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Last week the seventh and eighth grade boys basketball team kicked their season off with a two quads. The seventh grade played at Worland, while eighth was at Cody. The eighth grade A Team saw a 59-13 loss against Cody, and the B team had a 21-7 loss. Coach Ryan Shaffer said this was a rough start for the A squad, “as we played a very talented Cody team. We had a few issues with rebounding as we were a little intimidated by the height of their players. After the first quarter the boys settled d...
Duder Harvey makes a drive toward the basket during the Bobcats' game against Riverside Friday afternoon. The boys saw two victories last weekend, with a 49-22 win against Riverside and a 42-31 loss to Lovell on Friday, and a 48-33 win over Greybull on Saturday. At press time, the coach had not responded with stats or comments on the games....
The Bobcat Speech and Debate team came home from their first tournament at Kelly Walsh High School with a third place win in 1A2A. Two-thirds of the team moved from preliminary rounds to semi-finals on Saturday with Kyle Mosser making finals in Drama, bringing home a fifth place finish. Individuals who made it into semi-final rounds included Ashley Brawley in humor, Breeze Petty in informative, Aaron Hanson in POI, Tyler Kay in oratory and Lane Randall in drama. Reilly Russell and Katie Burrows...
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club competed at the Eastside Wrestling Tournament in Casper on Sunday, Jan. 13. In Division 6U 48-51, Bain Lahoe placed fourth. In Division 8U 50-54, Briar Lahoe placed third. In Division 10U 81-90, Cannon Boren placed first. In Division 12U 72-79, Mack Buckner placed fourth. The club is scheduled to compete next on Jan. 20 in Billings....
Hot Springs Dance LLC will be hosting an open house and registration on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at 717 Broadway, home to the new dance studio. The event will provide an opportunity for people to have a look at the new studio and get their children signed up for dance classes if they choose. Hot Springs Dance LLC is also hosting a father/daughter and mother/son dance at the Community Hall at 244 North Sixth on Friday, Feb. 15 For more information on the events or to RSVP for the dance, call 307-431-0999....
On Tuesday, Jan. 8, the “froshmore” boys basketball team traveled to Meeteetse to take on their JV squad and come home with a 61-32 victory. Coach Dean Despain stated, “We continue to grow as a team and are figuring out how to really finish games. We started the game with great intensity and focus and jumped out to an early 10 point lead which we maintained for most of the game, we got lots of quality minutes from the bench and a lot of different kids got to see the floor for extended periods of time, which is crucial to our growth as indiv...
During the Jan. 8 meeting of the Thermopolis Town Council, Julie Mathews was appointed by Mayor Mike Chimenti as the new police chief, Her law enforcement experience is quite varied and goes back to the late 90s. Mathews started with the Riverton Police Department in September of 1999 as a communications officer. Four years later she went to patrol. There is a branch at the Riverton department which lends out an officer to the Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI), which she was for...
Wyoming has a powerful online tool for those learning the rules of the road. The Driving-Tests platform includes a variety of online practice tests for car, motorcycle, and commercial driver license (CDL). The service is free to all Wyoming residents through GoWYLD.net, enabling aspiring drivers to prepare for their WYDOT written tests anywhere, anytime. The Wyoming State Library (WSL) and Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) have partnered with Driving-Tests to provide the platform and to promote its use at WYDOT locations throughout...
During the Tuesday meeting of Hot Springs Travel and Tourism, the board continued discussion regarding the county having lower lodging tax collections. A report from the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division showed the county had a -0.7 percent change in lodging tax collections for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Hot Springs County was the only county that had a decline in lodging tax revenue. Hot Springs State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates said the fact that we were the only county to see a decline...
Citizens have likely heard the sound of shots fired over the past several weeks, as duck hunting season got underway Oct. 16. The season officially closed this past Sunday, Jan. 13, but there will likely still be shots heard as dark goose season is still open through Feb. 17. At the same time, Chukar and Gray Patridge seasons are also in effect through Jan. 31. Though there is no hunting allowed in town, Game Warden Benge Brown noted people can hunt anywhere outside of town and fields just east...
