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The Bobcat Speech and Debate team finished their season in fine form, qualifying two students for the National Tournament in Dallas, Texas this June. Junior Hannah Hu will be attending with her informative on beauty. Hu went beyond the normal talk of physical beauty to point out how our minds perceive beauty in nature and everything around us, including photographs, art and the Japanese aesthetics of wabi sabi, the acceptance of imperfection. Hu wrote her informative at the start of the year... Full story
Tuesday night the Thermopolis Town Council received an update on the Thermopolis Golf Course from Jason Ciz and Joey Johnson. Ciz noted the fundraiser for the course scheduled for March 9 has been moved to May 4. As far as progress on getting a restaurant at the course, Ciz said the person they had been visiting with backed out so they will be advertising again. Course cleanup is scheduled for March 30 and 31 at 10 a.m., as long as the snow is melted. March 28 is the next fundraiser meeting and...
by Cindy Glasson The Hot Springs County Commissioners had a discussion with the Town of Thermopolis regarding the landfill at their meeting Tuesday afternoon. The agreement between the Town and County for the landfill expired some time ago, but the two entities have been adding addendums periodically to keep it active. Everything is split between the town and county. According to the commissioners, the Town has violated a major part of the agreement and they are far from happy about it. The...
On March 19, a fatal crash occurred at milepost 128 on US 20 south of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Around 1:10 a.m., Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the area for a one-vehicle rollover. A 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt was traveling southbound on US 20 when the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve to the left and went off the right side of the roadway. The Chevrolet crossed through a guardrail and down a steep embankment before coming to a rest on the railroad tracks below. The driver of the C...
Oakley Bowman carries a balloon to her teammates with only her elbows during the high school Bobcat Pride assembly. Inside the balloons were torn baby pictures of teachers, which the students had to re-assemble then guess whose picture they had....
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. Sheriff’s office Wednesday, March 13 8:24 a.m. Report of a suspicious vehicle on Owl Creek Hill. The vehicle was gone when the deputy arrived. 1:44 p.m. Report of a vehicle with a blown tire in the canyon. The vehicle was located but there was nobody in it. 3:47 p.m. Report received o...
The Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office apprehended Herbert E. Urban on March 14 for alleged sexual exploitation of children, a felony charge that carries with it a maximum penalty of five to 12 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. According to information from Sheriff Jeremie Kraushaar, a deputy was called to the Department of Family Services (DFS) on a report of a male contacting a juvenile female via Facebook and requesting sex. According to court documents, the DFS worker observed the m...
A two-vehicle collision happened on Tuesday morning near Town Hall. There were no injuries reported....
Joseph Junior Mulvaney has been waiting literally decades to find his final resting place and that time is finally coming. Known as the “skeleton in the trunk”, Mulvaney’s remains were finally identified on October 26, 2017, through a DNA profile at the state crime lab in Cheyenne. His body had been originally found in a trunk on Newell Sessions’ property in 1992 and the mystery began. The trunk had been left behind by John David Morris, aka David Tanner, when he moved from the Sessions place si...
The mercury’s back on the rise again, hopefully this time for good, and it won’t be long before people will be going after cold treats at Dairyland. Though it may not be visible, the business recently underwent a change as Kevin and Jordan Gerber became the official owners of the property. Kevin said he and Jordan are getting ready to enter their seventh year with the business, and in their first year they managed the business for former owners Brad and Shannon Shaffer. From there, they ent...
The Thermopolis Children’s Resource Center (CRC) teamed up with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in 2011 to provide children in Hot Springs County under the age of 5 with a book every month, to provide a resource to build the home libraries of young readers. In order to continue providing the monthly books CRC has to fundraise and staff are looking for your help in their second annual Change Challenge. Change containers can be obtained from CRC, or people can use their own, and the rules are simple — collect change in your container for...
Those attending the Hot Springs County 4-H Junior Leaders dessert auction look over the variety of treats available. In addition to desserts, Junior Leaders who are attending the Washington Leadership Focus were part of a labor auction. The event saw more than 125 people attending and just over $2,500 raised....
In Wyoming we really have just three seasons, not four – fall, winter and construction season. In Hot Springs County we do manage to sneak in another one, rockslide season. Things have been heating up in the rockslide arena the last couple of weeks with a huge boulder dropping onto the highway from above one evening and then a good slide near the dam on Tuesday morning. If you’ve lived in this area for any length of time, you’ve probably been through Wind River Canyon hundreds of times in all kinds of weather, but rockslide season can be the m...
Every so often without warning, a long ago and far away memory pops up to bring back feelings that have hibernated for decades. That song that reminds you of the first time you fell in love, the time you said the worst possible thing at the worst possible time, meeting the parents of the girl (or boy) you’d like to know better, a teacher that made you think there might be some hope for you after all, and a lot of other things you wish you had done differently…better. The weather lately has brought to mind a picture of Dad welding and ere...
Though I’ve called Thermopolis and Wyoming home for the past three years, I am a native Nebraskan and so the reports I’ve seen from friends and family across social media this past week have been, to say the least, increasingly disturbing. I, like much of my immediate and extended family, grew up on the western end of the state so most of the accounts have been about having to dig out vehicles and clear heavy loads from sidewalks. But those on the east side have faced losses of homes and other p...
Victor Curtis "Curt" Hughes, Jr., 83, passed away at his residence in Hot Springs County, Wyo., March 13, 2019. Born in 1936 in Lusk, Wyo., he was one of five children of Victor and Eva (Wentworth) Hughes, Sr. Curt graduated from Shoshoni High School in 1954. He later joined the Army serving two years stateside. For most of his life he worked in the oilfields, the most recent as a pumper for Atlantic Richfield at Hamilton Dome. Following retirement he enjoyed his ranch. In the early 1960's he... Full story
Gary R. "Bear" Evans, 69, passed away Thurs., March 14, 2019, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyo., following a short illness. He was born on July 28, 1949, in Casper, Wyo., to Richard and Marge Evans. He attended Casper schools and graduated from Kelly Walsh High School in 1967 and entered the U.S. Army and served a tour in Vietnam. After the army he returned to Casper and married Linda Pavelka and had two sons, Jasen and Ryan. He worked in the oil fields, bartending and construction. In... Full story
Rylee James Douglas passed away March 19, 2019, in a car crash. He was born on May 24, 2001, in Thermopolis. He attended school and was raised in Hot Springs County. When younger he enjoyed living and helping on the family ranch, riding goats, walking through the alfalfa and feeding baby animals. As he grew older his mind expanded and he yearned for new experiences, a bigger city life. Some of his career ideas involved stockbroker by day comedian by night, museum curator, military analyst and... Full story
The Annual Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce will be Saturday, March 23. This year’s theme is Centennial Celebration, recognizing the chamber’s 100th year. The event begins at the Hot Springs County Fair Building with a cocktail hour and live music by Eric Kay. Dinner will begin a 6:30 p.m., with a chuckwagon style menu of beef brisket, barbecue chicken, baked beans, applesauce, veggies, cheesecake and apple crisp. Guest speaker is Craig Johnson, author of the Longmire series including The Highway Man, and the 2018 business, cit...
We’ve all watched the wildfire disasters in California, the tornado disasters in the panhandle and, most recently, the flooding disaster washing away entire towns in Nebraska. But do you know what to do in case of any of these situations? In Hot Springs County, one of the best things you can do is to get yourself and your family enrolled with CodeRed. Sure, we have sirens here in town, but they are designed to warn people who are already outside. The chances of you hearing the sirens if y...
Although the State of Wyoming has no plans for doing any rock scaling in Wind River Canyon until 2020, WYDOT foreman Shane Wilson assures us his team will be cleaning up whatever happens to come down. Wilson urges folks traveling the canyon to take it easy and use caution right now since we’re getting into the thaw/freeze/warm up cycle that causes slides and larger rocks to make their way to the roadway. There was a slide crews cleaned up on Tuesday morning near the dam and a larger rock fell to the roadway just a couple of weeks a...
Students at Thermopolis Middle School work to solve math equations made by the school's MathCounts team. Those who solved three or more were put into a drawing for a chance to hit MathCounts members with pies....
Bobcat wrestlers, their families and fans gathered at the middle school Tuesday, March 12, to celebrate what was one of the most successful campaigns ever. The celebration began with a video of some of the highlights that were examples of the efforts made by team members throughout the season from beginning (Powell Invitational) to end (state tournament). Head coach Travis McDermott rendered his thanks to the families and friends who had been so supportive throughout the season and travelled...
The gymnasium at Hot Springs County High School was buzzing last Saturday for the annual Wrestle-Opolis tournament hosted by the Thermopolis Wrestling Club. Wrestlers competed in Folkstyle and Freestyle. Folkstyle In 4U 34-37, Halen Lahoe placed first and scored nine team points. In 6U 37, Gabriel Ryan placed third and scored 14.5 team points, Aksel Polson placed fourth and scored 10 team points, and Fletcher Lewis placed fifth and scored 11 team points. In 6U 40, Brenner Dasinger placed fourth...
The playoff picture is taking shape for the Hot Springs County Recreation District’s Adult Co-Ed Basketball League. The past few weeks weeks have been interesting, with the Red Rock team handed its first two losses of the season on Wednesday, Feb. 20 — 75-49 against Properties West and 56-21 against Merit Energy. The night also saw a Two Hills Of a Cizzle win against Hot Parts, 57-46. Merit was able to get another win on Wednesday, Feb. 27, going 47-41 against Properties. Red Rock got back on the winning side of things with a 59-42 win aga...
