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The Holiday Food Drive will be getting underway soon with volunteers putting out bags and picking up filled bags in the community. On November 7-9 bags will be placed on doorknobs of Thermopolis homes. Place your food donations of canned or dried food by your front door for pickup on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 8 a.m.-noon. No perishable items or home canned products please. If your donation is not picked up or you need assistance, call 864-3629 and leave a message. You can also leave your donations in the entry of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church...
The Headless Horseman (Levi Logan) won first place in his age division during the Moonlight Madness costume contest held in front of the town hall last Thursday evening. For more photos and results, see page A12....
At the October Hot Springs County School District #1 Trustees board meeting, the principals of all three schools shared their accountability ratings and all the rankings for state assessment data. Hot Springs County High School Principal Catelyn Deromedi said, “Regarding our ACT rankings this year, the last couple of years, we’ve been ranked in the top three, as a district across the state. Our juniors from last year, our seniors this year, were ranked number one in the state of Wyoming as a district for their ACT scores.” Deromedi added...
The Wyoming High School Cross Country State Championships were held in Cheyenne on October 26. Following up his second place finish at regionals the week before, outstanding junior athlete Jadeth Elder finished the Little America championship course in first place with a time of 17:43.80 to earn the 2A State Championship title and take his place at the top of the podium. Elder finished in third place at the 2023 2A State Championships, with a time of 18:01.50, behind champion Howard McNiven of...
Gage Maser and Josh Rathbun installed a new pantry at Town Hall last week. Rathbun painted the lettering on the pantry. Sarah Slagle of Self Healing Community, with the collaboration of the Odd Fellows, helped buy the new pantry and get more items to keep it stocked. The pantry includes toiletries, such as toothbrushes and toothpaste, diapers, hygiene products and food....
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, Oct. 21 6:29 p.m. An elderly male was provided assistance with obtaining food. The Department of Family Services will follow up with the male. 8:34 p.m. A juvenile female reported that her exboyfriend, an...
Earlier in October, a group of friends dressed up like witches and floated the Bighorn River....
Effective immediately, the Bureau of Land Management has lifted fire restrictions on all public lands administered by the Cody, Lander and Worland field offices within Big Horn, Carbon, Fremont, Hot Springs, Park, Sweetwater and Washakie counties, and a small portion of Natrona County that falls within the Lander Field Office area. Fire danger has decreased across the BLM Wind River/Bighorn Basin District due to cooler temperatures and increased precipitation, allowing fire restrictions to be safely lifted. “Please remain vigilant as y...
Trunk or Treat The 8th annual First Responders Trunk or Treat will be held Halloween night, Thursday, Oct. 31, from 6-8 p.m. between the Fire Hall and the Search and Rescue building off of 14th Street. Handbell Choirs A Basin Handbell Choir Concert will be held at the Community Federated Church Fellowship Hall, 631 Bighorn Street, on Saturday, Nov. 2 beginning at 3 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. It will include choir, quartet and solo ringers as well as combined piece with 24 ringers. Flautist Kimberly Jones will also...
The 2024 General Election section is included in this paper and contains useful candidate information on those running for local, state and federal offices. Locally, we have some important races that will be decided when voting ends at 7 p.m., Tuesday, November 5. We have two qualified candidates running for a single seat on the Hot Springs County Commissioners Board. In a highly contested race, eight candidates are looking to fill four available seats on the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees. Three candidates are on the...
I am a native Wyomingite who grew up in Lusk, attending grade school and acquiring my family values in the 1960s. Like many (if not most) Wyoming children of my generation, my family took me on family trips to Thermopolis where I was deeply impacted by the hot springs, the buffalo herd, the Swinging Bridge, Roundtop, and the utterly unique landscape of this particular place (not to mention the journey here through the Wind River Canyon or over the Bighorns from Buffalo). I went out into the World, again, like many Wyominites of my generation....
Ron Jurovich, 75, passed away Thurs., Oct. 24, 2024. Memorial Services will be held on Sat., Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church with a luncheon to follow. A full obituary will appear in next week’s Independent Record....
Steven Allen Haynes, 71, former Thermopolis resident passed away on October 26, 2024, at the Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Steven was born in Thermopolis, Wyo., on May 4, 1953. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 1, 2024, at Monument Hill Cemetery in Thermopolis with Reverend Linda Anderson officiating....
At the October Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission meeting, County Planner Les Culliton, presented the application of the DeVries Minor Subdivision, owned by Raymond and Cynthia DeVries. The request for approval was for a Preliminary Subdivision Plat, dividing roughly 3-acres of an 8.5-acre parcel into 5 lots and a Land Use Change from agricultural to residential. The lots would be served by a 60 foot access off of Lane 7. The lots would receive domestic water from South Thermopolis...
The Red Dirt Master Gardeners awarded the students at Head Start the September/October Garden of the Month. The students were able to donate 200 pounds of fresh produce this year. Pictured here are Miles Kimmerle and Roman Goffena showing off some of their produce....
The Lady Cats varsity volleyball team traveled to Cowley last Friday to face off with the Lady Grizzlies of Rocky Mountain High School. Thermopolis had hoped to gain a little ground on the talented second place team. Unfortunately, however, it was not to be. The Lady Cats lost the match in three straight games: 25-20, 25-22 and 25-10. Coach Shannon Hill said, "We dropped the first game, but then lead most of game two. We missed a string of serves in that second game, and that allowed Rocky...
The Bobcat varsity football team’s season came to close in Pinedale on Friday, October 26. Even with their win over Pinedale, the Cats finished the season with a record of 5 and 3 overall, and 4 and 3 in West Conference – sitting in fifth place, just out of earning a playoff spot. They came in just behind fourth place Worland by a mere tie breaker. Because the Cats had lost to Worland earlier in the season, the Warriors hold the tie breaker, and will move on to the playoffs as the number 4 seed in the 2A West Conference – behind Mountain View,...
Thermopolis Trout Unlimited is planning a river clean up on November 16. The group is inviting volunteers to help pick up trash at the pull overs in the Wind River Canyon. Participants will meet at the Wedding of the Waters parking lot at 9 a.m. To learn more about Thermopolis Trout Unlimited and their events, stop in at any of our local fly shops or contact Gene Pruett, the current chapter president, at ThermopTU@gmail.com The group plans to put on another Free Fly Fishing Clinic in the spring. They are also hosting a monthly speaker series,...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Two Park County residents found dead; carbon monoxide poisoning suspected CODY (WNE) — Two Park County residents, Jeff McKearny, 64, and Steven Werbelow, 66, were found dead in their camper on October 23. The suspected cause of death is accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, according to county coroner Cody Gortmaker. The two men were hunting near Eagle Creek Campground up the North Fork, which is where their bodies were found. Investigations are still ongoing, Gortmaker said. Werbelow, who was a Powell resi...
A delicious meal was served at the St. Francis Harvest Dinner on Sunday....
At the October 15 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, the commissioners voted and passed the approval of the Revenue and Expenditure Reports for August and September. The amounts for each month were, respectively, $385,405.72 and $316,446.09. The commissioners also voted and passed the approval of the Feasibility Assessment for the Former Airport Property Request for Proposals and Approval of Contract with Only Co. They are partnering with Ardurra to conduct the Feasibility Study,...
At the October Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism board meeting, treasurer Audra Dominguez gave the financial report and said the lodging tax distribution for September 30, 2024, was $25,601.04. In September 2023, the previous lodging tax was $26,482.25. Additionally, for August 2024, the lodging tax was $33,285.36 compared to August 2023, which was $37,638.88. The board voted and passed the approval to accept the financial report. The lodging tax is on the general election ballot again for...
8 Moonlight Madness Costume Contest winners include: Under 1: First, Chili Pepper: Journey Cox; Second, Rat/Chef: James Delamare; Third, Chunk PB: Eldon Kessler. Ages 1-2: First, Puss n Boots: Carter Mead; Second, Red Riding Hood: Olivia Larson; Third, Mouse Trap: Weston Hemann. Ages 3-4: First, Pirate: Charlie Delamar; Second, Harley Quinn: Gwen Wurtz; Mirabel: Cydalee Pesola. Ages 5-6: First, Elsa: Paisley Worley; Second, Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter: Conner Simpson; Third: Cowboy on Di...
Hot Springs County Clerk Becky Kersten and Deputy Karen Slocum test and verify the voting machines for the general election along with members of the public. All Hot Springs County voting machines were tested. See the sample general election ballots on page B2 and information on voting requirements....
Two candidates appear on the general election ballot who are running for one open seat to serve as a Hot Springs County Commissioner, a four year term. Bob Aguiar is running as a Republican who advanced from the primary election Jack Baird joined the race following the primary election and is running as an Independent. The information included here is what each candidate presented during the Chamber of Commerce/Farm Bureau candidate forum held in early October. Bob Aguiar: Good evening everyone. My name is Bob Aguiar. Some of you have listened...
