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At the January 16 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, they voted and passed the approval to sign a letter of support regarding the HSC Shooting Complex Committee Proposal Submission. Commissioner Paul Galovich explained that the committee is getting ready to issue a pre-RFP that is due by March 1. A final RFP will be due by April 1. This is how the state will process their decision making in choosing a location for the shooting complex. A task force of 11 members, which is comprised...
Myles Cox and Odin Galovich get ready to go down the bounce house slide during the Bounceopolis event at the HSC Armory Building last Saturday night....
On January 16, the Thermopolis Town Council held a brief meeting at Town Hall. Town attorney Marshall Keller presented for its first reading an ordinance enacting parking restrictions on 5th Street between Broadway Street and Warren Street. The Farmers Market operates from June 1 to October 1 on Saturday mornings. The vendors cannot put up tables in the designated area if vehicles are parked there. According to the ordinance, parking on 5th Street during Farmer’s Market, it shall be and h...
Emersyn Strenger skates at the ice skating rink in front of the Pioneer Home in Hot Springs State Park last Saturday afternoon. There is a horse trailer parked next to the rink with skates and equipment for the public to use....
At the January Land Use Planning Commission meeting, County Planner Les Culliton presented applications to the board from Jeffrey Powell for a Land Use Change and Minor Subdivision and from Daniel and Leila Porath for a Land Use Change, from Agricultural to Commercial for short-term rental of cabins. For Powell’s application, Culliton said he had originally requested a minor subdivision of 37.64 acres into five lots of various sizes. It is described as Northwest Quarter (N ½ NW ¼) lying Sou...
Aylee Taylor, top, performed "The First Noel" during Tiffany's Suzuki School of Violins and Miss Betsy's Piano Students Winter Recital at the Risen Son Southern Baptist Church last week. Seth Dickey, bottom left, performed "Nothing But The Blood of Jesus" and DeAnna Myers performed "Strawberry Blueberry" and "Watermelon."...
Stars & Pipes, LLC is hosting a Gun Show on January 26-27 from 3-7 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday at the HSC Fair Building at 627 Springview. They plan to make the show an annual event. Admittance is $2 per person. Event organizer Bradyn Harvey said, “We just wanted to bring back a gun show to Thermopolis. There hasn’t been one here in a while and we saw a need, so we wanted to fill it.” They had 35 tables available and they are all spoken for. The Stars & Pipes Gun Show will feature vendors from Cody, Cowley, Basin, Dougl...
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. 2023 Fire Calls In 2023, the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department had a total of 70 calls. They include: 26 vehicle crashes, 13 false alarms, three structures, seven grass, 13 good intent/service calls, three hazmat/gas mete...
The Thermopolis Jackalope Jump fundraiser will be held on Saturday, February 24 at the Hot Springs County High School with registration beginning at 10 a.m. and jumping starting at 11 a.m. Proceeds raised go to help provide year-round sports training and competition for athletes. Participants raise $100 and will take an invigorating dip into icy freezing water. Grab some friends, plan fun costumes if so inclined, get pumped and register today at www.sowy.org. All jumpers that raise a minimum of $100 per person will receive a Jackalope Jump...
The University of Wyoming Extension will offer six private pesticide applicator education programs at various locations in the Bighorn Basin from February 5 through March 20. Private applicator licenses are required for anyone who applies or supervises the application of Restricted Use Pesticides (RUPs). The program in Hot Springs County is set for March 20 from 1-5 p.m. at Hot Springs Weed and Pest, 711 Springview St. All participants are required to bring a government-issued ID, such as a driver’s license, to their session. Upon completion o...
Agency manager Shara Shalansky, right, Jason Owens and Shelly Burrows watch as Joseph Burrows put his name in the ticket box for the 50-50 fundraiser for the Children's Resource Center during the Business After Hours event held at Farmers Insurance's new location at 108 North 5th Street last Thursday. The agency is owned by Lisa Beamer....
The Wyoming State Ducks Unlimited Committee recently hosted it's 17th annual Wyoming DU winter volunteer celebration at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The multi-day celebration always occurs the last week of the waterfowl season for the Central Flyway and brings in DU volunteers from across Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska and Montana to celebrate Wyoming Ducks Unlimited and the events volunteers host supporting the Ducks Unlimited mission. Ducks Unlimited conserves,...
In psychologist Angela Duckworth’s New York Times bestseller “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance”, she shares her insight on the ability to achieve. Duckworth shows us that it is not talent or gifting that gets us to the places we want to be, but our own willpower and desire to succeed. In fact, those who have “natural” skills end up giving up or quitting far faster than someone who has a deep passion for what they are doing. In other words, someone who has grit. Yet, one of the key dynamics for an individual or an organizat...
I would like to address a few behaviors that have bothered me for some time. First is drivers spinning “cookies” on roads and parking and pullout areas. This tears up the surface, and these areas become mud holes in wet weather. In some places this occurs off-road and destroys vegetation as well. As a related item, some drivers pull off the road to test their 4WD vehicles in snow and mud. Ruts in the soil never go away. Another item is littering in general, especially by recreational target shooters. Please pick up your spent cartridge cas...
by Nicola Park LAC, LPC-MH “I’ve lost everything…but I just can’t stop”. “Once I take that first drink that is all I think about”. “I use it to take the pain away”. These are some of the many things you might hear someone who struggles on a daily basis with an addiction say. Addiction is a chronic disease that can physically and mentally change a person from who they once were. When we hear the word addiction, we might automatically go to ‘the person on the street looking to score their next fix’, but these are people who struggle every minute...
Franklin Scott Skeen passed away on January 15, 2024, at home peacefully in Thermopolis, Wyo., at the age of 69. He leaves behind a legacy of unwavering love as a father, brother and grandfather. Born January 29, 1954, in Basin, Wyo., he was the son of Richard "Dick" and Dorothy (Myers) Skeen. He was a graduate of Powell Senior High School in 1972 and attended Northwest Community College in Powell where he met his future wife Susan Hadley. They were married in October of 1976 and were blessed... Full story
Thomas Anthony Sullivan, Jr., 58, passed away peacefully, after his 1 and a half year long battle with cancer on January 16, 2024, in Billings, Mont., with his wife, Cindy by his side. Tommy was born in Thermopolis, Wyo., on July 30, 1965, to Thomas A. "Sully" and Jeanne Lee (Agnew) Sullivan. After graduating from HSCHS in 1983, Tommy moved to Phoenix, Ariz., where he played golf for Grand Canyon College and Glendale Community College. He later got his Bachelor's Degree in Marketing and... Full story
by Sarah Elmquist Squires, Lander Journal Via Wyoming News Exchange LANDER — Wyoming Rep. Sarah Penn is gearing up to introduce a bill aimed at increasing transparency in local government and a mandate that provides for public comment for school boards, counties, towns and cities in Wyoming. House Bill 49, the “By the People Act,” will be introduced to the Wyoming Legislature next month, and if passed, will mean citizens have greater access to the work of local governments and how their tax dollars are spent. “I’m passionate about people be...
Last weekend, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcat wrestling teams traveled to Lander for the Lander Invite Tournament where twenty-six teams were in attendance. The Bobcats finished 7th as a team, while the Lady Cats ended the week-end in 5th place. Lady Cats All four Lady Cat wrestlers placed in the Lander tournament, and coach Travis McDermott was pleased with their performance saying, "The ladies are improving every week, and their attitude and effort are fun to be around." Lilly...
The Hot Springs County High School speech and debate team earned second place in 1A/2A at the large Worlando Beach Speech and Debate Tournament held at Worland High School January 19-20. Coaches Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, Grace Martin, Riley Jeffs and Charlie Patterson traveled with 15 Bobcats to compete with 23 teams and over 340 entries. Senior Chris Bapst again broke into the Super Congress and finished in eleventh place in an extremely competitive field. Fellow seniors, Ivey Goff and Brison Steere advanced to the final round of Duo...
The Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team was in Powell last weekend for the opening of conference play and for a rematch against the Panthers. The Powell team had played very well the weekend before, winning the Big Horn Basin Classic in Thermopolis. The Panthers came into the contest undefeated at 9 and 0. The Bobcats came out a little flat, and while they didn’t play poorly, they were just unable to outshine the play of the Panthers. Kanyon Gerber demonstrated he has a flair for the back-door cut, leaving Powell looking a bit s...
With frigid temperatures in the weather report, the Hot Springs County High School Girls Basketball Team traveled to Powell this past week-end, for their second game against the Panthers, in as many weeks. The Lady Panthers are a good team this year - coming into the contest at 7 and 2 for the season – and in a replay of the week-end before, proceeded to hand the Lady Cats their eighth defeat. In the opening quarter, neither team was able to put up a great deal of points - the quarter ending with Thermopolis down by a score of 7 to 2. In the s...
Members of the Thermopolis Wrestling Club competed at the Rocky Mountain Nationals - Wild West Championships in Casper last Saturday. Local results include: Erik Polson, 6U, 40 pounds, 4th place Jack Hetzel, 6U, 61 pounds, 4th place Nash Bowker, 7U, 50 pounds, 3rd place Holden Loden, 7U, 80 pounds, 2nd place Halen Lahoe, 8U, 62 pounds, 4th place Gabe Ryan, 9U, 57 pounds, 2nd place; 10U, 57 pounds, 2nd place Fletcher Lewis, 9U, 61 pounds, 4th place Aksel Polson, 10U, 65 pounds, 3rd place; 11U, 62 pounds, 4th place Joshua Haddix, 10U, 77 pounds,...
