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Monday evening was certainly busy at Ralph Witters Elementary, as students found their classrooms and dropped off supplies....
Will Enis manned the grill for his folks, Mike and Kim Enis, as they celebrated 15 years in business as One Stop Repair last week. The appreciation lunch had over 200 attendees congratulate the Enis' on their continued success....
After showing a decline in the 2018-19 fiscal year compared to the previous year, lodging tax receipts for Hot Springs County are off to positive start for the first couple months of the 2019-20 fiscal year, according to the financial report at Tuesday’s meeting of Hot Springs Travel and Tourism. Receipts for July were $15,375,78 compared to $13,359,59 in July 2018, an increase of 10 percent, and receipts for August were $24,279,55 compared to Aug. 2018, a 10 percent increase. The total receipts...
Ralph Witters Elementary There are a couple new faces at Ralph Witters Elementary for the 2019-20 school year. Julia Lindquist is joining the third grade team. This will be her first teaching position, having graduated from Oregon State University this past June. As for her coming to Thermopolis, Lindquist said her husband is working for the V Ranch. She also went to a job fair in Laramie, and the couple was interested in coming to Wyoming as the state has a good reputation for its education sys...
During their Aug. 15 meeting, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce approved the slate of board nominees including Jana Oliver, Jen Fisher, Howie Samelson, Jen Arends and Beth Lewis. The board currently has four board members — Phil Scheel, Deb Tudor, Greg Willson and Barb Heinze — who will “term out” in October, meaning they have served two consecutive three-year terms. The new board members will be announced, along with the chamber’s executive board, during the October meeting....
Ray Shaffer announced this week that the H Diamon W Camp was recently awarded a Daniels scholarship for around $200,000. Shaffer is looking to promote more public use for the camp, and the money will go to renovating the camp. Plans include adding a restroom and new — not used — appliances. Shaffer said the electrical system would also need some reworking. With the announcement coming just this week, concrete plans for the money have yet to be developed, but will be coming in the next few weeks....
There were plenty of folks on hand Saturday afternoon to watch the Rotary turtles migrate from the Big Spring where they were pulled from the water to see who won which prizes....
Going about our daily routine, or even traveling down our Wyoming roads, the thought of a hazardous material (Hazmat) spill and what to do if there is one is probably the furthest things from our minds. However, Hazmat spills are the leading threat in most communities across the country which have a highway or railway running through them. On a regular basis around the U. S. we are dealing with some kind of chemical spill every day. You probably wouldn’t realize it, but there is an enormous amount of chemicals that pass through our town every d...
