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On March 13, at the Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees meeting, Superintendent Dustin Hunt submitted his resignation, ending his employment on June 30, 2025. During the business, Vice Chair Marshall Keller made the motion to accept the letter of resignation, Trustee Jean Skelton, seconded. The board voted and passed the approval to accept the resignation. Trustee Jennifer Axtell did not vote, and Trustees Sherman Skelton and Nichole Weyer were absent. Additionally, Trustee Axtell motioned that the board hire the Wyoming...
The Hot Springs County School District #1 held their Community Stakeholder Meeting on March 11 at the Administration Building. This meeting was open to the public, but no public comments are allowed. However, guests are invited from various members of the public to hold a discussion. Some of those guests included two school board members, the superintendent, a retired teacher, and several others. This month’s discussion was about school board responsibilities and superintendent r...
Bryan Elijah Smith performs a magic trick with Jen, a member of the audience, during his concert hosted by the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce last Friday night at the William H. Malloy Auditorium. Smith put on a great show that was enjoyed by the crowd....
Chairman John R. Winter, House District 28 Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee provided the following information on his views of the 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session. Winter states, “The Wyoming House of Representatives, along with the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, worked hard this year to support several bills that really affect the people of the State. This Session was one of the busiest and complicated mostly because of the Governor’s proposed $692 Million supplemental budget. After the House reduced and approved a b...
The Starpower Regional Dance Competition was held on March 1-2 in Gillette at the Cam-Plex Center. Members of Hot Springs Dance LLC competed with all their pieces choreographed by Tess Williams, owner and artistic director. Skylar Lippincott performed in "Not About Angels." She earned overall first place level 2 solos (of 10+ routines) and was chosen for the Orlando, Florida Power Pak dance convention as an invite only participant. For the piece "Brave", Skylar Lippincott, Kaylee Bazzle, Kyle...
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 10 12:21 p.m. Animal problem on US Highway 20 North involving three dogs who attacked sheep and unborn lambs and injured an alpaca. 4:57 p.m. A traffic stop was performed in the 600 block of Big...
Tom and Jessie Ream's Double R Store located at 901 Shoshoni Street is open for the 2025 season. They originally started the business as a trial run on August 1 of last year and closed down at the end of October. Now they are open for their first full season as of March 13. The Double R Store serves as a sandwich shop and a supply store for fishermen getting on the river. This type of business was originally their wish, but Jessie said, "We couldn't find anybody to do it, so we did it ourselves....
The Learning Center will host the second of three meetings, Local Government 101, on Monday March 31 at 6-7:30 p.m at the County Annex, 327 Arapahoe. This event is “How Does Our County Government Function?” This month’s class will feature County Commissioner Tom Ryan, County Administrator Connie Guntly and County Clerk Becky Kersten. Previously on February 24, the Learning Center hosted Local Government 101 to discuss how the town government functions. It was very well attended and Dr. John Anderson gave an introduction where he discu...
Ralph Witters Elementary kindergarten registration opens March 24. This is for kindergarten only and done online. Step 1: Log on to rwe.hotsprings1.org under student/parent table and click student registration. Step 2: Click on Pre-registration form. Step 3: One Pre-registration has been submitted, you will receive an email within a couple days with the username and password needed to complete the full registration process. Please contact the RWE office with any questions at 864-6561. School calendar meetings Hot Springs County School District...
During the Monday, March 17 meeting of the Hot Springs County Republican Party, elections were held for new officers. Joe Martinez was elected Chairman, Vice Chairman is Clay VanAntwerp, Treasurer is Jean Skelton, Secretary is Meri Ann Dorman, State Committeeman is Phillip Scheel and State Committeewoman Cheryl Aguiar. The HSC Republican Party meets the 3rd Monday of each month at the County Annex Building at 6:30 p.m. This information was submitted by newly elected secretary Dorman....
The first day of spring is today, Thursday, March 20. As we were preparing this paper to be sent to press on Tuesday, a storm including wind and snow was raging outside the IR office door. It was a doozy, a last, blast winter storm before the calendar says it is officially spring. That in no may means it is our last storm before summer, just our last official winter storm. The scanner traffic included information about vehicle slide offs and news that Highway 20 South was closed through Wind River Canyon due to road conditions and for a semi...
by Jennifer Cheney, Community Prevention Specialist The Hot Springs County Prevention Coalition, in partnership with the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), is proud to recognize March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month (PGAM). This year’s theme, “Seeking Understanding,” focuses on increasing awareness of problem gambling as a serious but often misunderstood mental health condition. The campaign seeks to foster greater awareness and empathy, break down barriers to treatment, and provide support for individuals and families impac...
by Daniel Powell (totteringtimes@gmail.com) Here’s the thing about being old: Times change, people change, knowledge and understanding changes – but I am not really a big fan of change. I understand that change will happen – but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. Recently, I have discovered that some political terms – the meaning of which, I had always thought I had learned and understood – seem to have altered, to such an extent, that I find myself wondering if I now know their meaning – or if, perhaps, I had never correctly understood th...
Anita Gertrude "Gert" Weisbeck, 67, of Thermopolis, Wyo., passed away on February 12, 2025. She was born on July 20, 1957, in Buffalo, N. Y., to Konrad and Emma (Niedermeier) Fuchs. Gert grew up in Attica, N. Y., and graduated from Attica High School before earning her Registered Nursing degree from SUNY GCC in Batavia, N. Y. She married the love of her life, Peter Weisbeck, on August 24, 1985, in Varysburg, N. Y. In 2003, they moved west to Thermopolis, Wyo., where she continued her lifelong...
Nancy Jane Clark, 85, was born December 26, 1939, in Sheridan, Wyo. She died February14, 2025, in Thermopolis, Wyo. A Celebration of Life will be held in late spring or summer....
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. Risen Son Christian School fundraiser Pasta with a Purpose, a spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser, will be held Friday, April 25 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fair Builiding. To volunteer to help witht he event or to make a donation, contact Shailee Harvey at (307) 921-8069 or...
Hot Springs County 4-H members participated in two fly tying classes put on by Thermopolis Trout Unlimited members. Sawyer Willson, Jackson Skelton, Jeff Epperson, Hoyt Peil and Elam Epperson concentrate on their tasks....
The Town of Thermopolis was loaded with travelers this past weekend, folks who had come from all around the state to attend the Thermopolis Wrestling Club's annual wrestling tournament. The Wrestle-opolis event is one of the largest under 16 tournaments in Wyoming and was held at Hot Springs High School on Friday and Saturday last week. This year, the event drew 550 wrestlers and 32 teams who all came to compete. The Thermopolis team finished the tournament in first place with a total of 923 poi...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team's long and impressive 2024-2025 season closed with a third place trophy finish in 1A/2A at the Wyoming Speech and Debate Tournament at Cheyenne South High School in Cheyenne on March 13, 14, and 15. This year's large tournament included 34 schools in attendance with over 470 individual entries. The tournament culminated nearly six months of competition that started back in October 2024. In the season-ending competition, five Bobcats...
Two weeks ago, the Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats basketball team wound up their impressive 2025 season taking home the third place trophy at the State Championships in Casper. For their contributions to that outstanding achievement, several Lady Cats have received conference honors, and been named to the All-State Team for 2025. Senior Hanna Hill was named to the 2A Northwest honors team, shooting a team leading 35% from outside the arc, 36% from the field, and also a team leading 72% from the free-throw line. She finished the...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats basketball team had a season for the ages this year. The team played with poise, skill and determination all year, and along the way, the Cats defeated some really superb basketball teams – leaving many in the state (outside Hot Springs County, of course) feeling more than a little surprised. The team finished the season with a record of 25-4, went an undefeated 6-0 in the 2A Northwest quad, finished third in the 2A Regional tournament – and then, there was that sixth State Championship – and first sin...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Cats wrestlers put in a remarkable effort this year and completed the 2025 season with several wrestlers claiming State Championships. Following on the heels of that extremely successful season, several Bobcats and Lady Cats were recently awarded All-State Honors for the 2025 season, two from the Lady Cats team and five from the Bobcats team. For the Lady Cats, Junior, Alix Sorensen was named All-State for the first time. Alix went 33-5 for the season. Sophomore Lilly Quintanilla was also...
During the Ralph Witters Elementary Spring Concert last week at the William H. Malloy Auditorium, top, back row, l to r, Violet Trujillo, Raymond Gillespie; front row, Wyatt Johnson, TJ Miramontes, Halen Lahoe, and Levi Logan perform on their recorders. Brodie Tow and Jayden Dennis perform "Here We Go Looby Loo."...
Karen Palmer, left, and Jerry Deromedi have fun at the Hot Springs County Senior Center lunch on St. Patrick's Day....
By Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile.com, via WNE The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is under a January 2026 court-ordered deadline to make a decision, is now giving the public until May 16 to share views on a proposal to keep bruins listed as ‘threatened’ throughout their Lower 48 range. More than 47,000 people, organizations and agencies have taken the time to send in their thoughts on federal wildlife managers’ Biden-era proposal to continue classifying grizzly bears as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. It’s a decision that attrac...
