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A honey bee gathered nectar from an apricot tree along Ryan Street last weekend. This week, temperatures dropped mid week for spring storm....
Fred Oneyear purchased cookies from Roberta (left) and Lillian, Girl Scouts stationed outside Mack,s Market last Friday....
Ralph Witters Elementary School Librarian Sandy Richins, left, leads a group of third graders as they with meet Hunting With Heroes representatives Jim Collins and Keith O'Brien. The organization donated $500 for the purchase of new books for the students. This is the fifth year the Thermopolis Chapter has made the donation....
Last Thursday, Ralph Witters Elementary first grader Emersyn Strenger and her classmates spent time in the bus parking lot practicing their bike riding. A balance bike is a two-wheeled bike without pedals, often also referred to as a strider. It is designed to help children focus on balancing and steering before introducing the complexity of pedaling. By learning balance first, many children find it easier to transition to a pedal bike without ever needing training wheels....
Willow Moore and Morgan Blakesley were among several volunteers who helped to clean up the Bob Milek Memorial Gun Range last Saturday morning....
Finnegan, Hyrum, and Deaglan Smith play bingo at the baked goods and bingo benefit for Juanita Sanchez last Saturday at the Armory....
Jerimie Kraushaar explains how to play a game of roulette to Shannon and Mark Walker during the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet last Saturday evening at the Hot Springs County Fair Building....
Last Friday, Hot Springs County High School student council members held a fundraiser Jackalope Jump for Special Olympics of Wyoming. Donations of $777 go to athletes so they can take part in activities. High school principal Catelyn Deromedi took her turn getting dunked and emerging out of the frigid, icy waters. People donated various amounts of money to get their chance to throw balls at a target to dunk participants....
Local 4-H members hosted their annual bake sale auction last Saturday at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. Auctioneer Gene Pruett led the bidding as members showed off their culinary creations. Lillyana Reed and Teagan Allen show off a strawberry shortcake feast for the various bidders....
Bobbi Byrd, Shane Wilson, Michael Byrd, Cal Epperson and Mandy Wilson concentrate on their Bingo cards during the Hot Springs County High School graduating Class of 2025 fundraiser held last Friday at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. A large crowd turned out to participate in Bingo, raffles, win prizes and bid in a silent auction....
Sisters Sharaiah and Andreanna Moon took their time looking over the wares at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Rummage Sale last week....
Ralph Witters Elementary held their annual Scholastic book fair last week in the school library. Students could view an extensive selection of entertaining and education books to purchase. Charleigh Macie takes a look at a Plants vs. Zombies book....
Jacinth Howard picks out a dinosaur at the Spring Craft Fair held at the armory last Saturday....
Knights of Columbus member Sean Kruse serves Barbara McArthur during the Lenten Fish Fry at the St. Francis Catholic Church Parish Hall on March 20. The fish fry will also be held on March 28 and April 4 from 5-7 p.m....
Barbara Green picks out a plant at the Community Garden registration and a plant swap at the HSC Library last Saturday. The Red Dirt Master Gardeners hosted the event....
Public Health Nurse Manager Shawn Mohr gave a presentation on how to use Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose at the March Prevention Coalition meeting....
The Big Horn River and Round Top Mountain make for a nice view on a March afternoon. Round Top features a hiking trail where dogs are welcome on a leash....
Bryan Elijah Smith performs a magic trick with Jen, a member of the audience, during his concert hosted by the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce last Friday night at the William H. Malloy Auditorium. Smith put on a great show that was enjoyed by the crowd....
Hot Springs County 4-H members participated in two fly tying classes put on by Thermopolis Trout Unlimited members. Sawyer Willson, Jackson Skelton, Jeff Epperson, Hoyt Peil and Elam Epperson concentrate on their tasks....
During the Ralph Witters Elementary Spring Concert last week at the William H. Malloy Auditorium, top, back row, l to r, Violet Trujillo, Raymond Gillespie; front row, Wyatt Johnson, TJ Miramontes, Halen Lahoe, and Levi Logan perform on their recorders. Brodie Tow and Jayden Dennis perform "Here We Go Looby Loo."...
Karen Palmer, left, and Jerry Deromedi have fun at the Hot Springs County Senior Center lunch on St. Patrick's Day....
On March 4, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church held a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, which is also the beginning of Mardi Gras with Lent beginning the following day. It was quite a celebration with Allyssa Simmons, Pam Phillips, Kelly Strampe, Barbara Rice, Sammy O'Brien, Kathy O'Brien and Charlie Chatwell showing their party spirit....
Terri Lynn Geissinger, great-granddaughter of Lucy Morrison Moore, gave a presentation about the early years of a Lady of a Legend, her elder relative, at the Hot Springs County Historical Society meeting last Saturday at the HSC Museum. The event was so well attended, they had to make more room. Geissinger shared new information about the Sheep Queen of Wyoming....
Last Sunday, Wyoming Discovery Days hosted a Cabin Fever Chili Cook Off and dance fun at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. The event was well attended with the band Barcode 307 from Riverton providing music. Left, Anthony Vargas and his daughter, Payton, and Ro and Audra Dominguez shake up the dance floor. Ana Mosser and her two-year-old grandson, Neptune Martin, enjoyed the corn hole boards. The winners of the chili contest include 1st Anthony Vargas, 2nd Terry Anderson, 3rd Ro Dominguez...
Hot Springs County High School graduate Ron Hayes recently visited with fourth graders at Ralph Witters Elementary School to talk about his book "Let Me Tell You About My Mom". The book has a wide variety of nature photographs including brown bears, loons, swift foxes, mountain goats and more. Hayes collaborated with Casey Rislov in telling stories about animal moms and their offspring....
