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Sawyer Wilson holds up a colorful piece of art that auctioneers John Gerrells and John Holm put out to bid during the Jan Allen Cookie Jar Auction Saturday at the Fair Building. Approximately $30,000 was raised during the event....
Donations are being accepted for the annual Boy Scouts Troop 53 Rummage Sale. Furniture, appliances, houseware, decor, crafts, gently used clean clothing and lines, electronics, tools, shop equipment and more will be accepted as long as it works and is in good condition. They cannot accept old TVs or old computer monitors. To schedule a time for your items to be picked up or to drop off your items contact Ana Moser at 921-9903....
Michelle Shermer, Cal Gandy, Harold Hutson and Tom Webb play their instruments and sing at Kirby Creek Mercantile during the Acoustic Jam....
Ralph Witters Elementary school students Donna Searle, Lisa Kolsen, Brayli Price and Ailey Crowder toast each other while Alissa Jenks, Tiffany Simeral and Joan Stetler play classical music during a Valentine's Day celebration....
Hot Springs State Park was filled with people last weekend taking in the sights and enjoying the pools and the bath house. Both kids and adults stood in line to take their turn off the high dive....
Whitney Love and Elise Krueger enjoy a beautiful afternoon of swinging at the wooden play park last weekend. The uncharacteristically warm February weather crept up into the 40s, making it a great weekend to spend outdoors....
Layne Myers and Ruthann Johnson wait for their popcorn and drinks before heading in to catch last weeks opening movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home, at Micky's Movie Theater. The movie has been held over....
Sunday, fair board member Arnold Pennoyer tags while first year 4-H member Teagan Allen holds her steer as he gets his official Wyoming State Fair tag on Sunday. The 4-H and FFA youth must get their market steers weighed and tagged with the official state tag in order to participate in county fair with their market project....
Thermopolis high school and middle school FFA students participated in the Agri Science Fair last week held in the high school gym. High School winners include: Animal Systems Division 5 - Morgan Slover Plant Systems Division 3 - Kaia Galovich Social Systems Division 4 - Kaitlin Barral & Jayda Griffin Environmental Natural Resources Division 4 - Tucker Lake & Kadence Bowman Division 5 - Lexi Overfield The middle school now has a new chapter named Thermopolis Big Spring, chartered in the fall of...
Bobcat Speech and Debate brought the fight to the two day Jackson Tournament last weekend. The Cats won first place in the 1A/2A Team Sweepstakes. Some of the impressive individual performances at the tourney, with almost 300 entries and 11 teams, include: Senior Jean-Luc Willson had a huge tournament. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, he advanced to the final round and placed second. He broke into the Semifinal round of Extemporaneous Debate, finishing in the top ten. Jean-Luc also finished sixth in Editorial Commentary. Senior Josiah Butler also...
Boden Deromedi stands in front of his fort in the high school gym. After receiving a shipment of new workout equipment, high school students helped Boden create this fort and his "armor" from leftover cardboard boxes....
Ralph Witters Elementary students Gordon Whiting-Ocon, Gentry Kimes, Colton Lote and Kinley Postma make their best guesses for how many goodies are in the jars as part of a celebration for the 100th day of school....
Don Haines and Darren Bulow of Wyo Laffs Comedy from Casper perform stand up for the Hot Springs Foundation fund raiser at the VFW....
First Baptist Church assistant pastor Caleb Howe opens the Sportsmen's Dinner and Seminar with a word of prayer. Raffle tickets were given out for prizes. Chad Schearer was featured speaker....
Jeb Schenck of Schenck Photography in cooperation with the Hot Springs Travel and Tourism Board will present their tourism video productions to the public Tuesday, February 8 at 7 p.m. at the Bill Malloy Auditorium. The event is free to the public and attendance is encouraged to see their filmmaking work. Over the past year and a half, Schenck Photography produced a whole series of videos of different lengths to promote Thermopolis and Hot Springs County. The videos include a series of commercials and several short films that show off the...
The Hot Springs County Friends of the Library will be holding their annual Chocolate Lovers event on Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Hot Springs County Library. From 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. you can buy a box of chocolate treats for $5, filled with delights sure to make you smile. There will also be a silent auction offering baskets of goodies. Everyone is welcome....
January and February are some of the best times for viewing bald eagles. They are often found near bodies of water, during the winter months when many parts of waterways are frozen they tend to be more visible close to moving or open water. Leafless trees also make viewing and spotting them much easier during the winter months. This eagle was spotted perusing upper Owl Creek....
Kevin Dickey accompanies Dawson McLean as he plays "Shortnin' Bread" during Tiffany's Suzuki School of Violins and Mrs. Betsy's Piano recital last Monday at the Risen Son Southern Baptist Church. See page 8 for more photos....
Self Help Center of Hot Springs County associate director Gage Williams talks with attendees of the open house held Tuesday, Jan. 18 at the Thermopolis office. In the background are Thermopolis Chief of Police Pat Cornwell, Self Help Center Community Outreach and Events Coordinator Walt Doney and local advocate Stephanie Richert....
by Jurri Schenck To the people of Thermopolis Melene Mierzejewski, (pronounced Mur-She-Esky), is known as one of the community's piano teachers, but there is much more about her than that. When her students receive lessons, they might miss the opportunity to know the wealth of her life experiences. There is an old proverb that says, "Those that look are common, but those who see are rare." To properly know this person who is rich in adventures that spanned the globe, we must know her...
The recent full moon coming up just as the lights on the Swinging Bridge came on, created a beautiful scene in Hot Springs State Park....
Linsey Reed and her dog, Dutch, take in the gorgeous view of Thermopolis and Hot Springs State Park while hiking around the rim of the T-Hill trail last Friday afternoon....
Andy Samuelson and Chris Jones fly into Thermopolis in a hot air balloon on a beautiful January day. The two flew 21 miles starting from Boysen State Park, going through the Wind River Canyon and landing near the T-Hill trailhead last Saturday morning....
Zayden Hurley and his dad, Zackery Hurley, go sledding down Warren hill. The nice weather last Sunday made for a fun day of sledding at one of the very few places that is still covered in snow....
Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual retreat from January 21-23. Dinner will be on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Fair Building. Local organizer Adrian Padilla invites everyone to join them. Participants can play poker during dinner. It costs $10 to join in. There will be prizes such as decoys and other donated gifts. Also, there will be a silent auction. The retreat also includes duck hunting in the Hot Springs County region on both Saturday and Sunday....