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Amid reports that Hot Springs County School District (HSCSD) #1 Superintendent Dustin Hunt has been interviewing for jobs with a new district, a hand full of people spoke at the February board meeting to show support for Hunt. Reports from two different sources indicate that Hunt received an interview with Big Horn County School District #2 and that the RE-1 Valley School Board, located in Logan County, Colorado, has selected Hunt as their new superintendent. As of the February HSCSD board meeting, no announcement had been made regarding Hunt’s...
At regionals in Riverton, the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats basketball team won their way into the State Championship tournament, which was held in Casper last weekend. The Cats spent much of the season atop the 2A rankings, and finished the regular season in first place in the 2A Northwest quad. The Bobcats went two for three at regionals, taking home third place after defeating Rocky Mountain in the third place game. That put the team into the State Championships as the number 3 seed...
On March 4, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church held a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, which is also the beginning of Mardi Gras with Lent beginning the following day. It was quite a celebration with Allyssa Simmons, Pam Phillips, Kelly Strampe, Barbara Rice, Sammy O'Brien, Kathy O'Brien and Charlie Chatwell showing their party spirit....
by Katie Klingsporn, Maggie Mullen, Andrew Graham, Angus M. Thuermer Jr., Mike Koshmrl and Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com, via WNE By any measure, the Wyoming Legislature just completed a transformative session. In the House, the hard-line Freedom Caucus took control of a statehouse chamber for the first time in the U.S. In the Senate, leadership stunned observers when they decided the upper chamber would not pass a supplemental budget — another first for Wyoming. During the 37-day session, lawmakers adopted a string of measures that could d...
The State Championship 2A Basketball tournament took place in Casper last weekend. It was the culmination of a long and grueling season for the Lady Cats of Thermopolis. The team has seen both ups and downs this year, however, they have always made Hot Springs County proud with their hard work, determination and sportsmanship, which they never failed to display at every opportunity. After finishing the regular season tied for first place in the 2A Northwest quad (Rocky Mountain held the tie brea...
At the March Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce board meeting, they were unable to form a quorum, therefore no formal actions were taken, but they did report on various subjects. Chamber CEO Meri Ann Dorman said regarding the State/Local Civic Bee that they received above the required 20 qualifying essays and that the Thermopolis region beat out Cheyenne and Casper. Dorman added that Thermopolis Middle School is incorporating the bee and essay writing as part of their curriculum. Dorman and the board also discussed the coming Chamber...
Terri Lynn Geissinger, great-granddaughter of Lucy Morrison Moore, gave a presentation about the early years of a Lady of a Legend, her elder relative, at the Hot Springs County Historical Society meeting last Saturday at the HSC Museum. The event was so well attended, they had to make more room. Geissinger shared new information about the Sheep Queen of Wyoming....
Last Sunday, Wyoming Discovery Days hosted a Cabin Fever Chili Cook Off and dance fun at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. The event was well attended with the band Barcode 307 from Riverton providing music. Left, Anthony Vargas and his daughter, Payton, and Ro and Audra Dominguez shake up the dance floor. Ana Mosser and her two-year-old grandson, Neptune Martin, enjoyed the corn hole boards. The winners of the chili contest include 1st Anthony Vargas, 2nd Terry Anderson, 3rd Ro Dominguez...
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 Tuesday, March 4 5:23 p.m. Agency assist for the police department Thursday, March 6 5:49 a.m. Report of a crash with injury within the Wind River Canyon. Deputies located the truck where the driver was unharm...
On March 11, the Hot Springs County Commissioners held a special meeting and executive session regarding litigation. After reconvening from executive session, Chairman Tom Ryan said that no action was taken during the executive session. The commissioners then voted and passed the approval to engage with an outside law firm named Lonabaugh and Riggs LLP from Sheridan to represent the commissioners for the suit filed by Martin G. Oravec and Gary A. Frazier for a Petition for Review of Agency Action. Chairman Ryan also said that in the coming...
The Hot Springs County Prevention Coalition will provide Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training at their Suicide Prevention Workshop on March 26-27 at 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (both days. They invite the public to join them for free and to increase your knowledge about suicide, learn skills to reach out, and increase your confidence to help save a life. Be an active part of the community’s plan to prevent suicide. Snacks and lunch will be provided both days. The workshop is free, however, p...
Hot Springs County High School graduate Ron Hayes recently visited with fourth graders at Ralph Witters Elementary School to talk about his book "Let Me Tell You About My Mom". The book has a wide variety of nature photographs including brown bears, loons, swift foxes, mountain goats and more. Hayes collaborated with Casey Rislov in telling stories about animal moms and their offspring....
Media derives from the Latin, “medium,” which is neither rare nor well done. What better time to drag out this old joke than Sunshine Week, when newspapers across America remind their readers of the First Amendment? Sunshine Week is celebrated yearly in March. This year the 16-22 is set aside to shine a light on the importance of public records and open government. Like a religious text, the Constitution of the United States, and its amendments, are forever subject to interpretation. But the press, in particular, has sustained singular ins...
by Bryan Golden You have no control over other people’s actions. But you do have total control over your response. Someone else can’t upset you unless you empower them to. “They make me so mad,” “they make me so upset,” and “they make me so unhappy,” are statements based on the false premise that other people have power over your emotions. Don’t empower others to upset you. Don’t make excuses which justify your becoming upset. Comments such as, “I have every right to be upset,” don’t help you. Anger, bitterness, and resentment, are all self-...
Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is hosting a night of music as Bryan Elijah Smith takes stage in a live performance at William H. Malloy Auditorium on Friday, March 14 starting at 7 p.m.. This concert promises to be an electrifying experience for fans of all ages. A singer-songwriter based out of Virginia performing in Wyoming for the very first time Smith is an international award-winning American singer-songwriter. The song “In Through the Dark” appears in the hit Netflix series Virgin River and it subsequently received a 202...
At the February 25 Hot Springs Health board meeting held at the conference room, Dr. Mattson Mathey gave the medical staff report and said that several of their doctors were “Doc of the Day” at the legislative session in Cheyenne, a program hosted by the Wyoming Medical Society. The doctors are available throughout the entirety of the day to answer any medical questions related to policy discussion and to provide any medical attention to anybody needing it. In fact, they responded to a sta...
Thirty people showed up on our snowy day last week for a Spring Seed Starting Workshop held at the HSC Library. The workshop is one of a series of workshops presented this spring by the Red Dirt Master Gardeners, the next will be in April. The basics of starting seeds indoors were presented by Rachel Miller, Tom Judy and Kelly Strampe. Miller aswered questions from attendees Marcia Nelson, Irene Helm and Rick Helm....
Lenten Fish Fry The Knights of Columbus are hosting their annual Lenten Fish Fry on three Fridays, March 21, 28 and April 4 from 5-7 p.m. in the St. Francis Church Parish Hall. All are welcome. Adult tickets are $15 and children under 14 are $5. Red Dirt Master Gardeners events Community Garden sign up will be held on March 22 at the Hot Springs County Library from 10 a.m.-noon. A plant swap will be held at the same time and place. Caring for caregivers retreat The University of Wyoming Extension is hosting a free Caring for Caregivers...
Aidan Freeman has been named to the 2024 fall semester University of Wyoming President’s Honor Roll Jayci Basse, Lee Alan Grimm, Seth Needham, Emme C. Norsworthy, Sydney Shaffer and Morgan Tilly Slover were named to the University of Wyoming 2024 fall semester academic Dean’s or Dean’s Freshman Honor Roll. University of Wyoming fall semester graduates included Lee Alan Grimm with a Bachelor of Science degree....
The “A” Team of the Hot Springs County Middle School boys basketball were the number 4 seed going into last month’s 2025 Big Horn Conference Tournament. The tournament was hosted by Hot Springs County, with games played at both the middle school, as well as at the high school. This year’s A team was composed of eight eighth graders and two seventh graders. From the eighth grade were Logan Johnson, Lane Collamer, Jarrett Cornella, Tanner Delay, Oliver Bihr, Dallon Basse, Gavin Livingood;and Carter Hughes-Becerra. The two seventh grade youngst...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members were divided across the state last weekend competing in tournaments in Gillette, Riverton and Pinedale. Individual and team points were unavailable for the Riverton tournament and team points were unavailable for the tournaments in Gillette and Pinedale. The club will hold their annual home tournament this Friday and Saturday at the high school gym with Greco starting at 6 p.m. on Friday. Folkstyle and Freestyle will be wrestled on Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. Gillette Folkstyle 8U 45 - Erik Polson, 1st, 17.5...
Last week, the FFA District Speech Competition was held in Thermopolis. Ryan Axtell, left, and Izzie Hetzel both gave their speeches, extemporaneously and prepared, and moved onto Regionals. Mac McCumber also moved onto Regionals. On March 10 at the Regional competition, Axtell won Extemp and will be moving onto the State competition. Hetzel and McCumber placed fourth....
The Bobcats sent six wrestlers the Junior State tournament, which was held in Riverton last Saturday. The tournament serves as a qualifier for the Freestyle and Greco Wyoming Team, which will compete in Fargo this coming July at the National Tournament. Sophomore Lilly Quintanilla led the way for the Lady Cats, completing her second Triple Crown, winning both the Freestyle and the Greco Tournaments. Coach Travis McDermott said, “Lilly wowed the crowd with a couple of five-point throws, and dominated her competition with either pins or technical...
