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Tawnya Rush, graduate of Hot Springs County High School, now works in Billings, MT at KTVQ. Rush, Executive Producer of News, recently took home an Emmy Award for the station’s 5:30 newscast “Wild Wind on Turkey Tuesday.” This competition includes stations from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington State. Rush said, “Winning an Emmy is one of the best feelings of accomplishment in the tv business knowing the hard work that goes on behind the scenes to get a newscast on the air.” Rush was the winner of her first Emmy Award as Producer/...
Join the Hot Springs County Museum for a rousing investigation into a controversial chapter of Wyoming history with Kylie Louise McCormick on Saturday, June 18 at 2 p.m. In “The Tea Party Controversy” audiences will join the investigation into why women’s right to vote was recognized in 1869 in Wyoming. The origin of Wyoming’s woman suffrage has long been shrouded in debate: should Esthar Hobart Morris be given the title of “mother of woman suffrage” or is she someone who has received “more credit than she deserves?” This presentation wi...
Roughly 170 people attended the HSC Senior Center Prime Rib Dinner fundraiser on Saturday. There were ample opportunities to participate in and promote the center in their fundraising efforts and many of these opportunities are ongoing. Winner of the the 1966 Ford Pickup raffle was Allen S. (last name not provided). Allen says he has always wanted it and won’t be parting with it. He has chaffeuers that will take him out and about and he’ll enjoy every minute of owning this gem. The truck was...
The local organization of Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) will hold its Field Day on Saturday, June 25 from 12 noon until 10 p.m. and Sunday, June 26 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Hot Springs State Park Kiwanis Shelter. Members of ARES are volunteers who seek to gain new members and interest in HAM radio operations. The event is held by ARES leadership, which includes Zieb Stetler and Casey Freund. Stetler is the District 6 Emergency Coordinator. Freund is one of the Sheriff’s O...
Hot Springs Health is holding the Thermopolis Bystander CPR Course on June 18 at the hospital with multiple time slots available. The course will be presented by Dr. Megan Olson and was inspired by Emma Dorman’s story and developed to promote CPR in our community. Dr. Olson said, “The goal of this course is to just teach compressions only CPR. We don’t teach the breathing portion. It’s just compressions. You won’t get an American Heart Association certification, but the compressions-only piece has been shown to be effective at sending o...
Barrie Lynn Bryant, a 27 year resident of Kirby, has been awarded a $24,473 grant by the Wyoming Arts Council for photography. Bryant will produce a documentary photography field work and teaching project that aims to assess, reveal, and offer solutions to pressing needs within Bighorn Basin communities. Along with completing his own photographs, Bryant will also teach four separate documentary photography courses at the libraries in Worland, Thermopolis, and Greybull and in the Meeteetse...