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Four members of the Hot Springs County Republican Party filed a lawsuit against the Wyoming Republican Party on Monday in Laramie County District Court. The lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief against the state party for refusing to recognize the local party’s election results. The four plaintiffs are the newly elected leaders of the HSC Republican Party, Chairman Joe Martinez, State Committeeman Phillip Scheel, Secretary Meri Ann Dorman and Vice Chairman Clay Van Antwerp. They are being represented by Clark Stith of R...
On Easter Sunday in Hot Springs State Park, the Lion's Club held its annual Easter Egg Hunt with a variety of ages of children participating. Pictured here are (l-r) Ethan Mills, an unidentified boy, and Roy Enis scramble to gather eggs. The winners of the egg hunt were Decklin Smith - 2 yrs, Miles Kimmerle - 4 yrs., Roy Enis - 6 yrs. and Natasha Hamrick - 9 yrs....
At the April 15 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, the commissioners voted and passed the Revenue and Expenditure Report covering March 2024 to March 2025. Barb Rice gave the Youth Alternative report and said that her students have been participating in a variety of community service events and they put in “a lot of hours.” Some of the events included the rummage sale, transports, and the Learning Center’s Government 101 for the County. Part Three of the Government 101 will be on...
On Monday, April 14, a full scale exercise was held at the baseball fields near the Armory to test all first responders of Hot Springs County (HSC). The effort was spearheaded by Sady Mounts, Public Health Response Coordinator of Hot Springs County Public Health and also helped by Stephanie Conrad of HSC Emergency Management. Multiple agencies from Hot Springs County and the Big Horn Region participated. Mounts said, "The scenario was a set of bleachers collapsing while watching a community base...
At the April 15 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, during citizen participation, the council voted and passed the Double D LLC 24 hour Alcohol Beverage Permit for the Figure 8 Race on May 10 at the fairgrounds. Brooks Jordan, District Manager of Wyoming State Parks, also provided the council an update on the Hot Springs State Park. Jordan gave similar information as he did when visiting the Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting earlier the same day. The council and...
Last Thursday, Hot Springs County Library held a special egg hunt during Storytime. They got a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny. HSC Library Director Tracey Kinnaman smiles as Lemmy Bihr gives the Easter Bunny a big hug....
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, April 14 9:13 a.m. Welfare check on an elderly female. The subject was contacted and in good health. 3:12 p.m. Deputies investigated possible trespassing on Highway 120 West. A pickup was observed on priva...
The vault restroom at the Wedding of the Waters Public Access Area south of Thermopolis will be temporarily closed April 26-28 while the structure is replaced. During this time, no public restroom facilities will be available at the site. The public access area including the boat ramp will remain open. The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, which owns and manages the access area, performs routine upkeep and maintenance at the site. As part of ongoing maintenance, the vault restrooms have been scheduled for replacement. The restroom will be...
Come meet some of your school board members this Thursday, April 24th, at the Hot Springs County Library, 5-6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Hot Springs County chapter of Moms for Liberty. They have invited all seven members of the Hot Springs County School Board to join them for informal one-on-one discussion with the public. This is a repeat of a successful Meet and Greet the Chapter held in February. School Board Chairman Justin Budd and others were pleased with the results. Charles Curley, Moms for Liberty chapter Chair, cautioned that...
A public reception and exhibition honoring the 25 participants of the three Creative Aging Art groups will be held at the Wyoming Pioneer Home on May 3. You will get a chance to mingle with the artists and see their photography and gilding artworks that they have been producing this winter and spring. Local artist Barrie Lynn Bryant taught one gilding and two photography courses to senior citizens with grants awarded to him from the Wyoming Arts Council. The classes were held in the Hot Springs County Library, Hot Springs County Senior...
The Wyoming Arts Council and Wyoming State Parks will host two Plein Air in the Parks events in 2025. The first will be at Hot Springs State Park in Thermopolis from June 27 to 29, and the second at Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park near Casper from September 10 to 14. Early bird registration is now open for the Hot Springs State Park event online at Eventbrite. Registration can be found at 2025-Plein-Air-at-Hot-Springs-State-Park.eventbrite.com. Plein Air in the Parks seeks to engage state and regional artists in the tradition of painting...
The Hot Springs State Park Bath House has had many visitors coming to enjoy soaking in the hot water. Soaks are limited to 20 minutes. Mylee Welch and Kailey Allen visit while they enjoyed their soak last Saturday....
Can there be anything as entertaining and fun as Donkey Basketball? Imaging multiple players attempting to move down the court with a stubborn, difficult donkey who won’t take directions? Who can truly tame a donkey? Not only that, all while trying to pass and control a basketball. Which team will win and who will actually be able to make a basket? Let’s just say the experience can be hilarious. So, come join the event put on by the Hot Springs County High School Student Council as a fundraiser on Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the high sch...
by Mike “Michael” Cavin On a chilly Carolina afternoon, I headed out to deer hunt with my muzzleloader, an old timey-like gun a person pours black powder down the barrel and rams a lead ball down on top of the powder. To fire the gun, a percussion cap is placed onto the port, also known as the nipple, of the firing mechanism. The gun’s hammer is pulled back until it stays cocked. When the trigger is pulled, the hammer strikes the percussion cap, sending a spark into the powder charge, thus making the gun go boom. Seeing as black powder is might...
Campers, rock hounds, hunters, and fisherman, this is a short letter, it needs no explanation. You are about to lose your public land. Lets just call it the Putin plan where billionaires own everything. You give billionaires a huge tax windfall. You sell the public land to the billionaires to pay for the loss in taxes. Now they own the land, you don’t! Sincerely, Keith Becker...
by Slim Randles There’s something so satisfying about getting out of bed when the world is still dark and quiet and resting. Making the coffee gives us time to scratch and think. Well, scratch, anyway. Most of that thinking will start after about the third cup of coffee. But it’s a quiet time. A private time. When the world is dark, and there isn’t yet a hint of pink over the eastern mountains, it’s very good. We can relax. No one is expecting anything from us right now. Our guilt can take some time off, and we can listen to music or work a cro...
Last Saturday at the Hot Springs State Park, the snow was melting away, but that didn't stop Joseph Andrews and Rafhaud Andrews from Clovis, California from having a spontaneous snowball fight. They came to Wyoming to visit family in Lander, but wanted to visit the hot springs while in the area....
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Man arrested after 11-hour standoff RIVERTON (WNE) — Riverton Police Department officers attempted to execute an arrest warrant on Wednesday but instead found themselves part of an 11-hour standoff with an armed subject barricaded in a home on the city’s north end, according to an RPD statement. Officers eventually took the subject, Ronald Allington, 62, into custody after deploying tear gas into the home, the statement explained. But the resolution came after hours of a tense standoff that included eva...
Petting zoo The Thermopolis High School FFA Chapter is hosting their annual animal petting zoo on Thursday, April 24 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Ag Shop. Everyone is welcome and there is no entrance fee. Risen Son Christian School fundraiser Pasta with a Purpose, a spaghetti dinner and auction fundraiser, will be held Friday, April 25 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. To volunteer to help with the event or to make a donation, contact Shailee Harvey at (307) 921-8069 or Brian Johnson (307) 921-4434. Donkey basketball...
Following up their wildly successful Wrestle-Opolis event, the Thermopolis Wrestling Club (TWC) took 32 wrestlers to the USA Wrestling sponsored state tournament in Casper on April 11-13. Battling in 68 weight classes, the team entered 32 wrestlers in Folkstyle, 19 wrestlers in Freestyle, and 13 wrestlers in Greco/Roman weight classes. It has been a long season for the grapplers of TWC, with practices happening four nights per week, and sometimes even more. Additionally, the club has attended...
The Hot Springs County High School Bobcat golf teams were granted a perfect day to play their Spring tournament last Wednesday. The event had been scheduled for Thursday, however, Mother Nature had teed up some heavy, wet snow for that day so the schedule was adjusted in order to get the event in before the clouds let loose. The powder blue skies and balmy spring temperature combined to make for a very pleasant day out of the classroom, for some very fortunate high schoolers. School – s...
Members of the Thermopolis Rodeo Club kicked off their season last weekend in Rock Springs. They will be up this weekend in Big Piney, then in Newcastle followed by the state finals on May 8 in Gillette. For high school competitors, results include: Saturday Taylor Agar, barrel racing, 19th, 16:712 Kamryn Farrell, barrel racing, 26th, 17:310; breakaway roping, 7th, 3.120; goat tying, 14th, 10.470; team roping (with partner Molly Allen), 4th, 9.8 Rylee Agar, barrel racing, 30th, 17.599; pole bending, 26th, 31.039 Bridger Peil, tie down calf...
The Bobcats and Lady Cat track teams competed in Shoshoni on Tuesday, April 15 and both teams put in a remarkable effort. While the Bobcats finished in first place in the team standings with a combined score of 287 (more than one hundred points higher than second place Kemmerer), the Lady Cats finished second to Kemmerer, with a team score of 69. The weather and field conditions were both exceptional for an early spring event, and combined to drive the Thermopolis teams to a total of thirteen first place finishes. Robert Buckner finished first...
