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The Hot Springs County School Board voted unanimously to apply for an alternative calendar for the 2022-23 school year, not only for Ralph Witters Elementary, but also for Thermopolis Middle School and Hot Springs County High School, to provide additional teacher training. According to Superintendent Dustin Hunt, there’s room enough in each building’s schedule to provide nine Fridays of training, which was initially set aside for elementary literacy, but which he acknowledged could also be devoted to math instruction training and other pro...
Mackenzie Jones and Beau Kimes hope to get a bingo during the senior class bingo night fundraiser last Thursday at the Senior Center....
At the March 15 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Hot Springs County Emergency Planner Bill Gordon presented information on the Hazard Mitigation Plan. This plan was last approved in 2016 but now has been updated and reviewed. It’s 546 pages. However, there is a portion of the plan as an annex just for Hot Springs County, about 38 pages. Gordon mentioned there is a chart of 10 pages to pay attention to that shows the efforts being done by various agencies and its new items. T...
Three Bobcat Speech and Debate team members qualified during last weekend's Wind River National Qualifier in Rock Springs. Jean-Luc Willson qualified in International Extemporaneous Speaking (also Congressional Debate), Josiah Butler qualified in Lincoln-Douglas Debate (also Big Questions) and Elizabeth Keller qualified in World Schools Debate. Jean-Luc was also honored as the Wind River Student of the Year. "What an amazing year for our Bobcat Speech and Debate Team, 1A/2A State Champs and 3...
by Maya Shimizu Harris Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER —Wyoming ranks above average in the nation for student reading performance. But this ranking doesn’t show the full picture. Raw scores reveal that many Wyoming students struggle with reading. That’s a problem a bill signed into law last week seeks to address. The ultimate goal of Senate File 32 is to have 85% of kids in kindergarten through third grade reach a proficient or advanced reading score, an ambitious goal considering past performance. In the 2018-2019 acade...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners held a brief meeting on March 15 at the Annex building with all three commissioners present. Starting off, county assessor Daniel Webber presented the tax rebate #1-22 - Parcel #6995 for the tax year 2019 (District 100) from Valkyrie Resources, LLC submitted by the Department of Revenue. The amount was $3,476.05. Webber said the rebate was due to a reporting error. The commissioners voted and passed to accept the rebate. Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar presented the Shoshone National Forest Service Grant in the am...
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 14 9:39 a.m. Report of an agency assist involving Probation and Parole. Shawn Douglas Goodman Sr., 47, was arrested for an alleged probation sanction hold. 4:23 p.m. Courtney Chenell Sears, 30...
Mark and Liz Dean have purchased the tannery portion of the business from Merlin's Hide Out. The front part of the building and the store are still owned by Merlin's Hide Out and they are separate entities. Kirby Creek Tannery currently has three full-time employees and a few others that are seasonal. Liz provided a tour of the tannery and she described the different stages involved. When a hide comes into the shop, they get fleshed and then salted so they are dry before the tanning process...
A Uhaul Authorized Dealer is back in Thermopolis with their office located at Discover Thermopolis at 541 Broadway. Howie Samelson is managing. They officially started on March 1. Samelson said, "It's a service the town's needed... and is to fill a little niche to keep people shopping in Thermopolis, make it more convenient for them." There has been about a one-year lull since the previous Uhaul dealer stopped their service. At this time they have two trucks that have come inbound and they just...
The location of the Coachmen Motel property is now being converted into storage units by property owner Marvin Meyer. There will be 38 storage units that will cost $80 per month. The units are 200 square feet. At this time, they are continuing to do work on the property and about 10 units will become available in the next two weeks. Also, Meyer said that they are remodeling two apartment units that are about 1,500 to 1,800 square feet with two bedrooms and one bath in each. The cost is yet to be determined. Call 921-2611 for more...
The Hot Springs County Republican Party County Convention was held Saturday March 19 at County Annex with 21 Delegates participating. There were also guests and several national, state and local candidates in attendance. There was lively debate and votes on county and state platform, by laws and resolutions. Also 8 delegates and 2 alternates were nominated and selected to represent HSC at the Wyoming State Convention May 5-7,2022, in Sheridan. Hot Springs County Republican Party ChairmanCynthia Garbin declined to give further details or names...
The Biden administration’s response to rising oil prices is perplexing, to say the least. Whether the much higher prices of oil and gas are a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, whether they pre-date that invasion or are a reaction to some other market force, it would seem that the last thing our nation should be doing is trading one dictator for another. It took Biden far too long to order a ban on Russian oil, with the invasion of Ukraine commencing on February 24 and Biden announcing his executive order on March 8. And we u...
by Doug Miyamoto, Director, Wyoming Department of Agriculture There is no need to sugar coat this news because everyone already knows… The last few years have been difficult for everyone. From a global pandemic with the accompanying illnesses and disruptions in supply chains, to increased strife and conflicts throughout the world, to severe drought conditions and weather, it’s safe to say that the last few years have presented some challenges. While these years have been difficult, one important takeaway has been that more people now und...
At the March Travel and Tourism board meeting, treasurer Audra Dominguez presented the financial report. For the month of February, they collected $13,611.70 in lodging tax revenue, which is a change of 84% compared to the previous year. The board has never seen numbers this high before. Additionally, there are no local construction projects going on and therefore these numbers reflect actual tourism dollars. As a reminder, lodging tax revenue is collected by hotels, motels, or short-term...
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, a global real estate brokerage franchise network, has announced its expansion in the West with the addition of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hake Realty. Centrally located in Worland, Hake Realty also has offices in Ten Sleep, Thermopolis and representation in Greybull and Basin. This addition marks the international brand’s continued growth and its fifth network company in Wyoming. The announcement follows the brand’s recent expansion in North Carolina, Washington and Colorado. Hake Realty is now part of the...
A retirement party was recently held for Mary Gordon honoring her 17 years of service to the county as the Public Health Response Coordinator for Hot Springs County. Sady Mounts will be taking over the position....
The high school Bobcat track teams opened their season with some impressive times and placings at the Wind River Track Invite in Pavilion last Saturday. Girls results The Lady Cats took three top ten placings in the girls 100 meter dash. Jayci Basse took second with a time of 13.70, followed by Ina King in third with a 13.73 and Dazlynn Hunt came in ninth with a time of 14.37. Other finishers include Mariah Brooks 15.50, Marriaha Haight 15.77, Alexis Garrison 16.05, Kaia Galovich 16.95 and...
FFA livestock judgers Tymber Eckley, Cadence Steadman, Hayden Overfield, Rylee and Taylor Agar competed at the Green and Gold Blackout contest last Friday. Rylee was overall second high individual and the team placed fifth. The District speaking contest was held last Thursday. In creed, Tymber placed first and Rylee placed second, Owen McCumber was second in Prepared and Kaitlin Barral was third in Extempt....
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members competed in three different tournaments last weekend with some strong finishes all the way around. North Big Horn Folkstyle 8U 45 - Braxton Larson, 1st, 9 team points 8U 56 - Gentry Kimes, 2nd, 17.5 team points 10U 67 - Cheston Kimes, 4th, 13 team points 12U 98 - Clint Kimes, 2nd, 10 team points Freestyle 10U 67 - Cheston Kimes, 3rd, 8.5 team points 12U 92-98 - Clint Kimes, 2nd, 13 team points Glenrock King of the Rock Folkstyle 6U 30-33 - Erik Polson, 2nd 10U 48-53 - Aksel Polson, 2nd, 6 team points 10U...
Bobcat players Hardy Johnson and Adley Coyne were given All-Conference honors for class 3A/4A basketball for this season....
Mishurda Mountain Ranches was sold on March 1, 2022. The Mishurda ranch situated between Klondike Peak and Guffy Peak totaled 15,070 acres and had been owned by the family for 24 years. Birg and Deb Mishurda were pioneers in working with the Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust. In 2011 the ranch completed a conservation easement. The ranch had also won a national BLM stewardship award for restoring the Kirby Creek Watershed. Over the years many improvements were made on the...
by Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Gov. Mark Gordon signed the Second Amendment Protection Act into law Monday, with the support of law enforcement in attendance. The bill passed during the Wyoming Legislature’s recently concluded 2022 budget session. It is designed to protect Second Amendment rights, as well as prevent federal regulation of firearms, accessories, magazines and ammunition. Sheriffs, officers, gun rights advocates and lawmakers said the legislation was needed as President Joe Bid...
Man shot, killed by Gillette police GILLETTE (WNE) — A man was killed in a police shooting in Gillette Monday afternoon. Officers responded to the 500 block of East Lincoln Street for the report of a man, who has not been identified, shooting a handgun in the street. When officers arrived, they saw the man with the gun. He refuses multiple requests to drop the gun, according to a press release from the City of Gillette. They tried subduing him with a taser but were unsuccessful. They kept asking him to drop the weapon then he pointed it at t...
Nate Thompson and his daughter Penny, from Casper, discuss the terraces in the Hot Springs State Park while viewing them from the swinging bridge....
The Bureau of Land Management will conduct prescribed burns in the Copper Mountain and Green Mountain areas this spring, beginning as soon as late March. The burns are part of an ongoing effort to reduce hazardous fuels and improve wildlife habitat. The Copper Mountain prescribed burn will be conducted on the east end of the mountain, approximately 15 miles northwest of Lysite in the Bridger Creek drainage. Firefighters will burn approximately 200-500 acres of BLM, State of Wyoming and private lands, within a total project area of...
