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Deb Stewart works on a Valentine during a free hands-on activity during the Second Friday ArtStroll downtown.... Full story
Hot Springs County High School’s Speech and Debate team brought home their third first place win of the season from the Jackson Hole tournament last Saturday. Putting up 50 points, the Bobcats were actually third overall for the tournament behind Riverton and Natrona. Senior Breeze Petty had a stellar weekend in congress as the only competitor at the tournament to rank first in all three of her preliminary rounds, then topping it off with straight firsts in Super Congress to come out with a first place win for the tournament. Petty also went i...
Dreama Thorpe displays a quilt up for auction while John Holm and John Gerrels gather bids at the Fisher Family Triplets Fundraiser Auction Saturday at the VFW. Approximately $33,000 was raised at the event and will go towards medical expenses incurred by the family.... Full story
The Hot Springs County 4-H Junior Livestock Judging team was named the champion team at the 2020 Black Hills Stock Show. Teams gathered from Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska to participate in the Black Hills Stock Show Youth Day Livestock Judging Contest. Youth judged six classes of livestock, answered questions on two classes and gave one set of oral reasons on their placings for a class of Yearling Balancer Bulls. Team member Taylor Agar dropped 18 points in placings on the...
Hot Springs County Recreation Director Anja Abbott shows off team spirit with members of the Hot Springs County Recreations District's youth basketball program.... Full story
Classical Piano and Violin music artists Andre Bohren and Conor Jacobson teach high school band students how to play together during a live performance.... Full story
Alpine Services, LLC will be conducting a conceal carry class on Saturday, February 15 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The class will focus on basic fundamentals, loading and unloading procedures, conceal carry options, situational awareness, Wyoming State statutes and law. There will also be range time available. The cost is $100 per person the day of the class, however, you can sign up now and pay early for $90. Sign up at www.Alpine-Security.com/store or call 307-272-1401. The class will be held at the County Gov. Annex Bld., 327 Arapahoe St....
Grasshoppers have been prolific the past few summers, eating everything in their path and just being a general nuisance. Hot Springs County Weed and Pest will be holding an informational meeting on grasshoppers today, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. at the Weed and Pest office, 711 Springview. The meeting is open to the public....
Friends of the Library will host Chocolate Lover’s Dream on February 15 at the H. S. County Library. Come and fill a dessert plate full of delicious goodies. All proceeds benefit the Hot Spring County Library. The event will be from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m at 344 Arapahoe St, The fee is $5....
What could be more romantic on Valentine’s Day than Strolling with your Sweetheart in Downtown Thermopolis? Music, art, Valentine crafts, a bake sale and shopping combine to make the Second Friday ArtStroll a truly romantic one. The stroll will be on Friday, February 14, from 5-8 pm. Still Strolling Saturday will take place on Saturday, February 15, during regular downtown Thermopolis business hours. New to the ArtStroll is Wyoming Leather and Lace, a business owned by Michelle and Ken Smith. Wyoming Leather and Lace will custom-engrave l...
If you’re thinking about something fun to do with your Valentine this year, the 2020 Thermopolis Fire Department’s Fireman’s Ball could be just the ticket. This year will feature the band Rattlesnake Ridge on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the VFW. All ages are welcome to attend. Although the event is free to the public, donations will be accepted at the door and raffle tickets will be sold at the door for special prizes. All donations from the evening will be used for repair and replacement of equipment for the department....
Aime Robinson was featured at Hot Springs County High School Bobcat Pride last Friday presenting her speech piece, "God of Cake."... Full story
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital will conduct a class called Safe Sitter Program on Monday, February 17 at 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. It will be for children between the ages of 11 and 13. Class size is limited to only eight students. For more information please call 921-3217....
The Hot Springs County Museum will hold a special event for a famous photo coming out of their vault. They will have a big introduction of one of three known copies of the famous photo of Harry Longabaugh and Etta Place Longabaugh is better known as the Sundance Kid who was an outlaw member of Butch Cassidy’s gang “The Wild Bunch”.This infamous gang performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history. Etta Place was Longbaugh’s significant other and little is known about her. The reveal for the public...
Eric Kay looks on as Eli Dickey explains his presentation during Agri Science Day at the high school. Both middle school and high school students participated....
Cross country skiing enthusiasts in Hot Springs County no longer have to travel 75 miles or more to enjoy your favorite winter pastime. Lloyd Lafave and Tom Anderson put their heads together and created trails for cross country skiing at the Thermopolis Golf Course. Lafave came here last year with plans to retire and noticed some skiing going on at the golf course but knew he could improve it with a little grooming. An avid snowmobiler and cross country skier himself, he started checking around...
Valentine’s Day makes you think of love and maybe hearts filled with chocolate. Unless, of course, you’re in grade school. We asked teachers at Ralph Witters Elementary to ask their students “What does love mean to you?” We hope you enjoy their responses. Julia Lindquist’s third grade class “Love means giving someone your food, love is passionate.” -- Jack “In my opinion love means giving your life to somebody to save someone.” – Brylee “Love to me is when a man asks to be your valentine.” – Tayci “To me love is a feeling that you have for some...
Last Friday's Bobcat Pride assembly at Hot Springs County High School featured a few rounds of human bowling. Students climbed into the blow-up cylinders and took turns knocking each other to the mat.... Full story
Members of the Quilt Guild and the Book Club gave a quilt, along with a book, to participants of Storytime at the Hot Springs County Library last week.... Full story
Mark your calendars today for the fourth annual Brenna’s Banquet, Feb. 15 at the former Stone’s Throw restaurant. The event is held each year in memory of Brenna Michelle Rankin, who passed away in March 2016, after battle with cancer. Hors d’oeuvres and social hour will begin at 5 p.m. followed by a prime rib dinner from 6 – 8 p.m. Tickets for the banquet will be $75 per person or $100 for a couple with all proceeds going to the Brenna Rankin Memorial Scholarship for a student to attend Risen Son Christian School. For tickets or more informa...
If you’re thinking about something fun to do with your Valentine this year, the 2020 Thermopolis Fire Department’s Fireman’s Ball could be just the ticket. This year will feature the band Rattlesnake Ridge on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the VFW. All ages are welcome to attend. Although the event is free to the public, donations will be accepted at the door and raffle tickets will be sold at the door for special prizes. All donations from the evening will be used for repair and replacement of equipment for the department....
If you’re an ice fisherman you won’t want to miss your chance at $10,000 in cash and prizes at the 12th Annual Meeteetse Ice Fishing Derby. This weekend, February 8 and 9, get your one to three person team together and join in the fun for just $150. Fishing will be on the Upper Sunshine Reservoir on Saturday and then the Lower Sunshine on Sunday. Only 100 teams can enter the derby and there will be a kids division for those 14 and younger, the “small frys”, and they will be free. The NRA Wall of Guns will also be in town for a fundrai...
Students at Thermopolis Middle School played a little 80's trivia during Voices last Friday. The game was to demonstrate what the members of the Challenge of the Books team do when they go to their competition.... Full story
There will be Benefit Dinner and Cookie Jar Auction for the Spencer Fisher Family on Saturday, February 8, 2020. Money raised will help with expenses for their triplets recently born on December 20, 2019. The triplets are in Denver until they come home in approximately three to five months. Come and support Maverik Lane (Boy) 2 lbs 14 oz 15” long, Laisen Tyler (Girl) 1.04 pounds 11” long, and Rugar James (Boy) 2 lbs 6 oz 14” long. The Benefit Dinner and Auctions will be held at the VFW Post #2281 Hall. Pulled Pork dinner will be at 5:30 p.m....
It is quite appropriate that February, which features Valentine’s Day, is also American Heart Month. The first Friday of every February is the day everyone comes together to wear red to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke. To go along with American Heart Month, in 2004 the American Heart Association created a global initiative to end heart disease and stroke in women, specifically, know as Go Red for Women. Heart disease is the number one killer of women, killing more than all forms o...
