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Hot Springs County Airport is one of 10 Wyoming airports that will be receiving a portion of $7.2 million designated by the U.S Department of Transportation for airport safety and infrastructure. According to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, Hot Springs County Airport will receive $169,386 to fund a new airport master plan or study. The grant monies are all part of a $520.5 million national investment in America’s airports to help keep them in good shape and make air travel a better experience for passengers, according to C...
Jarron Mortimore and Duder Harvey, left, compete against Remington Ferree and Logan Cole in the Koala Bear Challenge held Friday during Bobcat Pride at the Hot Springs County High School. The students started on their partners side and had to crawl to to top of their shoulders, through their legs and up to face them without touching the floor.... Full story
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital has announced tentative dates for their Open House for the new construction of their facilities. CEO Margie Molitor has proposed that the Open House will be on Thursday, April 2nd from 2:30 p.m. until 6 p.m. Molitor wants to give the public access to view the rooms and building before they move into it with equipment and furniture, etc. There will be guides directing the public for tours and will explain the new features. After the Open House, the hospital...
Several high school student athletes were honored with sportsmanship awards during this month’s Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees meeting. Sterling Gerber was honored for his show of sportsmanship during the boys basketball game with Rocky Mountain on January 17 along with Jarron Mortimore during the game against St. Stephens the same day. Mortimore was also honored for the February 1 game with Big Piney. Duder Harvey received acclaim for his sportsmanship at the January 18 g...
Crews were putting the finishing touches on the the Hot Springs State Park entrance sign on Park Street Tuesday. The street was closed February 24-25 for installation of the welcome sign.... Full story
Thermopolis Middle School FFA members asked questions pertaining to agriculture references in songs and movies to kick off National after FFA week during their voices period last Friday. Alix Sorensen and Brooke Richter were ready to buzz in the answer. Members Austin Slagle and Tymber Eckley were watching the buzzers to determine who hit theirs first while Becky Martinez asked the questions.... Full story
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. Corrections Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman Carnell Deere received his five year pin at the banquet held Feb. 15. His name was inadvertently left out of last week’s front page cutline. Jennifer Ann Shields-Arends’ n...
Joe Martinez, Jeffery Lewis, and Greg Willson serve pancakes, sausage, and eggs at the Shrove Tuesday Pancake dinner held at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. They had a great turn out of people, with plenty food. People came hungry and left full.... Full story
The Thermopolis - Hot Springs County Chamber of Commerce will hold its 99th Annual Chamber Banquet on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at the HSC Fair Building. Entrepreneur / Appraiser for the Antique Road Show, John Sollo will be the guest speaker. According to his bio on PBS’s website, “Sollo is an authority in the world of 20th-century Modern design, one who has both defined and created the market for Modern decorative arts and furnishings. In person and in print, on television and radio, as lecturer and author, from Los Angeles to New York Cit...
Kirby Ditch Irrigation District recently received notice they have been awarded funding for their lower reach piping project from the Bureau of Reclamation as part of more than $40 million in grant funds going to 54 water projects across the West. The total cost of the Kirby Ditch project is a little over $2.2 million and grant monies from the Bureau will cover $737,966. The project will convert 2.56 miles of the open Kirby Ditch to a buried polyvinyl chloride pipeline and is expected to result in an annual savings of over 1,000 acre feet of...
A free Grazing Permit Renewal Process Workshop will be held Tuesday, March 3 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Cody Library. Ranch owners and managers, federal grazing permit owners and local policy makers should consider attending this workshop. The workshop is hosted by UW College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Vicki Nichols at vnichols@uwyo.edu or by calling the HSC Extension office at 864-3421....
This is the time of year when many students are playing their last basketball games or putting their all into the wrestling mat for the final time or even making the last speech of their high school careers. Most will not go on to participate in sports on the college level so these last moments are often bittersweet. Friday night marks Senior Night for both boys and girls basketball teams, the last night they have to wear the purple and gold on their home court. Come out and support your Bobcats this weekend. The Lady Cats have their last home...
“Whoops, I made a mistake!” This is not something you want to hear from your doctor - or your attorney. “Do no harm” should be the motto for both professions. When a doctor nicks an artery, he is held accountable for making a serious error. Attorneys, though, keep on practicing without repercussions or sanctions. The Wyoming Supreme Court overthrew the case of the Casper businessman because of a mistake in the lower court. Someone did not double check the language of the law, and zealously went ahead and charged the man. We will never know wh...
Jeanne Lee Sullivan, 88, died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. A full obituary will appear in next week’s Thermopolis Independent Record....
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Two weeks into Wyoming’s five-week legislative session, members of the House and Senate advanced separate versions of the state’s roughly $3 billion budget for the 2021-22 biennium Friday night. The two budget bills were passed out of the chambers on third reading, and differences between the two will be hashed out over the remaining three weeks of the session. Yet before Friday’s vote in the Senate, several lawmakers, including a committee chairman, as well as the lon...
NBHA Barrel Racing results from Sunday include: Open 1D – Mesa Allen, 15.584; Jerrie Slagle, 15.665; Maddie Fantaskey, 15.721; Lindsay Curran, 15.797; Nick Comes, 16.035; Faith Pheifer, 16.041; Faith Pheifer, 16.053; Nick Comes, 16.054 2D – Debbie Combs, 16.099 3D – Brenda Sims, 16.709; Bobbi Byrd, 17.015; Taylor Malcom, 17.022; Jessie Coy, 17.095; Irelynn Campbell, 17.104; Jennifer Harvey, 17.111; Bobbi Byrd, 17.193; Jody Campbell, 17.488 4D – Mddie Fantaskey, 18.097; Valerie Stothart, 19.233;...
The Bobcat wrestlers had an incredible showing at Wind River High School on Saturday and came home as the 2A West Regional Tournament runner-up champions, along with four individual championships including Riley Shaffer, Logan Cole, Austin Barral and Roedy Farrell. Wyatt McDermott and Remington Ferree were runner-up champions. Nine Bobcats competed in eight weight divisions at the tournament, six moved onto semi finals and eight qualified for the 2A State Tournament Friday and Saturday in...
The Thermopolis Bobcat boys basketball team had a rough weekend, losing to Newcastle at home on Friday night and then traveling to Douglas on Saturday, losing 44-63 on the road. “This was a tough game for us,” said coach Shane Corpening about the Newcastle game. “From a statistical standpoint, we did everything right, however, we really struggled to shoot the ball and convert some easy looks around the basket.” The Cats had 12 fewer turnovers than Newcastle and managed 18 more shots, which C...
The Lady Bobcats split a pair of games over the weekend, beating Newcastle’s Lady Dogies 49-43 on Friday before falling to the Lady Bearcats of Douglas, on the road, 32-74. Friday’s win over Newcastle was a big one for the team as they came back and beat a team who had defeated them soundly just three weeks ago. They played a strong defense and managed the game by hitting some key buckets in a tightly contested game. Three of the Lady Cats had double digit scoring against Newcastle. McKenna Bom...
A game against Meeteetse last week showed what the seventh grade boys A basketball team is all about with a 42-18 win. "This was an overall great effort by our whole team," coach Dan Webber said. "We played well on both ends of the floor and really spread the scoring around. Hopefully, this will carry over into our next games." A number of the players took a good look at the basket including top scorer Hayden Overfield who popped in eight points on the day. Logan Dafoe made six points, followed...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club member have been keeping busy competing around the state. Last weekend’s results include: Camel Kids Invite - Folkstyle 12U 67-73 Lilly Quintanilla 3rd, 3 team points. 12U 85-92 Cannon Boren 2nd, 14 team points. 14U 93-96 Will Ward 2nd, 12 team points. Camel Kids Invite - Freestyle Results 12U 64-70 Lilly Quintanilla 1st, 14.5 team points. 12U 88-92 Cannon Boren’s place is 2nd and has scored 13.5 team points. Buffalo Outlaws Wrestling Results 6U (PeeWee) 36-39 Gabriel Ryan 1st, 20 team points. 6U (PeeWee) 38-39 Fletch...
The Bobcat Speech and Debate team had another winning tournament last weekend, bringing home first place from the Greybull Forensics Challenge. This is the fourth first place win in 1A/2A for the Bobcats with just two tournaments left before their state tourney. Senior Kyle Mosser led the way for the team taking third place for Drama and first place for Humor as well as garnering the most points for the tourney. Mosser also placed fifth in duet with his partner Kris Lahoe. Lahoe brought home a third place with her poetry as well. The Bobcat...
Hot Springs County High School’s two robotics teams, 4273 Aluminati and 7283 Fist Full of Axels, competed over Valentine’s Day weekend at the FIRST Tech Challenge, Wyoming State Championships in Casper. Held this year at CY Middle School, the challenge brought robotics teams from all over the state to compete head to head. The Aluminati came away with a 2-3 record for the weekend, placing them in 18th place among the 30 competitors. “They had much better driving than they’ve had at previous tournaments,” said coach London Jenks. Fist Full of A...
by Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The Bureau of Land Management released a final environmental review Friday of a closely-watched oil and gas project proposed for the heart of Wyoming. The BLM’s preferred plan would allow the company to drill 4,250 additional wells, but it would require Aethon Energy Management and Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company to undertake water management tests, decrease disturbance of critical sage grouse habitat and increase the use of directional drilling wells on mul...
Lady Cats Julie Johnson and Mariah Brooks get into a tangle over the ball during Friday's home JV basketball game. Bobcat Corbin Simeral powers through his opponents to the basket.... Full story
