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Roland Luehne, owner and CEO of C and W Enterprises, Inc. (C and W) and the Star Plunge, has issued a response to Hot Springs State Park’s future plans and partnership development information recently included in an Independent Record article. According to Luehne, the Star Plunge has been an attraction for residents of and visitors to Thermopolis for over a century. The current management agreement between the state and the aquatic center expires on December 31, 2024. “The Star Plunge has been in my family since 1975. For decades, the sta...
At the Discovery Days Cabin Fever Chili Cook Off last Sunday afternoon at the HSC Fair Building Georgia Olsen, left, serves Oatley and her mother Erika Wheeler. The chili contest winners included 1st Place, Shurie Scheel - white chicken chili; 2nd Place, Rochelle Wagner - red chili; 3rd Place, Ken Smith - red chili; 4th Place, Anthony Vargas - spice green pork chili; People's Choice, Lora Staker - red chili. There were 14 entries with nine judges. The entries were numbered anonymously, not by...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team's successful season came to an exciting end with a runner-up finish in 1A/2A at the Wyoming Speech and Debate Tournament at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne on March 7th, 8th, and 9th. The event saw 33 schools in attendance with over 460 individual entries. The tournament was a culmination of nearly six months of competition that started back in October. In the season ending competition, five Bobcats earned All-State...
At the March 5 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Mayor Adam Estenson made a statement regarding the released body cam footage of Sergeant Mike Mascorro related to the incident on April 28. He said, "It was my decision to release only portions of that footage...The intent was to include pertinent footage to cut down on the amount of viewing time because it's the duration of the day in different segments as the camera is turned on and turned off throughout the day, which is stand...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Three Cheyenne police officers on leave after suspect is killed CHEYENNE (WNE) — A call to the Cheyenne Police Department for a domestic dispute ended in the police killing the suspect Friday evening, CPD said in a news release Monday afternoon. The man was identified Monday as 47-year-old Cheyenne resident Patrick Flores. The shooting occurred Friday, March 8, when police officers were dispatched to calls for a domestic disturbance with a firearm, which the agency said was around 6:18 p.m. Dispatchers t...
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 4 11:04 a.m. Deputies opened an investigation into a bad check that was written. Tuesday, March 5 6:46 p.m. Deputies investigated the report of littering. 7:36 p.m. Agency assist for the Police De...
The Hot Springs County Republican Party held their County Convention on March 9 at the Big Horn Federal Bank in their community room. The delegates were seated at 9 a.m. and the convention began. They worked on any amendments to the platform and bylaws at both the state and county level. A few resolutions passed. A return to hand counts for all elections in Wyoming passed. In addition, a resolution to support republic review, which basically encourages that a committee of HSC citizens, HSC...
Breeze Petty has been named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College for the 2023 fall semester. Petty, a senior majoring in religious studies and world politics. Chloe Mascorro was named to the Casper College President’s Honor Roll for the 2023 fall semester. Austin Barral was named to the Casper College Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2023 fall semester. Hot Springs Health’s family practice clinic in Worland is the proud recipient of the Lilypad Award! This award recognizes HSH’s Worland clinic as one of the Top 50 Rural Health Clinics in the Unite...
High school and middle school students are encouraged to hop online Tuesday, March 19, for an interactive virtual career night organized by the University of Wyoming Extension. Hosted on Zoom, the annual event offers an opportunity for young people to interact with professionals in fields ranging from agriculture, firefighting and wildlife management to video production, tourism and exercise physiology. Participants will also receive information on postsecondary education options and financial aid. While the career fair is organized by Wyoming...
During National Sunshine Week, we celebrate freedom of information (FOI) laws and efforts to use and ensure the effectiveness of those laws to get the information we need as self-governing citizens. Over a century ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, stated that “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors launched Sunshine Sunday in 2002 in response to efforts by some Florida legislators to create scores of new exemptions to the state’s public records law. It was decided that the i...
The recent lawsuit against the Boys’ School is a blow to youth welfare in our state and cruel, destructive slander against some of our neighbors, in my opinion. As a former employee at WBS, I saw firsthand how dedicated WBS staff are to helping young men. The alleged physical abuse is so out of character for the men primarily mentioned as to be laughable if not so vicious. Those dorm staff put themselves in harms way each day, take grotesque verbal abuse and physical attacks, but still are dedicated to giving young offenders a last chance to b...
Linda Louise Coleman passed away on February 25, 2024, surrounded by her family after an eight-year battle with Wegener’s Granulomatosis disease. Linda was born in Caldwell, Idaho, on November 14, 1941, to Harvey and Louise (Kelly) Weeks. Her family moved to Bairoil, Wyo., before settling in Thermopiles, Wyo. Linda attended school in Thermopiles and later attended college at Casper College. During this time, she met and married the father of her three daughters, the late Micky Ford, who later divorced. They moved to Kelso, Wash. Linda worked f... Full story
Mabel Bulman, 73, passed away February 28, 2024, at Hot Springs Health after a period of declining health. One of six children of Clifford and Mabel (Coleman) Murrain, she was born September 17, 1950, in Worland, Wyo. Known as “Dolly”, she lived in the Thermopolis area most of her life. An avid seamstress, she often quilted projects for Christmas and birthday gifts. She enjoyed family history. Her other passion being ceramics, you would find her cleaning and painting pieces that she then gave away to family and friends. Never without a pet, Dol... Full story
The Thermopolis Wrestling Club (TWC) hosted Wrestle-opolis last Saturday in the Hot Springs County High School gym. The tournament brought 562 kids from clubs throughout Wyoming to compete here. TWC had 71 kids wrestle in the folkstyle on Saturday and earned first place as a team scoring 950.5 total team points, outpacing second place Casper Wrestling Club by 191 points. TWC had 33 team members wrestle in the freestyle and scored 377 points to win first place as a team with Powell Wrestling...
The public is invited to enjoy some good ole American patriotism at its finest as 3rd grade Ralph Witters Elementary students partner with the Veterans of Foreign Wars of America Post 2281 in honoring our Thermopolis Area First Responders. The concert is Thursday, March 14 at 2 p.m. at the William H. Malloy Auditorium. Orion Jenks and Brian Weaver placed 4th in their division at the Wyoming State Science Fair. Their project, which tested different methods of making a Tesla coil, serves as a reminder of the power of curiosity and innovation. In...
At the March 5 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the annex building, the commissioners voted and passed the approval of the warrant register for $440,306.21 and payroll for $202,778.42. Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross of Ardurra gave the Geographic Information System (GIS) update and said they have scheduled time with the commissioners on April 16 to go over GIS in detail. Ross also said they worked on an online application for the Planner to categorize parcels by their...
A two year old heifer vigorously licks her newborn calf to remove amniotic fluid, warm the calf and establish the cow–calf bond. While calving season for most area ranchers is in full swing special attention is usually given to the two year olds. Before a cow becomes a cow, they are actually called heifers. Heifers are female cattle who have yet to give birth. Heifers generally are more at risk for calving problems such as excessive calf size, inadequate size of birth canal and sometimes even r...
