activities at the lab were video production, creating circuits and 3D printing....
