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Jacob Strenger takes a flying leap into a pool of freezing cold water during the Jackalope Jump on Saturday. The event, hosted by the Hot Springs County High School cheerleaders, features brave souls taking the leap after raising donations that go to the Special Olympics....
Wyoming native Ray Maple portrays Tom O'Day during a program at Hot Springs County Library....
Brad and Chell Palmer from Leadville, Colo. celebrated their prom night all over again with the Adult Prom hosted by the Big Horn Basin Riders to benefit our servicemen and women....
Last weekend visitors to Hot Springs State Park enjoyed sunshine and warm temperatures....
Students had plenty of opportunities for education during the health fair at Thermopolis Middle School on Friday. Among the activities were practicing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), wearing glasses to simulate intoxicated vision, learning how quickly germs can travel from a sneeze and getting safely out of a smoke-filled building...
There was a little something for everyone at the Kiwanis Health Fair Saturday, from shooting the "bad skeeters" to looking for the germs. Lots of booths provided on the spot care, too, like neck massages, vein checks and electronic, health related points. Doctors were on hand to discuss blood draw screenings and provide referrals....
Saturday evening at the fair building, members of the community gathered for the 96th annual Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Among the festivities for the evening were the announcement of the 2016 Business, Non-Profit and Citizen of the Year. This year saw two recipients for Business of the Year - Thermopolis Hardware & Mercantile and Vicklund Pharmacy. Comments made about Thermopolis Hardware were, "This business has created a fantastic inventory to provide a service of...
Rhiannon Muller received a pie to the face Friday at Thermopolis Middle School. In recognition of "Pi Day," members of the Mathcounts team challenged classes to a variety of math challenges; students chosen from among the winners were given the honor of selecting which team members would receive a pie....
A number of people decided to spend their Sunday enjoying the Bighorn River....
Thermopolis Special Olympics Bobcats will be doing their annual Jackalope Jump at Hot Springs County High School Saturday, March 25, starting at noon. This is the only fundraiser for the local Special Olympics team and they use the funds that are raised to help out the athletes with registration fees, hotel costs, and meal costs throughout the years’ competitions. The athletes have also been raising funds from the different businesses in Thermopolis. The athletes are extremely appreciative for the support that they have already received from s...
The Freedom Ball Adult Prom is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at the Days Inn. The Big Horn Basin Riders motorcycle club is hosting the event, but attendees don’t have to be members or bikers to attend. Fancy dress is not a requirement either, so people can dress casual if they choose. A variety of music will be provided by a DJ, and there will also be snacks and a cash bar. Commemorative glasses will be available for purchase, and a photo booth will help capture memories. T...
Hot Springs County Library is hosting a traveling photography exhibit showcasing the work of Edward S. Curtis through April 30. Pieces from Curtis’s The North American Indian, a grand work that provides a permanent record of 80 North American tribes, will be featured in the exhibit. Curtis produced the unique American record at great personal sacrifice. Beginning in 1898, he travelled the American West from the Rio Grande to the Arctic Circle. Working with written accounts, photographic images and sound recordings, Curtis gathered and a...
Tucker Lee Bass drew for the winner during a drawing at the Central Bank and Trust Meet and Greet. Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Meri Ann Rush announces the winner in the background....
James Benkusky with United Blood Services visits with Connie Taylor during a blood drive at the Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center, Monday afternoon. As Taylor provided her donation, the two discussed Benkusky's musical skills and various stringed instruments....
Spring is in the air and thoughts turn to lazy days spent sitting in the sun reading a good book. That’s the perfect time to join the Friends of the Library spring book sale at the armory. The book sale will take place on two days, March 31, from 5 -7 p.m. and April 1, from 8 a.m. til noon. Come look over all the available titles, find your favorite author or genre and then read and relax at the “Starbooks Café....
Don’t worry about getting pranked this April Fools Day, instead, make plans to be at the V.F.W. for their semi-annual sale. The Ladies Auxiliary is offering tables for the event, $20 each or three for $50. There will be crafts, flea market items and gifts, all indoors, along with cinnamon rolls and coffee, starting at 9 a.m. To reserve your table, please call Karen at 921-1247 or Nancy at 349-2573....
Award winning singer, songwriter and cowboy poet, Ron Hughes, will be live, in concert at the Community Church this Sunday, March 26. A gifted songwriter and cowboy poet, Hughes has top 10 gospel albums to his credit along with a Christian cowboy album. A Male Horizon winner in 2001, Hughes was also Artist of the year in 2004 and male vocalist for 2005. The concert begins at 6:32 p.m. at the Community Church at Sixth and Big Horn....
"Pinky the Elephant" visited students at Ralph Witters Elementary last week. The mascot is used to help teach kids about poison prevention....
Students at Thermopolis Middle School are working to help the people of Sudan by providing funding for a well there. The inspiration for the project came after they read “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park. The novel tells two stories. One is the fictional account of Nya, a girl in Sudan who is fetching water from a pond for her family, travelling over miles of rough terrain in searing heat to do so. The other story is non-fiction, the story of Salva Dut, who became one of the “lost boys...
The Bureau of Reclamation at the request of, and in collaboration with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, has scheduled a flushing flow in the Wind and Big Horn Rivers downstream of Boysen Dam for Tuesday, March 28. “The Bureau of Reclamation is able to retime operations and provide the flushing flow due to the above average anticipated inflows to Boysen Reservoir, and the expectation of needing to pass excess water this spring,” Wyoming Area Manager Carlie Ronca said. “The flush will be accomplished without adversely impacting overa...
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Riverton will teach a Severe Weather Spotter training class to increase the number of weather spotters in Hot Springs County. The free, two-hour training class will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in the County Annex Building at 117 North Fourth Street. The course describes how various severe weather phenomena develop, outlines appropriate safety actions and details procedures for identifying and reporting severe weather to the NWS. Videos and digital images from across Wyoming are shown during the...
Having had the wonderful experience of living in Thermopolis for the past seven years, I've taken in much of the beauty from small hikes and walks around town, but there is so much yet to see. Last weekend, on a beautifully warm Sunday afternoon, I decided to check out a hiking trail a friend suggested. It was called the Gooseberry Badlands and it was only 40 miles away. So, I grabbed my camera, a bottle of water for the 1.5-mile trail and my favorite music for the drive. The directions are stra...
The Bobcat Speech and Debate team had a rough weekend at their State Tournament in Green River last week with two members of the team missing the break into semi-finals by a single point. Reilly Russell, who has been doing a delightful selection of poems about dinosaurs, missed the break by one point. "I know Reilly (Russell) was really disappointed," coach Cindy Glasson said. "This was her last performance of poetry for the year since it isn't included as a main event on the National level....
Ray Maple, a Wyoming native, along with his wife Jackie will present an entertaining program on the lives and times of Tom O’Day and Bronco Nell Thursday, March 23 at the Hot Springs County Library beginning at 6 p.m. Tom O’Day and Kid Curry rode with the infamous Hole-in-the-Wall gang under Butch Cassidy, while Bronco Nell was a friend of O’Days as well an early freighter/drover and horse thief from Meeteetse....
The Freedom Ball Adult Prom is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at the Days Inn. The Big Horn Basin Riders motorcycle club is hosting the event, but attendees don’t have to be members or bikers to attend. Fancy dress is not a requirement either, so people can dress casual if they choose. A variety of music will be provided by a DJ, and there will also be snacks and a cash bar. Commemorative glasses will be available for purchase, and a photo booth will help capture memories. Tickets for the prom are $10 at the door, with no a...
