Hot Springs County Emergency Management and Public Health Response are hosting a Full Scale Exercise on the evening of Monday, April 14 at the Thermopolis Baseball Fields. The event will involve the activation of multiple lights and sirens, as well as the presence of a helicopter in the vicinity of the Recreational Baseball Fields and the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The exercise will simulate an incident involving multiple victims requiring extrication from collapsed bleachers during a community baseball game. This is a collaborative...

by Nathan Oster Greybull Standard Via Wyoming News Exchange A group of thieves with advanced technological capabilities targeted several ATMs in the Big Horn Basin early last week during a 36-hour crime spree that stretched from Montana to Colorado. Two members of the group were arrested in the Denver area within 24 hours of the thefts, but the others remain at large as federal agencies continue their investigation, according to Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn. Authorities suspect that at least nine banks were hit, including five in...

by Allison Allsop Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange On Thursday, the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees unanimously adopted changes to campus policy to allow permitted concealed carry in school buildings. Several board members took time during the discussion to emphasize that the blame does not fall onto them for passing the policy change. The Wyoming Legislature passed the Repeal Gun Free Zones and Preemption Amendments Act, which gives individuals the right to concealed carry on public college and university campuses,...

At the March Hot Springs Health board meeting, Dr. Mattson Mathey gave the medical staff report and said they had some clinic coding training and that the providers “are pretty happy about it”. The medical staff had been requesting the training, and they wanted to “make sure that we’re doing our clinic visits appropriately.” Dr. Mathey added that they passed a few policies supporting nursing interventions. Pharmacy and therapeutic have been updating their medications to be consistent with the supply chain and their current standard...

The Thermopolis/Hot Springs County High School Alumni Association invites all classmates to register for Reunion Weekend, July 18-20. This year’s gathering is for classmates of years ending in 0 or 5, however all classes are welcomed. So far, classes 1970, 1975, 1985, and 2005 have contacted the association. Regarding the registration process, organizer Shasta Shafer asks for those interested in participating to contact her at 307-258-9861 or email her at thsallclassreunion@gmail.com to receive a registration form that you will mail back...

Sagebrush Artisans, the multi-medium artists guild in the Big Horn Basin, is holding it’s third annual Art Show and Sale at the Washakie Museum & Cultural Center in Worland from April 4 through April 26. The free opening reception will be Friday, April 4 from 5-7:30 p.m. Local artists from around the basin including Thermopolis,Worland, Ten Sleep and Cody will have 122 pieces of art on display for judging and for sale. The exhibit will then remain on display for three weeks, until April 26, during which art will continue to be available for...

by Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange Very few funerals have featured more laughter than the ceremony for Alan K. Simpson Monday in Cody. “Big Al” would have liked that. Hundreds of family members, friends and state leaders attended the former U.S. senator’s funeral, all having laughed at some of the dozens of Simpson’s jokes that were recounted at the pulpit of Christ Episcopal Church Cody. “Half the fun of the joke is in the delivery. And nobody delivered a joke like Dad,” said daughter Sue Simpson Gallagher....

The Local Competition for the National Civics Bee is Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m. at the Thermopolis Middle School. It is hosted by the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce proudly. The local Civics Bee is part of the 2025 National Civics Bee®, an initiative aimed at encouraging more young Americans to engage in civics and contribute to their communities. Hosted in partnership with The Civic Trust® of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the competition in Thermopolis is designed to inspire middle schoolers to become better informed...

Gun range clean up Members of the Thermopolis Gun Club are asked to help with cleaning up the Bob Milek Memorial Range on Saturday, April 5 at 9 a.m. For more information, contact Ted Brown at (307) 277-0541. Book signing David Santoyo, of Gillette, will be doing a book signing at Storyteller on April 5, from 10 a.m. to noon for his first children’s book, My Wyoming Dad. The book is inspired by hardworking men in industries such as coal mining, oil and gas fields, railroad workers and ranching. It shows the fun activities a dad does with...

Alpha Phi #1148 Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held the Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner on March 25. Awards Chair Jenifer Grimm presented awards including: Fourth Degree of Pallas Athene - Michelle Herring Perfect Attendance - Carol Andreen, Kim Enis, Ruth Galovich, Jenifer Grimm, Michelle Herring, Stefanie Ireland, Cindy Magelky and Linda Ziegler. 15 Years of Service - Brenda Larson 35 Years of Service - Carol Andreen Outstanding Woman of the Year - Carol Andreen Outstanding Educational - Jody Mickelsen—“Maple Trees” Outstanding...

With no Wyoming tournament on the schedule last weekend, members of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club traveled to Billings, Mont., for the annual Montana Open. This tournament is one of the largest and toughest events held in the Montana region with just over 2,200 wrestlers from over 200 teams competing. Bringing home first place Champion Skull Trophies were Carter Enis, Rylee Cooper and Aksel Polson. Other results include: 6U Boys 43 - Konnor Simpson, 7 points 6U Boys 46 - John Ryan, 5th, 19.5 points 6U Boys 49 - Carter Enis, 1st, 30 points;...

Thermopolis Middle School boys and girls track kicked off the season in Burlington last Saturday. The 8th grade girls team came in second place with 82 points and the combined 6th/7th grade teams also were runners-up with 60.35 points. The boys teams each placed fourth, with the 8th grade boys earning 66.50 points and the 6th/7th grade team finishing with 57.50 8th Girls 100m - Mackenzie Buckner, 4th, 14.74 200m - Mackenzie Buckner, 3rd, 30.48; Aislyn Dobbins, 7th, 33.63 800m - Jakae Elder, 4th, 3:02.71 1600m - Jaydyn Boren, 3rd, 6:29.79 100m...

by Daniel Powell (totteringtimes@gmail.com) Do we value our Veterans? It seems like a simple question, but when we look close, the answer, or perhaps “answers,” become opaque, at best. As Americans, we always say that we honor those who have served. When we stand for the National Anthem, at least in part, that action is meant to show respect for those who have served in our armed forces. Each November we celebrate Veterans Day, and in May we celebrate Memorial Day - although those days, like so many other holidays, seem to have become...

Monday evening the Worland community got the news we had been waiting to hear for nearly two years. Breanna Mitchell had been found, although the outcome was not what everyone was hoping. On Sunday, remains were found in the Nowater Trail area. The Washakie County Sheriff’s Office did not disclose the exact location of the discovery but in reading comments on the post, everyone was expecting it to be Breanna. It was the topic of conversation in the community as we waited for confirmation of what we all feared. It came about 7 p.m. Monday....

Each day, degreed social workers with bachelors, master’s and doctorates in social work, help millions of Americans navigate life’s challenges. There is only a handful of degreed social workers in Hot Springs County currently with the hopes to one day increase this. Social workers work in many areas of our society—in hospitals, medical community, schools, social service agencies, and libraries to name a few. Many other professions would benefit from having a social worker’s perspective be a part of their agency. Driven by empathy,...

On the Record policy It is the Thermopolis Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police department” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. We print the names of all people upon their initial arrest. Sheriff’s Office Monday, March 24 12:04 a.m. Deputies responded to an audible burglar alarm at a business. Deputies found all doors secured, and the key holders were notified. 10:30 a.m. Deputies received a...