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At the March 18 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the Annex building. Commissioner Bob Aguiar motioned to amend the agenda to add two items to Other Business. First was a motion regarding engineering. The second was a statement about the February 4 meeting regarding the Tipi Retreat matter and the Stevens. During discussion Chairman Tom Ryan replied, “It’s nice to have some heads up…When you start setting a precedent it’s not advertised for the people…” Commissione...
Jacinth Howard picks out a dinosaur at the Spring Craft Fair held at the armory last Saturday....
At the March 18 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, the council discussed the coming Broadway Bridge construction, where the street will be closed from May 28-October 16. During citizen participation the council voted and passed approval of both a 24 hour liquor license for OEB Saloon LLC for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet on April 5 at the fairgrounds and a 24 hour malt beverage permit for Central Bank and Trust for their Beer & Brats event on May 29 in the Hot...
Knights of Columbus member Sean Kruse serves Barbara McArthur during the Lenten Fish Fry at the St. Francis Catholic Church Parish Hall on March 20. The fish fry will also be held on March 28 and April 4 from 5-7 p.m....
At the March 13, Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees meeting, Superintendent Hunt announced that two alternative calendars community meetings will be on March 31 at 6:30 p.m. and Thursday April 10 at 6:30 p.m. Both meetings at the William H. Malloy school auditorium. Members of the community do not have to attend both meetings, as similar information will be presented at each meeting. Hunt said there will be discussion of the myths and facts of a four-day week and the possibilities of what opens up for the district with the...
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. Clarification An advertisement in last week’s Independent Record included a paid for by Concerned Citizens of HSC. The group who placed the ad is not affiliated with the organization known as Hot Springs Coalition for Change who h...
Lenten Fish Fry The Knights of Columbus are hosting their annual Lenten Fish Fry. There are still two Fridays you can participate and eat a delicious meal, on March 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. Caring for caregivers retreat The University of Wyoming Extension is hosting a free Caring for Caregivers Retreat, organized by Melissa Cook, community vitality and health educator. The retreat will take place on March 29 at the Basin First...
Barbara Green picks out a plant at the Community Garden registration and a plant swap at the HSC Library last Saturday. The Red Dirt Master Gardeners hosted the event....
We out and about on a regular basis gathering news, taking photos and helping businesses with effective campaigns. We see a lot happening in the community daily and one thing we’ve noticed is the alarming number of drivers who do not stop for emergency vehicles or school buses. The “Move Over” law across all 50 states requires vehicles to yield the right of way and pull over to the right when approaching or passing emergency vehicles, highway maintenance vehicles,or other vehicles with flashing lights that are in route, stopped or moving slowl...
I have had the joy of having my child in a RWE Kindergarten class this year. I should say I have had the joy of having my child in three kindergarten classes. These three women have created the most wonderful kindergarten team I have ever seen. When I heard that two teachers were being unnecessarily reassigned next year, I was devastated! Why would the school district feel this is an appropriate move? I would like to point out some reasons why I feel this is a disastrous move. First, creating a team is hard work. There can be conflict of person...
by Michael “Mike” Cavin Okra. Just say the word a time or two. It’s easy to pronounce, the spelling is unusual, and the taste is pleasing and very different from anything else from a garden or a market. Okra is also a very versatile vegetable; however, the only civilized way to prepare it is through frying or pickling. Please don’t destroy the reputation of this plant by boiling it!!!!! For the life of me, I cannot understand why someone would boil okra or how they could ingest it once they did!!! Who on earth did get that started??? Was it...
Ready for some fun? I’m not talking about fun in an exciting roller coaster sort of way. That type of fun is always fun, but fun can be all sorts of amusement park rides. Some are like roller coasters - fast, thrilling and take-your-breath-away. But that isn’t the only type of enjoyment to be found at an amusement park. Sometimes happiness is uplifting like the ferris wheel, or well-rounded like a carousel. Sometimes it is unexpected like bumper cars, or refreshing like the flume on a really hot day. And sometimes, fun is simply hur...
Joyce Beverly Leafdale, 89, was born Sept. 18, 1935, in Denver, Colo., and was the only child of Art and Marjorie Leafdale. She was very young when her father Art moved them to Lance Creek, Wyo., to work in the oil fields, following the oil boom. The family eventually settled in the tiny town of Thermopolis, Wyo. After graduating from High School, she married a Thermopolis native, Ed Bunch. Their first child, Vickie Ray, was born in Billings, Mon., and their second child, Jeffrey Clay was born... Full story
The extraordinary earthly life of Wilma Jean David began on April 27, 1935, to her parents, Jack and Gertrude (Hammond) David, of Thermopolis, Wyo., and ended on March 21, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was the oldest of five siblings, Glen (Joyce) David, Norma (Durward) Guffey, Naomi (Mike) Liesch, and Thelma (Laverne) Buller. They grew up on their family farm and were raised to walk with the Lord. Wilma was married to James W. Bales, and together they had four children, Robert Bales, Car... Full story
Public Health Nurse Manager Shawn Mohr gave a presentation on how to use Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose at the March Prevention Coalition meeting....
The Hot Springs County High School track teams will kick off their season this week, with a meet in Burlington on Friday, March 28. Last year, the teams qualified 31 competitors for the state tournament, and the teams hope to exceed that number this time around. Football Head Coach Boone Bowker will take the helm for the Bobcats and Lady Cats track teams this year, and will be aided by Assistant Coaches Darren Elder, Dessire Egger, Ryan Williams, and Bill Faller. Coach Bowker has used his influence to bring some new arrivals to the team, which...
Following a frenetically paced winter sports season, which saw the Hot Springs County High School Bobcats and Lady Cats basketball and wrestling teams outperforming their opponents on the mat, as well as on the court, it is time to look forward to spring sports competition. The Bobcats golfers finished as State Champions at last September’s state tournament, and the Lady Cats, following their own State Championship outing in the fall of 2023, finished the state tournament as runners-up. With the two championship wins in the last two years, H...
Thermopolis Wrestling Club members participated in the Greybull Basin Wrestling tournament and the Donn Flynn Kamikaze Classic in Grenrock last weekend and brought home several first place awards. Individual and team points were unavailable for both tournaments. Individual results are: Glenrock 14U 120-126 - Samuel Johnson, 3rd Girls 14U 125-137 - Kylie Geis 1st Greybull Folkstyle 6U 43 - Odin Galovich, 1st 6U 45 - Caden Metz, 1st 6U 49-56 - Carter Enis, 1st; Tytus Bowker, 2nd; Cooper ORourke, 4th 8U 43-45 - Konnor Simpson, 3rd 8U 49 - Carter...
Lincoln Shepperson participates at the HSC Barrel Racing held at the fairgrounds last Sunday....
Tabatha VanDeGrift has taken over as owner of the El Rancho Motel located at 924 Shoshoni Street. The purchase was made official on October 1, 2024 from the previous owners Bernice Balog and Susan Lankford who had the business since 1971. VanDeGrift previously suffered an injury where she had about 30 screws in her neck and eight plates holding her neck due to a construction accident. She came to Thermopolis in January 2021 to heal and met Balog and Lankford, the owners of El Rancho Motel. VanDe...
by David Velazquez Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder was at the White House on Thursday for the signing of President Trump’s order to dismantle the federal Department of Education. The executive order signed by President Donald Trump directs Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education.” Trump said his administration will close the department beyond its “core necessities,” preserving its respo...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Coin Shop slayings suspect’s change-of-venue request denied, trial reset for July CHEYENNE (WNE) – The suspect in the 2015 double homicide at The Coin Shop in downtown Cheyenne won’t go to trial until more than a year after his arrest. Douglas Smith, a 68-year-old Canadian citizen in the country illegally, was arrested last June in the deaths of Dwight Brockman and George “Doc” Manley. Due to multiple requests to continue the trial, which was originally set for Dec. 3, Smith will not face a jury of his pe...
by Noah Zahn Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange The final bill waiting for consideration on Gov. Mark Gordon’s desk became law last Friday after he let it pass without his signature. House Bill 156 makes several changes to the ways elections are carried out in Wyoming. It requires voters to be Wyoming residents for no less than 30 days before an election, requires proof of residency and U.S. citizenship to register to vote, and requires county clerks to deny registration if there is “any indication” that the person is not a Unite...
The Big Horn River and Round Top Mountain make for a nice view on a March afternoon. Round Top features a hiking trail where dogs are welcome on a leash....
