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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the building that is currently home to the Best Western Plus Plaza Hotel. General Manager Harley Miramontes said the occasion will be marked with a celebration on Aug. 25, including a bounce house, music, food and a variety of clothing. The hotel represents the beginning of commercialization in Hot Springs State Park, which started in the early 1900s. At one time there were over six facilities to provide the sick and ailing access to the healing waters...
At the Southside Travel Center, the restaurant space once again is seeing life, with the opening of a Champs Chicken location. Marian Lanik explained when the owners of the previous restaurant put in notice they were going to move, she met with the building owners to determine what could go in the space. After doing some research, she decided Champs would be a good franchise. In addition to chicken, the restaurant also has fish and shrimp available, and Lanik hopes to have pork tenderloin this week. There are also multiple sides as well....
The public is invited to the Southside Travel Center to check out the latest eatery in Thermopolis — Champs Chicken. The restaurant is located inside the building between the service station and the convenience store. The new franchise opened in June. The celebration is scheduled from 11 am. until 6 p.m. on Friday, July 6, with free samples, door prizes and meal specials available. Though there are plenty of other items to choose from, the main fried chicken for which the restaurant gets its name is appropriate for National Fried Chicken D...
Beginning April 2, a store that has been a familiar site for 10 years in Thermopolis will get a new name when Blair's Super Market becomes Mack's Market. Eric Mackay, who has been with Blair's for 30 years and managed the Thermopolis store for 10, explained when Blair's acquired the Consumer's Thriftway 10 years ago there was a verbal agreement the store would be operated under the Blair's name for 10 years then sell it to him. As Mack's, Mackay noted the store would be an independent grocer....
When Karen and Carl Leyba, owners of the Quality Inn, wanted to create a certain niche at the hotel, they knew exactly who to call – their friend Dan Powell, a retired judge from Colorado. That niche is a vision of the kind of hotels one would find in the 30s and 40s, with a lounge in the lobby for guests where even locals could come in for a quiet drink and a little conversation. From that vision came the Q Lounge. The Q is a place where you can come in and have a quiet drink after work and m...
Another empty building will see some new life, as the former High Country Trading Post building on South Sixth becomes home to Renegade Guns. Owner Lawrence Burgess said his business has been around for about 5-6 years, and has been operating out of his house south of town. He worked a lot with non-profits, such as the Elks Foundation, Pheasants Forever and Friends of the NRA, and also did some firearm transfers. He will open his doors as a full on gun shop, he said, and the building’s l...
For the first time since 2008, the Thermopolis Independent Record has been named the best newspaper in the small weekly category of the Wyoming Press Association. The IR won second for typographic excellence and for advertising excellence. The Casper Star Tribune and the Jackson Hole News & Guide also received the General Excellence award for daily and large weekly papers. The awards were presented during the annual convention in Casper last weekend. Staff members of the IR won several Pacemaker awards in individual categories including: First... Full story
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a peek into your possible future? Maybe you would like to know what things in your past put you on your current path. Is there love in your future? When will your stars align? About 45 years ago, Allison became fascinated with astrology. At first she was skeptical, feeling like the things she was hearing and reading didn’t really ring true, and she began trying to debunk the theories she had heard. That, of course, led to buying books and reading about the sub...
With the plethora of online opportunities folks have during the year to get all of their Christmas shopping done early, its nice to find out that our local businesses all appear to have had a good shopping season, too. WOW Discount said they had a pretty good shopping season, although not an outstanding year. The things that sold the most coming up to Christmas was crafting items that grandparents came in to get to keep the grandkids busy during their visit. Down the Street at Owl Creek Graphics, Dan Herdt said they were satisfied with how...
We’ve waited a long time, but the wait is well worth it with the opening of the new Raptors Grill and Pub. What was supposed to be a six-month project turned into almost four years for Tony Nettles and Julie Lehman, owners of the restaurant. According to Lehman, there was trouble almost from the start with inspectors, the State Fire Marshall, electrical inspections and even the Department of Environmental Quality. The building was essentially gutted from the ground up with new floors and a new r...
The Fountain of Youth Inn has a new business right inside it front doors, as the Copper Rooster Diner officially opened its doors on Friday, Dec. 8. Dottie Pahl, who owns the hotel with Jeff Pahl, said they felt the restaurant would complete the hotel theme and experience for their patrons, and would be something for the public to enjoy as well. The diner serves breakfast all day, as well as hot sandwiches, soups, salads and homemade daily specials. Desserts include malts, shakes and homemade...
Sherry Brunson used to come to Thermopolis to visit and fell in love with our little town. Now she has made the permanent move from Oregon and with 35 years of experience in the healthcare field, she is now offering home health and hospice care. If you have a loved one at home that you are caring for, Brunson offers respite care as well as shopping, housekeeping, helping with showers or doctors appointments and even pet care. “I am dedicated to this,” she said. “I do it from the heart.” Brunson brought her fur-family with her, Cosmo, Cramer...
A crane was brought in this past week to start setting the new Maverik store. Sections of the store are built at a separate location before being assembled here. The store is scheduled to open later this month....
If you've driven down Sixth Street lately, you're sure to have seen all the changes going on along the east side of the street. One of those changes is the opening of Jay's Sandwich Shop in the former Blimpie's building. AJ Magelky opened Jay's after deciding it was time to go out on his own and this sounded like a good adventure. "Of course, I'm wondering what I was thinking, now," he laughed. "Eighty hours a week. I'm a little tired." That doesn't stop Magelky from arriving early each morning...
A new business has sprung up in Thermopolis, Wild Flower Services, LLC, a commercial cleaning and lawn service business. Amanda Moeller, owner of Wild Flower Services said, “Starting another company was not something that occurred to me immediately. I attend so many meetings and community gatherings each year and there is often a common thread - clean up.” After seeing the overgrown yards on vacant properties listed for sale around the eclipse weekend, she decided that perhaps she should sta...
The newest business to arrive in downtown is Thermopolis Print Zone and Copy Shop. Howie Samelson said opening the location was in response to a need in the community. He further explained Meri Ann Rush ran the business previously to respond those with immediate printing needs. The business is already growing, Samelson added, with some of the business being customers from when Rush had it but plenty of new customers as well. The plan, he said, is continued expansion of the printing and copying services they already have. “There’s probably not...
This summer saw a new addition to Properties West, Inc. as Ben Anson joined the team as the farm ranch specialist. Anson, who started in June, said he could cover any sort of agricultural based property through the Big Horn Basin, whether it be a hobby farm or multimillion dollar ranch, though his license is also good for the entire state. Anson attended the University of Wyoming, majoring in wildlife and fisheries with a minor in rangeland and water management. He later attended Texas...
Beginning Sept. 1, the Farmers Insurance office will move from its current home at the former A&W restaurant on Shoshoni Street. At the same time, the business is changing hands. Julie Lehman has been the local agent for over three years. She said the business has always been a segway for her from nursing to giving the former restaurant some new life as the planned dinosaur-themed Raptor’s Family Grill and Pub. However, she doesn’t want to try and do insurance while taking on a second bus...
The popular Maverik store along Sixth Street will soon be a memory as the old store is taken out and a new, larger one takes its place. Chief Marketing Officer Aaron Simpson said the store will shut down Aug. 27, and expansion work begins the following day. The company recently purchased the lot to the east, behind the store, and plans are to remove all structures on the lots, including the current store and pumps, to make room for the new building. The current store is several years old,...
Wyoming Whiskey has made the top three list of the “Best of the Best” in Esquire magazine’s best whiskeys in the country. First on the list is Westland, out of Seattle, Wash., founded in 2010. According to Esquire, Westland was the independently owned “little guy” making the best whiskey in America. They were acquired in 2016 by Remy Countreau, so it is no longer the independently owned underdog. Wyoming Whiskey, founded in Kirby in 2009, is second on the list. Esquire warns you may not be im...
The appearance of a food truck at an empty lot on Sixth Street over the past couple weeks has certainly drawn some attention. The vehicle is home to The Greek Station, owned and operated by husband and wife Georgios and Karine Takos. Karine said before her husband started doing the food truck, he worked at a restaurant in San Diego, Calif., where she was also a teacher. He had previously taken the truck across the country, setting it up at concerts, events and other venues, and Karine said this...
Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Care Center (TRCC) recently announced a change in ownership for the facility from Apple Rehab to EmpRes Healthcare. Bill Miller, chief operations officer for EmpRes, an employee owned company, was in Thermopolis on Wednesday touring the facility with center manager Toby Homi. Miller said the company has 60 facilities across the northwest, from Oregon and Washington to California, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and now, with the acquisition of TRCC, five facilities in...
With the New Year, it means some new activity at RE/MAX All-Star, REALTORS®. Forrest Coleman-Weisz explained he purchased 50 percent of the business shares and as of Jan. 1 took a more active role in leadership. There are a lot of new policies going into effect, and a lot they're going to be doing differently, he said, for the community and to reinforce the real estate market as a whole in the county. "It's a good transition. It's something I've been working up to for 10 years."...
The arrival of 2017 brought in a change in ownership at RoundTop Real Estate. Mark and Kerri Manig took over the business at the start of the year from Steve and Jeannie Brown, though they're hardly new to the office with over two years working for RoundTop under their belts. Mark noted he's had a lot of solo experience as a full-time private investor in Colorado, and he's always had an interest in real estate in one form or another. Steve and Jeannie offered them an opportunity here in Thermopo...
As of Dec. 1, Rocking Arrow Tire became Wyoming Fleet and Service Repair. Senior Technician Nate Myers explained former owner Cody Hensley offered the business up for sale, and he went into the venture with a former boss, John Kissel. He further added Kissel actually owns the business, while Myers gets shares. Myers said he probably won’t get into working on semis, but he’s certainly up for trying anything else. As for rates, he noted he’s pretty much on line with what they were previ...
