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Janet Brooks Blakesley, 70, passed away Sept. 20, 2015, in Rapid City, S.D. at Hospice House. A full obituary will run in next week’s Thermopolis Independent Record....
Come join astronomer, author and national speaker Dr. Kevin Manning for an evening of “Astronomy for Everyone!” Manning will provide an intriguing, thought-provoking program of exploration into our universe, Thursday evening, Sep. 24, 7 p.m., at Hot Springs County Library. Manning is a former consultant to NASA and on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (launched on the space shuttle with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). He has also worked with ground-based observatories such as Brookhaven National Laboratory. Manning is known for...
Sam Mihara, Heart Mountain detainee from 1943-45 Spoke at the Hot Spring County Museum and Cultural Center to packed audience about his time here in Wyoming. Mr. Mihara is a UCLA Professor and rocket scientist....
We all can look back to a moment that changed our lives, an influence at the time that was invisible or unknown. Being part of a team, a group learning to work with others. Developing skills that last a lifetime. The Boy Scouts have boasted this for over 100 years. In that time span there have been many members who have joined the Scouts and even moved on to become Eagle scouts. Our community is no different. Last weekend the Boy Scouts held their annual Boy Scout Jamboree in the Hot Springs...
Friday night's Friends of NRA banquet raised over $14,000, half of which will remain in Wyoming to be awarded as grants for local gun clubs, 4-H shooting clubs and other organizations that support and encourage safe firearm use. An estimated 120 people attended Friday night's banquet. Although there were 150 total tickets available for the event, participation was up from last year's event. The banquet had to compete for participants against Hot Springs High School sporting events, which also to...
Wyoming Game and Fish has released the 2015 hunting forecast for the souther part of the Big Horn Basin. Antelope Pronghorn hunting in the southern Bighorn Basin will likely be similar to 2014. Although pronghorn numbers are still below target levels in both the Copper Mountain herd (hunt areas 76, 114, 115) and the 15-Mile herd (hunt areas 77, 83, 110), there has been some improvements in fawn production in 2014 and 2015, which should translate to better hunting in the future. Hunting seasons will remain fairly conservative in most areas to...
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department urges hunters and other backcountry users to be cautious when recreating in bear country, and to carry and know how to use bear spray. “As bears become more active and hunters begin to pursue game in the field, we anticipate that there will be an increase in human-bear encounters,” said Tara Teaschner, Cody information and education specialist for Game and Fish Department. “As hunters, we do exactly the opposite of what we would have most recreationists do to avoid bear encounters—you might say that hunters...
