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The fields at the softball complex were dry enough for the Hot Spring County Recreation District’s Adult Co-Ed Softball League to resume its season on May 30. One Eyed Buffalo had a 13-12 win against Robing Batsman, and Storyteller won 16-12 against One Stop Repair. Standout performers were: Curt Maye with an .800 average, two runs and two runs batted in for OEB; Trey Ottley with a .750 average, three runs, two runs batted in a two home runs for Robin Batsman; David Evans with a 1.000 average, four runs, two runs batted in and a home run for St...
Though school’s out for the summer, it doesn’t necessarily mean students have to take a break from learning, and they can have quite a bit of fun doing it. Hot Springs County Library’s Summer Reading program kicked off on Friday, May 31. This summer’s theme will be A Universe of Stories — Space, with a game day scheduled for June 7, a craft day June 14 and a field trip June 21. The program is for students who will be in grades 1-5 in the fall, and during the kickoff each student will be given a calendar to record their reading. Each week, the...
The Hot Springs County Fairgrounds will be home to the Junior Livestock Show on Friday, June 7 beginning at noon. Participants will enter their animals the day of the show, and the order of showing will be swine, lambs, heifers and beef. Weigh in times and fees are: 9:45 a.m. for swine, $25 per head; 10:30 a.m. for lambs, $20 per head; and 11 a.m. for cattle, $30 per head. Prizes include buckles, banners and cash. There will also be a Joey Mahoney Memorial PeeWee Showmanship event for all species, for ages seven and under. There is no entry...
4-H youth from across Wyoming will have the opportunity to attend the 2019 Wyoming 4-H Horse Camp, right here in Thermopolis on June 10 and 11 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Youth will be checking in on Sunday night between 5 and 8 p.m. with a start time that Monday at 9 a.m. The focus of the camp is to provide practical, hands-on training to improve safe riding and handling skills. Horse safety is a big part of the camp along with basic seat and balance, control of the animal, how to turn on its haunches, forehand, reining,...
Home to various activities throughout the year — birthday celebrations, wedding receptions, fundraisers, reunions and dinners, to name a few — the VFW Post No. 2281 is something on an unofficial community building. The building, built in 1958, is in need of a new roof and other repairs and updates. With the help of the community, in April and auction event brought in some necessary funding to get those repairs started. Jeff Strong noted the roof is 18-20 years old, and they are still trying to get bids in for the work. After the roof is don...
Hot Springs County School District will be offering a free summer meal program for any child 18 and younger at Ralph Witters Elementary, 215 Springview. The program will be Mondays through Thursdays, June 10-27 and July 8-25. Breakfast will be 7:30-8:30 a.m. and lunch will be 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. For more information, call 864-6580....
Last Thursday saw the first step in establishing a Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) chapter in Thermopolis. Though the initial registration and play date for the Thermopolis Morning MOPS was a bit small, Nadine Mayer said that was expected as they just started. She expects there to be more play dates and registrations in the coming months. Mayer explained MOPS is for every mother or caregiver with kids in kindergarten and under, though there are also "mentor moms," those who care for older childre...
Hot Springs State Park has feeding tours in the buffalo pasture on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays that bring the buffalo very up close and personal....
Dozens of kids and adults gathered in Hot Springs State Park last Saturday for a ferocious Nerf gun fight. Thermopolis Nerf hosted the afternoon of food and fun. “Hides” that the players may take cover behind during the Nerf war were strategically placed between trees so they could run from one to the other, hide and shoot, all while trying to eliminate all their opponents....
CHEYENNE — The mayor of Cheyenne and the governor of Wyoming engaged in a public dispute Monday over what happened Friday during a contentious meeting about a potential Taiwanese state visit. In a news release sent from her office Monday morning, Mayor Marian Orr accused Gov. Mark Gordon of going on a “profane misogynistic temper tantrum” directed at her during the meeting. She said she decided to come forward after the weekend to make sure actions like his would not be tolerated. In his own statement, Gordon denied he tried to intim...
Parents help kids develop their throwing and catching skills during the first session of Start Smart Baseball hosted by the Hot Springs County Recreation District. Other stations were set up for the youngsters to practice hitting and running the bases....
THERMOPOLIS — At emotional hearings that drew hundreds, critics challenged regulators’ baseline assumptions that would allow the dumping of tons of pollutants above Boysen Reservoir while boosters heralded the jobs the 4,250-well Moneta Divide oil- and gas-field expansion would bring. More than 300 residents of Fremont and Hot Springs Counties packed separate hearings in Riverton and Thermopolis to tell the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality why it should approve or reject a discharge permit for Aethon Energy Operating, LLC and Bur...
The students of Hot Springs Dance performed to a packed auditorium last Friday evening. Dancers from the tiniest to adults showed off their tap, ballet and even hip-hop skills. Group performances were absolutely on par with modern dance shows you would see in much larger venues....
Flooding has caused damage in multiple area(s) of Hot Springs County. Farms and ranches suffering severe damage may be eligible for assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) administered by the Washakie-Hot Springs County Farm Service Agency (FSA) For land to be eligible, the natural disaster must create new conservation problems that, if untreated, would: •be so costly to rehabilitate that Federal assistance is or will be needed to return the land to productive agricultural use •is unusual and is not the type that would rec...
The abundance of rain in the past few weeks has certainly brought plenty of green to Wind River Canyon as well as colorful wildflowers. The resulting rise in the river level and some needed sunshine have made ideal conditions for rafting the rapids or some relaxing fly fishing....
