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The 99th Annual Chamber Banquet is scheduled for Saturday, October 3 beginning at 5:30 p.m. with a No Host Cocktail Hour served by Shorty’s Liquor followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. by Black Bear Catering. Dinner will be followed by Awards Honoring 2019 Citizen, Business and Non-Profit Organization of the Year. The nominees are: Citizen James Coates, John Gerrells, Brian Johnson, Howie and Suzanne Samelson, Kevin Skates, Deb Tudor, Dr. Bill Williams DVM, Greg Willson. Non-Profit Organization Big Horn Basin Children’s Center, Big Horn Ent...
Make plans to attend the Fifth Annual Hot Springs County Airport Fly In this Saturday, September 5. Enjoy a free breakfast starting at 7 a.m. with tours of the facilities and up-close looks at planes that are right here at our airport. There will also be door prizes given away. The fly in will last until 11 a.m....
The annual Rick Phipps Memorial Concert will be held Saturday, Sept. 5 at the Pavilion in Hot Springs State Park beginning at 7 p.m. Featured musicians include Set Free Church Band, Kerry Wallace, Cal Winland, Chris Amend and the Silvertip String Band with Keith O’Brien on piano. The concert is free to the public. Donations will be collected for the benefit of Mike Cavin who is recovering from a brain stem stroke. Phipps passed away in 2015 and his friends began holding a memorial concert each year in his honor....
Locals and visitors alike were serenaded in Hot Springs State Park during an open air concert sponsored by the Senior Center....
This replacement heifer may have been a little too curious of the pasture visitor or the porcupine just didn't want to share any of the grass....
A sizable crowd turned out for the annual VFW picnic Sunday in Hot Springs State Park....
Set Free Church hosted a concert in Hot Springs State Park on Friday evening. Proceeds from the event will go to help build a new church....
Saturday's Gymkhana results, in order of finish, include: LEAD LINE - ages 5 and under Barrels: Merritt Evans, Colton deGanahl, Brantley Garen, Avery Burgess, Lillyana Reed, Eleanor Allen Poles: Colton deGanahl, Brantley Garen, Merritt Evans, Avery Burgess, Eleanor Allen, Lizzy Harvey Goats: Scotlyn Armajo, Colton deGanahl, Jillian Thomas, Casen Eckley, Bentley Harvey, Jax Christian Dummy Roping: Decker Agar, Levi Logan, Taven McConnaughey, Taryn Agar Flag Race: Merritt Evans, Brantley Garen,...
Several Hot Springs County youth attended the Wyoming State Fair in Douglas earlier this month. Results include: FFA Classroom: Ag 1 Notebook - Jaye Christensen 5th, Hayden Overfield 6th; Ag 2 Notebook - Hallie Martinez 1st; Ag 1 Recordbook - Morgan Slover 2nd, Lexi Overfield 4th; Ag 2 Recordbook - Hallie Martinez 2nd, Ally Taylor 3rd; Ag 3 Recordbook - Emme Norsworthy 3rd, Rebekah Johnson 5th; Any Other Classroom Project - Mylee Welch 1st, Hanna Hill 1st, Emme Norsworthy 1st, Eli McCumber 1st, Rebekah Johnson 2nd; Ag Mechanics, medium wood...
You can almost smell the scent of fall in the air, the perfect time to start preparing your lawn and garden for winter. Taking care of your garden beds now will make your work in the spring more simple, allowing you to really enjoy planting time again. One of the first things to do is clean up all of the rotting and finished plants. Clear these out along with any straggling weeds, especially those that are invasive, to give your ground a fresh start for spring. Fall is the perfect time to prep your soil for spring, adding compost and other nutr...
Briar Lahoe pours a cool drink to customer Mayor Mike Chimenti while staying out the heat at their lemonade stand at Bicentennial Park....
A very smooth putt sits right on the edge of the cup before dropping in during the Hospital Foundation Golf Tournament last Saturday....
Shelley Deromedi explains the voting process to a voter during the Primary Election on Tuesday....
by Amber Geis More questions than answers. That's what retired archeologist Danny Walker has come up with after excavating an 12 by 12 foot hole last week at Legend Rock Petroglyph Site. The newest exploratory dig is a culmination of decades of research to uncover the puzzle left behind thousands of years ago by early inhabitants. In 1988, a team from the Wyoming Archeological Office headed by Walker set out in search of artifacts at Legend Rock in order to preserve resources prior to...
Hot Springs State Park was packed with visitors and locals over the weekend taking in the sun and fun....
How about a whole new way to spend your Friday night? Friday, September 11 the Hot Springs County High School Cross Country team will be holding a 5k Glow Run as a fundraiser for their upcoming season. Starting at 8 p.m. from the high school parking lot directly across from the Chamber of Commerce, participants will receive a glow in the dark t-shirt and two glow sticks. Additional fun glow stick pieces, like rings and sunglasses, will also be for sale for a dollar per item. Cost for the run will be $20 if you would like a t-shirt and just $10...
Visitors to Hot Springs State Park enjoyed taking pictures of the buffalo from the safety of their vehicles....
The Thermopolis Demolition Derby fired up the fairgrounds on Saturday. The results for cars are First Place Travis Long $3,000, Second Place Dusty Watts $2,000 and Third Place Luke Mead $1,000 and Mad Dog $500. For trucks First Place Blake Williams $1,000 and Second Place Trevor Stimpson $500. For more photos see page B8....
Douglas Nelson displays baked goods and vegetables to Bert Markillie during the Saturday Farmers Market....
Not much more than a year ago Dusty Lewis and Wade Lippincott were sitting in Lewis's shop and said they should start a nonprofit organization with the vision of developing trails for the Thermopolis and Hot Springs County area to bring in more tourism and outdoor recreation. Since then, their efforts have snowballed into a greater increase of success and community support with their nonprofit Hot City Alliance. Hot City Alliance held an open house on August 3 seeking community input on what...
Just about a year ago, Hyrum Rich left his home to stay in Aguascalientes, Mexico as part of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program. Originally, he was to stay there for 10 months, both going to school and traveling the country, however, COVID-19 brought him home before the end of his stay. Rich said Rotary itself did not tell him he needed to return to the U.S., but as he started seeing more and more flights being cancelled he decided he’d better come home rather than get stuck so far away during a world-wide pandemic. That didn’t stop him fro...
Rebekah Ready and Aubrey Kauffman both from Colorado enjoyed the afternoon thunderstorm at the Hot Springs State Park Pavillion just before the Acoustic Jam played....
Jane Norskog, grandmother of Roberta Hough and Ally Hough all try to stay cool in the Hot Springs State Park Fountain....
The audience really turnout for the Thermopolis Demolition Derby was huge. All tickets allowed were sold out. Masonic Lodge volunteers took tickets and donations for their remodeling. Many vendors came to sell their food and drinks. It was an all around community event....
Ag Olympics tested the best of the teams during the HSC Fair. Five six-man teams participated in several ag related events which included hay bale rolling, wheel barrow race, sheep herding on bicycles and the tire roll relay. With the cancellation of the annual pig wrestling, the Thermopolis FFA Alumni opted to bring back Ag Olympics to fill the Tuesday night slot at fair. The winners of the fun, fast paced event was the Buffalo Creek Renegades....
