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Hot Springs County High School's Lyle Wiley was recently chosen as Coach of the Year for 1A2A by the Wyoming Speech and Debate Community. "Humbled. Grateful. Never going to stop working for my HSCHS students and our Wyoming students," Wiley said. "I could not do what I do at HSCHS without coach Cindy Glasson, the support from our administration, Breez Daniels, Dustin Hunt and Brandon Deromedi, the help and kindness of our coaching community, the willingness and sacrifice of my darling wife and... Full story
One of the summer’s events folks look forward to is the annual Kiwanis Craft Fair and Folk Festival and this year, there are a few changes in store. Held on the first full weekend in August, the event is now being handled by the Nature and Discovery Center and has been renamed “Wyoming Discovery Days.” To keep everything running smoothly, the Nature and Discovery Center has hired Whitney Barton to oversee the organization of the event. Fairly new to Thermopolis, Barton comes here from Utah, although she is originally from Northern Calif...
Prior to her role as an elected official, Hot Springs County Attorney Jill Logan was balancing life as a stay at home mom while being in private practice and helping her husband on their ranch. Her private law practice was primarily estate planning and administration, with a focus on a lot of farm and ranch succession planning. Now she has spent more than one year in her role as County Attorney and Logan said that her first year has flown by. “It’s just been a whirlwind, just going. We’ve been r...
Mark Whitt is the recipient of the Wyoming Chapter National Football Foundations Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award. “Mark, like so many of our honorees, is a long-standing member of his community,” his nomination letter states. “Mark graduated from Hot Springs County High School in 1975 and participated in football and swimming. “In his community he has coached Youth Baseball for twenty-six year; is an active member of the Bobcat Booster Club an past Chairman. He helped to form the Bobcat Hall of Fame and is the current...
With the threat of the spread of COVID-19, state, local and federal officials are calling for the cancellation or postponement of all gatherings of people numbering 50 or more. Many things in Hot Springs County are cancelled as of this moment, while others are being rescheduled for a later date. The Hot Springs County School District cancelled all classes at the three schools through April third. At that time they will determine if classes will resume or schools continue to be closed. The cancellation of school also means the cancellation of... Full story
The February 2020 edition of LP Gas magazine featured an article recognizing four rising leaders in the propane industry, including Thermopolis’ own Phil Scheel. According to the article, “the Rising Leaders initiative helps bring to the forefront the youthful individuals working in key position of their propane companies.” Sheel owns Tumbleweed Propane, which he started with his wife, Shurie, in 2009. Sheel said he and his wife started with an old bobtail and a couple hundred customers. Now,...
Hot Springs County Clerk Rose DeSeyn and her family moved to Thermopolis in 1996. She’s been Hot Springs County Clerk for one year now and shared her reflections. “It’s been really a great experience. I got elected, started my term in January and March 1 my husband passed away. It was bittersweet, but this job, I have to honestly say, it saved me because it’s easy to just kinda fall into a depressive mode and I feel like, ugh, I can’t do this. But having to get up and come to work and learn new...
The Thermopolis Chamber of Commerce have announced their nominees for 2019 business, non-profit and citizen of the year. Nominees for 2019 Business of the Year are: Storyteller, Wyoming Whiskey, Discover Thermopolis Print Zone, One Stop Repair, Vicklund Pharmacy, The Shoppe, Hot Springs Vet Clinic, Dairyland, Star Plunge and Pinnacle Bank. For Non-Profit Organization, nominees are: Main Street Thermopolis, Hot Springs County Library, Community Federated Church, Town of Thermopolis, Hot Springs County School District Number 1, Big Horn Basin Chi...
The University of Wyoming has released honor rolls for the 2019 fall semester. Chloe Renae Crosby, Amanda Dinsmore, Darren Carl Leonhardt, Margaret A. Ryan and Courtney N. Yarrington were named to the UW President’s Honor Roll. Niki Jo Hill, Abraham Hu, Elizabeth K. Lofink, Jake Michael Maksin, Hannah R. Ozmon, Linsey J. Reed and Jeffery W. Van Antwerp were named to the UW Dean’s Honor Roll. Austin T. Rush earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wyoming at the completion of the 2019 fall semester. Joe Doak has been sel...
Brad Basse, Sharon Skiver and other members of the Rotary Club presented $6,000 to John Gerrells and Jeff Strong of the Thermopolis VFW to help with much needed roof repairs on the building. Members of the VFW have been working to raise funds to fix the roof for some time now. Several community events are held at the VFW each year. Recently, buckets have had to be placed in some locations to catch water that is leaking through the roof....
Amanda Moeller, Director of the Travel and Tourism Board, has resigned her position as of January 1, 2020. The board is currently seeking her replacement. Moeller started her role with the board in July 2013 as Tourism Director. She worked as a board contracted consultant through her company Cowgirl Consulting. Regarding some of the work, she is proud of she said, “they did a good job branding, utilizing the “Opolis” billboards all over the state that started with different themes and moved...
Jayci Mead, owner of JC's Dream Team Bucking Bulls, had her bull, JC's Gangster, in New York City at Madison Square Garden for Professional Bull Riding (PBR) on Jan 3-5. Friday in round 1 Fabiano Viera from Brazil drew Gangster and rode him for 85.5 points. JC's Gangster was asked back for Round 3 on Sunday. Jess Lockwood, the 2019 PBR World Champion drew him and rode him for 86.75. LJ Jenkins hauls Jayci's bulls and had eight other bulls there too. LJ, a retired PBR bull rider, is now a stock c...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees: Karyn White, Lynn Thompson, Chris Bentley, Jeri Umbdenstock, Lindsay Simpson, Dawn DuBeau and Crystal Merrill recently completed a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Program. The program is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The purpose of the program is to acquire current information to improve newborn deliveries. Stormy Cox was named to the President’s Honor Roll at Montana State University for the fall semester 2019. Austin Rush graduated from the University of Wyoming in December 2...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department held their annual elections Tuesday night with Mark Collins retaining his position as fire chief. Assisting him will be Bryce Gilbert, assistant chief, captain Brandon Blakesley, first lieutenant Dale Andreen, second lieutenant Jay Erk, treasurer Forest Coleman-Weisz and secretary London Jenks. The department had 77 calls during 2019 including 28 vehicle crashes. They responded to seven structure fires and 10 grass fires, which burned approximately 312 acres in Hot Springs County. They also made nine... Full story
Wedg and Kathy Taylor held a celebration on December 29, 2019, for their 50th wedding anniversary. Wedg said, "It was good. We had a lot of people there." Kathy said, "It was very nice." The guests came in for over a four-hour period. She added,"The food was wonderful. It was very sociable. We just walked down table to table to meet the guests." Kathy's twelve-year-old granddaughter did a video of wedding photos put together with 60s-70s music. It was quite the family affair. Wedg and Kathy met...
Kenneth R. Rogers Jr. was sentenced to 4-8 years with the Wyoming Department of Corrections after entering an Alford plea to one count of Sexual Assault of a Minor in the Third Degree, a felony. District Court Judge Bobbi Overfield accepted the plea agreement as outlined by a Plea Change Hearing Order. The state dismissed four other original charges. Rogers was given credit for time served in the amount of 353 days. Rogers was arrested on December 28, 2018, along with Kimberly Sams. At that time, they were each charged with multiple felonies. A...
Just four days into the new year and Lincoln Robert Harvey made his debut as the first baby of 2020 at Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. Lincoln's proud parents are Shailee and Bradyn Harvey of Thermopolis while the doting grandparents are Scott and Lesli Harvey of Thermopolis and Robert and Loranna Michaels of Worland. Lincoln joins his big brother Bentley and big sister Lizzy at home. The new bundle of joy adds to the family's "magic fours" – Shailee and Bradyn were married August f... Full story
The Discover Thermopolis shop located in downtown Thermopolis now has the largest selection of hot sauces in the state of Wyoming, according to owner Howie Samelson. The store has over 700 different flavors and it might be more than in the state of Colorado as well, according to one distributor. Samelson said, "The real goal is to create an additional destination in Thermopolis. The people will come here because of the selection." The idea came to him at last year's Main Street Conference in a...
Greg Willson is a full-service insurance agent at Rams Head Financial which is a part of Big Horn Federal Bank here in Thermopolis. For the last six years, he was an independent insurance agent with New York Life, which is still an affiliate. Willson's services covered life, long-term care, retirement products, annuities, 401k, IRAs, investments, the whole gamut of insurance and financial service. However, as of October 2019, Willson took and passed his property and casualty insurance license,...
Clerk of District Court, Terri Cornella, has received the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award as part of the Wyoming Child Support Program. Cornella was nominated by Jodie Thompson, the local child support attorney director. "During her tenure, she has served on the Basin Authority Board of Directors since 2010," Thompson wrote, "a decade long commitment that is still ongoing. In her years as a board member, she has served as the president and has rarely missed a board meeting. "Her...
An educator in the Hot Springs County School District has been named one of six finalists in Wyoming to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Aimee Kay, a seventh and eighth grade science teacher at Thermopolis Middle School, was nominated by Jessica Lippincott. The application process is similar to that for National Boards where Kay had to have a video of herself teaching a class and then reflecting upon it in an 11-page document. The applic... Full story
If you’re having difficulty this winter with keeping the heat on in your home the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) may be able to help you. DFS has an energy assistance program to help those with fixed incomes and low income to pay their heating bills during the winter months called the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program, or LIEAP. Federally funded, the program gives priority to households that include elderly folks over the age of 60 and those with disabled and/or young children under the age of five. There are income g...
Hot Springs County Public Health is excited to bring back the seasonal moms group. Baby Steps has restarted for the winter 2019-2020 season. This bi-monthly parent support group serves to promote positive relationships that offer emotional support, educational opportunities as well as encourage physical activities. The next group will be held Monday, Dec. 16 between 10-11 a.m. at the Hot Springs County Recreation District Armory building at 728 N Park Street. This is a great environment to walk and stay healthy this winter season with the...
If you are a walker, jogger or runner in the State of Wyoming you can breathe a little easier knowing our state is ranked 50th in pedestrian fatalities, making us the safest in the country. Of course, a lot of that safety comes from a lower population since looking at the highest ranked place for getting hit by a vehicle is in Newark, New Jersey with a population of nearly 20 million people. Just over 28-percent of their statewide fatalities are pedestrians. They’re followed by New York where almost 27-percent of their fatalities are p...
The Thermopolis Good Sam’s Club (Round Top Good Sam’s) at their meeting on Friday, the Nov. 1, elected club officers for the upcoming 2020 year. Back in the saddle again as President is Sam Marshall. This will be Sam’s second time around in this particular office. Stepping down from her stellar year as President and now the upcoming Vice President is Donna Cole. The Stickneys have tied up the Secretary and Treasurer position. Charlie continues his contribution to the club as their Treasurer, while his wife, Jo Ann, has become the incom...
