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Swimmers packed the pools in Hot Springs State Park this weekend. Tourists from all over come to soak in the sun, splash, play and stay in Thermopolis....
Last Friday, families of preschool age children visited the Kiwanis Shelter in the Hot Springs State Park to meet a variety of vendors with fun activities and crafts to do while parents got to meet teachers and other officials. Penny Howard enjoyed the bubbles, Natalya Blair, Brier Kessler, Jester Taylor, Janice Olheiser, Anthony Taylor and Paxton Taylor made necklaces with their names on them and Mary Gard, along with her children Rosie and Levi, played with water....
Hot Springs County Clerk Becky Kersten and Deputy Karen Slocum discuss testing and verify the voting machines for the primary election with members of the public in attendance. All Hot Springs County voting machines were tested in July. See the sample Primary Election ballots on page B2 and B3 and information on voting requirements....
Hot Springs County Fair's Family Fun Nite offered many food delights and delectables including cotton candy. Silas Dickey set up a booth selling the sweet treat. Silas is raising funds for his Wyoming 4-H Cross Cultural trip to Italy next summer. Making the most of the night Brycelynn Schatz finishes off some of her cotton candy from the booth before she headed to the inflatable bouncy house and games also offered that evening....
Sage Fishbaugh takes a whirl on the mechanical bull during fair Family Fun Nite on Wednesday. The bull riding was an event sponsored by the Cultural Immersion Club to help raise funds for the 2025 Italy/Greece Spring trip....
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department held an open house following the Pageant Parade last Saturday. Lunch was served up at the well-attended event. Youths had a chance to cool off by spraying fire hoses, including brothers Clint and Cheston Kimes....
Twelve people offered up samples of their creations during the 12th annual FFA Alumni Chili Cook-off held last Thursday evening during Hot Springs County Fair. Taylor Anderson won for red chili, Ariel Allen for green and the people's choice winner was Barb Kissel....
The CMT Performance Horses team of Taylor Cordingly and Mat Cordingly, pictured here, along with Abel Cordingly, Casey Good and Tristan Lundgren won the 2024 Thermopolis FFA Alumni Ranch Rodeo held Saturday at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The top hand award went to Stetson Curtis of the Regulators team. The hard luck award went to Canyon Egger, also of the Regulators. The Young Guns earned second place team honors with members Beckett Tharp, Zane Lentsch, Ashtyn Nolan, Sydnee Roady and...
Blakeley Postma competes in the barrels event during the youth horse show held at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds last Saturday. Results and more photos will run in a future issue of the IR....
Several youths competed in the cash calf scramble during the Thermopolis FFA Alumni Ranch Rodeo last Saturday evening. Jim Christensen holds on tight in the wild cow riding event. Contestants competed in various events including team doctoring, wild cow milking, trailer loading, wild cow riding and the blind barrel race. For the kids there was mutton bustin' and the cash calf scramble....
Zeppelin Bihr and several other children had fun splashing in the water and playing on the bounce house slide for the Summer Reading Program, sponsored by Hot Springs County Library. Grand prizes for the student's reading were handed out to 1st -2nd graders: 1st place Crimson Enis, 2nd Joey O' Connor, 3rd Austen Theyer; 3rd-5th graders: 1st Adaline Borgen, 2nd Russell DeLaMare, 3rd Aurora Gevas. Prizes included tents, chair hammocks and sleeping bags....
This past weekend a variety of tourists, locals and alumni spent the day floating down the Bighorn River, with many starting their trek at the Wedding of the Waters and traveling to the Terrace's Boat Dock in Hot Springs State Park....
Class of 1959 Mark Mathany, Carl Turnbaugh, Roberta (Hruska) Love, Jim Petrausch, Carol (Ireland) Dockery, JD Wright, Jan (Curtis) Baldwin, Phil Crouch, Kay (Millard) Cole, Richard Carroll, Sherry Kay (Skelton) Carroll, Darrell Vannelli, Tricia (Burnell) Williams Class of 1969 Front row; Mickey Sessions, Tony Nettles, Wanda Francis, Nels Gourley, Norma Gifford, Jill Waldorf. Back row: John Nye, Burt Bent, Gary Randall, John McFall, Sarah Westberg, Jerry Sweeney, Carol Johnson, Dick Gothard,...
Some area ranchers have moved or are in the process of moving their cattle herds to higher pastures for the summer. Traditionally horses are used to move the herd as it is easier to navigate the terrain. ATVs are also used as sometimes it is necessary to move other ranchers cows out of the way to enable the moving herd to easily pass through faster. This herd heads for higher ground and greener pastures up in the Owl Creek Mountains....
On a recent hot day, some of the youngest members of the Hot Springs State Park bison herd found shade by laying close to their mothers...
Kids participating in the summer reading program, sponsored by Hot Springs County Library, went on a walk on the Zoo Trail last week. They were treated to Popsicles at the end of the walk....
Several attendees enjoyed using the photo booth at the Independence Day Freedom Fest '24 hosted by Wyoming Discovery Days. The event, held in downtown Thermopolis near the flagpole, featured live music, a sloppy joe dinner, dancing and family fun....
Hot Springs County High School class of 2024 graduate Porter McCumber qualified to compete at the National High School Finals Rodeo held in Rock Springs July 14-20. McCumber qualified in two events, cutting and saddle bronc. At state, he placed second in cutting after winning the second go around. He placed third in saddle bronc. The top four in each event qualified for nationals. McCumber is up Monday and Friday in saddle bronc and Tuesday and Thursday in boys cutting....
SonRise Ranch and Supper Club sponsored a free concert in Hot Springs State Park featuring Kimmi Bitter and the Westside Twang, above, Eric Kay and Jillian Nordberg. The concert was a fundraiser for Carbon Vault, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps disabled veterans begin meaningful careers as ranchers and farmers....
Kai Landon volunteers to help Leo the circus clown during the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus last Sunday afternoon. The family-friendly event was sponsored by the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce....
Last Saturday, the Emergency Preparedness Mini-Fair filled the Hot Springs County Fair Building with multiple booths featuring information on radios, GPS devices, freeze dried foods and equipment of many various kinds. Outside Wyatt Johnson, Amelia Johnson, and Auburn Galovich visited with the horse named Cavalier....
