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The annual Relay for Life is a prominent event and fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Relay team members take turns walking around a track or other set path, with each event lasting anywhere from six to 24 hours. Each event also has special events and activities just for survivors and caregivers, such as their own laps prior to the teams’ start. Though there has been a local event in recent years, some reorganization has combined the Thermopolis Relay for Life chapter with those in Worland, Ten Sleep, Basin, Hyattville and Manderson, f...
Following a public hearing Tuesday evening, during which there were no comments, the Thermopolis Town Council officially adopted the budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. According to the budget, the General Fund includes: $105,250 for Legislative/Executive, $184,550 for Clerk/Treasurer, $14,400 for Judge, $58,200 for Law, $80,900 for Town Hall, $682,550 for Police, $298,925 for Dispatch Department, $65,500 for Corrections, $32,750 for Codes Administration, $89,800 for Fire Department,...
It's been just over a week since Molly Lockhard began her duties as director at the HOPE Agency, officially starting on June 14. Coming from Spokane, Wash., the 25-year-old is not unfamiliar with Thermopolis. She lived here until she was in middle school, then her family moved to Worland. Lockhard earned her Associate's in Paralegal Studies from Spokane Community College, but has always been in the field of helping. She did childcare through her high school years and until about age 20, then...
Earlier this year, the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department started looking at purchasing a smoke house. The inflatable house is seen particularly at Fire Prevention Week events, at the department’s open house and the annual health fair. After being inflated, the house is filled with non-toxic theatrical smoke to give people the feeling of being a firefighter going into a smoking building. It’s both educational and fun for kids, as well as adults. Currently, the department borrows a smoke hou...
We’ve had more than our fair share of moisture in the past few weeks, and with that moisture things are really starting to grow — including those grasses which can easily ignite. Firefighter John Fish said, “Our fuels are incredibly high, and thick.” Fuels are those weeds, grasses and “cheat” grasses that can later dry out and become easily combustible. With Independence Day rapidly approaching, Firefighter Forrest Coleman-Weisz said people need to make sure they are careful when setting off fireworks, ensuring the places where they are se...
Tuesday afternoon, Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism discussed the website, www.thermopolis.com, as it is not mobile friendly or responsive. Director Amanda Moeller said she was referred to one company for a site update, but she wanted to bring it before the board for discussion as to a possible redesign. Moeller noted people these days tend to pull up information on their phones, and the site doesn’t work well on mobile devices. Moeller further explained June’s meeting is the last for the...
The Wyoming Office of Tourism has released this year’s traveling sticker campaign, featuring four regional stickers as well as an eclipse sticker. The four regions include Salt to Stone, Rockies to Tetons, Black to Yellow and the one we are included in, Park to Park. Visitors in the state will be able to pick up a sticker for that particular region at Visitors Centers and Chambers of Commerce in the area they’re visiting. Salt to Stone region includes Fossil Butte, Fort Bridger, Flaming Gorge, the Centennial Scenic Byway, Mirror Lake Sce...
The Garden of the Month for June, selected by the Red Dirt Master Gardeners, belongs to Irene Anderson. In addition to the blooms and vegetation at her home, Anderson has several decorations and a covered area for relaxing or visiting with others....
Anyone walking down Sixth Street was in for a treat Saturday evening as the Hot Spot Car Rally contestants took part in the Parade of Cars. The unique, the classic and the hot rodders traveled from the Hot Springs State Park to Thermopolis Rehabilitation Center, escorted by the Thermopolis Fire Department....
Mike Kappus, left, and Randy Baker figure out clues during an escape room exercise at Gottsche. As the room was set up in celebration of Better Hearing and Speech Month, clues were done in braille and sign language, among other forms of communication....
Students from the Ralph Witters Elementary Kinder Camp stop by a lemonade stand for a drink. Older students in the elementary summer program helped build four stands, which were set up around town Monday and Tuesday....
H Diamond W Youth Camp in Grass Creek is a busy place for 4-Hers. Left, the first full week of June members from surrounding counties attended 4-H Camp with workshops, both educational and fun. Kaycee Stothart and Sharon Burgess jump up in excitement at one of the morning gatherings. The second week hosted the Hot Springs County 4-H Shooting Sports Camp where local members learn and shoot several gun disciplines as well as archery. Chase Herring, Seth Needham and Porter McCumber watch as...
High water due to recent snow melt runoff in the Wind River has resulted in the closure of campsites at the Boysen State Park Tough Creek Campground. All campsites west of the Tough Creek Campground parking lot are closed until further notice. This is currently the only closure at Boysen State Park at this time....
A two-hour closure of U.S. 20/Wyoming 789 through Wind River Canyon is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, to help rockfall mitigation crews have adequate time to safely drop a large rock and other debris on and near the highway. All work is dependent upon favorable weather. Wilson Brothers Construction of Cowley is the prime contractor on the $600,000-plus effort to clean up rockfall from April and May falling rock and mud slides inside Wind River Canyon between Shoshoni and Thermopolis. "We're anticipating that when the big rock comes... Full story
A set of closures of U.S. 20/Wyoming 789 Wednesday and Thursday in Wind River Canyon are intended to help a contractor successfully and safely bring a large rock off the canyon wall to the edge of the highway. "The rock we were trying to bring down has been more difficult than we anticipated," said Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer Kaia Tharp of Thermopolis. Traffic delays of up to 20 minutes are still in play inside Wind River Canyon, but Wednesday and Thursday, road closures will begin at 1 p.m. The road closures of U.S.... Full story
