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Enjoying the park
Hot Springs State Park was filled with visitors enjoying the Swinging Bridge and all the other beautiful attractions the park has to offer.

Commissioners hear about State Transportation Improvement Program

by Cindy Glasson
The Hot Springs County Commissioners had a
busy meeting on Tuesday, starting with the month-
ly report from Nate Messenger, FBO for the Hot
Springs County Airport.
During June, Messenger logged 174 different
operations at the airport and sold more than 1,200
gallons of aviation fuel and over 2,100 gallons of
jet fuel.
He started a deal with a new helicopter opera-
tion out of Worland to sell them jet fuel. Because
they are planning to use as much as 2,000 gallons
each month, Messenger gave them a break on the
price for the summer.
Maintenance head, Anthony Fruciano informed
the commissioners there was no damage at any of
the county buildings after Monday’s storm.
There are some continuing issues with air con-
ditioning in the courthouse and in the Joint Law
Enforcement Center. The units were just recently
serviced, so some of the issue is adjusting the vari-
ous units to get them exactly where the people in
the offices want them set. Fruciano actually turned
the entire system off and restarted it, and so far,
things appear to be settling down.
The commissioners had a visit from the Wyo-
ming Department of Transportation (WYDOT)
who presented the upcoming projects in the county
as part of the State Transportation Improvement
Program (STIP).
State wide, the funding for 2019-2020 is $631.5
million. Those monies are not going toward ex-
panding or improving Wyoming’s roads, but simply
for maintenance at this time. There are projects
WYDOT is still working on from the 90s, which are
improvements, but the next few years, at least, will
be dedicated to maintenance only.
For Hot Springs County, there are projects
planned into 2024.
Right now there is a $2.1 million project going
on for leveling, overlaying and chip sealing US20
from the edge of town through Lucerne.
In 2020, WYDOT has a nearly $4 million dollar
project planned that will be milling, overlaying,
chip sealing and drainage for the highway through
town from the armory to the highway department.
Plans for work over the Big Horn River bridge
at Red Cut south of town, slope stabilization and
rock fall maintenance in the canyon are on the
schedule for 2021.
For a complete list of projects four our area, go
to www.dot.state.wy.us/STIP and click on District 5.
The commissioners signed a medical services
agreement presented to them by Sheriff Jerimie
Kraushaar from Red Rock Family Practice.
The agreement would provide a nurse practitio-
ner for the jail twice per month and a nurse once a
week to set up medications for $75 per hour.
Visits to the emergency room have been com-
mon without a doctor or nurse on staff in the jail
and those visits, while being billed to the individ-
uals, are adding up. It is hoped this contract with
Red Rock will cut down on the trips to the emer-
gency room.

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