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Five hundred miles east of Tierra del Fuego, at the tip of South America, lies a series of mostly flat islands, dotted here and there with a few hills and small mountains where the wind blows consistently between 25 and 35 m.p.h. every day. Why in the world would someone want to go there, much less have it on their bucket list of places to visit for the last five or six years? Penguins. "I had been trying to get down to the Falkland Islands for a number of years," said local photographer Jeb Sch...
For those who have recently been laid off due to the pandemic, there is now a Hot Springs County Job Board with local job leads and resource links. The link is on the tourism website, www.thermopolis.com, and will be updated as new information is sent in. The link is also on the Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism Facebook page. Nine other counties are also participating with the local job boards to help workers displaced by the COVID-19 crisis. The boards have been a way for tourism organizations, chambers and economic development...
The Thermopolis Town Council recently voted and approved Rachel Moon to join the Travel and Tourism Board. She replaced Kevin Skates who left the Board in May of 2019 and he did not re-apply for the position. The Town advertised several times for a new person to take Skates’ vacant position but no one applied. Moon currently works at the County Museum. Travel and Tourism Board President Carl Leyba did tell Assistant to the Mayor Fred Crosby that Moon has attended some of the recent state m...
A Hot Springs County resident has tested positive for COVID-19. According to information released by the HSC Incident Management Team, the individual is following isolation requirements per the Wyoming Department of Health. The contact investigation has been completed. If you were not notified, you are not considered to have had direct contact with the individual. No further information was available about the case. As of Tuesday morning, 26 tests had been performed in Hot Springs County with 1 positive HSC resident, 1 positive Washakie County...
Locally born and raised in Thermopolis, Levi Shinkle has announced he will be running for House District 28 on the Democratic ticket. According to Shinkle’s website, “Wyoming’s boon-and-bust economy means every few years, our legislators have the same conversation about the budget, about education spending, even about selling off some of our public lands. It’s time for new voices, new ideas, and new approaches to make sure the Wyoming we pass on to our children is one we can be proud of.” That i...
It has been about five weeks since several competitive seasons were cancelled across the state, including speech and debate. Knowing this was difficult on the students, especially seniors, the Wyoming State Speech and Debate Association put their heads together to figure out a way to not only have the State Tournament remotely, but to be able to choose National Qualifiers, which will also be held remotely rather than in person. After getting permission from the National Speech and Debate Association, a specific formula was used to determine...
A member of the Vikor crew stands atop a lift as a crane brings another piece of the new Verizon cell tower to him. The tower is placed at the edge of the football field at Hot Springs County High School....
by Karla Pomeroy Northern Wyoming News WORLAND - Grateful to be alive, Lory August of Worland, Washakie County’s first COVID-19 case, shared her story Friday with the Northern Wyoming News. Her message, “You can beat this, be positive, you can survive.” She has been battling cancer for three years and for 10 days she self-isolated at home thinking she had pneumonia. A visit to her doctor in Thermopolis on March 24, Dr. Bischoff, for a CT scan showed her lungs “were a mess.” She was placed in an isolation room, tested for influenza, strep and...
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 Tuesday, April 7 8:49 p.m. Received a complaint of a subject who created a fake Facebook page. The subject has been located and was cited for unlawful impersonation through electronic means. Wednesday, April...
A 31-year-old man, with ties to Hot Springs County, has died from injuries sustained in a rollover crash northeast of Thermopolis last week, according to Wyoming Highway Patrol. Jesse Tyler was traveling east in a pickup near mile marker 4 on WY 172, when he encountered severe frost heaves on the roadway. According to the investigation, the vehicle crossed the south fog line and Tyler then overcorrected to the north, losing control of the pickup. Tyler was transported by helicopter from Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital to the Wyoming...
Lily Hayes and Doug Bunch joined dozens of Bobcat fans on Friday night, proudly waving their Bobcat flag as headlights, field lights and the scoreboard lit up the football field in honor of the Class of 2020. Light Up the Night events were held at football fields all over Wyoming....
Not many people can say they have spent 26 years doing a particular job these days much less doing it in the same town all that time. Pastor Harvey Seidel and his wife, Lois, came to Thermopolis in April 1994 to become the new pastor at First Baptist Church, and after 26 years behind that pulpit, he is retiring. “When we came our church was an older congregation,” Seidel said. “Pastor Pulis had been here 40 years and it was hard to follow a man who pastored that many years.” Before coming...
What has become a Memorial Day tradition in Thermopolis, 3-on-3 basketball, has been canceled for now amidst the coronavirus pandemic. According to Brandon Deromedi it was a tough decision as it not only serves as a fundraiser for the Thermopolis High School athletic programs, but it helps generate revenue and excitement for the community. “We felt that we needed to do our part to avoid close, personal contact of fans, players, coaches, workers and many others involved,” he said. They are hopeful if restrictions are lifted in May or June tha...
One event that folks look forward to every year, the Thermopolis Brewfest, has become the latest victim of COVID-19. Main Street Thermopolis, sponsor of the event, has made the tough decision to cancel the event this year based on the best information at hand from state and local sources. The group has decided to reschedule the event for Saturday, June 5, 2021 and will be working to organize a bigger and better event for 2021. They are currently in the process of notifying the sponsors, vendors and performers. “Main Street Thermopolis a...
So many scams circulate every year trying to rob citizens of their money. Now, there are some trying to get their hands on your economic impact payments. The Internal Revenue Service — Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is now warning Wyoming taxpayers to be alert about possible scams relating to COVID-19 economic impact payments. Andy Tsui, Special Agent in Charge of the IRS-CI Denver Field Office, made the announcement Thursday in an effort to prevent taxpayers in need from being victimized by criminals using the recently approved payments as...
The Hospital Board held a special, last-minute meeting to approve an application to the CARES Act Payroll Protection Program. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor said in regards to this decision, “Through the COVID legislation that was passed in Congress, the CARES Act, they have a small business payroll protection program. Because basically, healthcare is an example, but any organization that essentially had to stop or reduce their business and they want to keep their good people on the payroll and not lay them off. We want people to keep their s...
A buffalo in Hot Springs State Park is grazing during the early hours of the morning on a cold April day....
With coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) impacting many aspects of daily life, the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) wants residents to remember it’s important to reduce stress of parents and adults in the household. “Parenting can be extremely stressful,” according to Ed Heimer, Field Administrator and licensed clinical social worker with DFS. “Especially with the additional stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Added stress from being unemployed, employed but at risk to catch the virus, home schooling children, etc. is taking a...
The Wyoming High School Activities Association (WHSAA) Board of Directors announces the canceling of all spring sports. “Due to the continuing influence of COVID-19, we are not able to predict when it will be safe to resume spring sports, nor are we able to assure if any of our communities would be able to host any of our events,” according to the board press release. The WHSAA Board of Directors promotes the benefits of participating in education-based activities. They are understanding of the overwhelming disappointment this decision is for...
A black-tailed prairie dog pops out of his hole to a snowy surprise. After several days of warm April temperatures the prairie dogs awoke to a wintery morning. While prairie dogs do not hibernate, when the winter weather is extremely cold or snowy, they may go into a light hibernation-like sleep and stay in their burrows. Prairie dogs mainly eat a diet of grasses....
by Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — As record numbers of workers across the United States are forced to apply for unemployment benefits as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, workers in Wyoming can rest somewhat reassured that the state’s unemployment fund is among the nation’s strongest. According to a report released by the Tax Foundation on Thursday, Wyoming’s unemployment insurance fund was flush enough to fund current levels of unemployment claims for 321 weeks — the longest such duration in the count...
