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Mother and art teacher Jennifer Emery and her two-year-old daughter, Omriella, have a great time in a new swing just added to Hot Springs State Park. The Friends of Hot Springs State Park and Legends Rock bought two Expression Swings, also known as Mommy and Me Swings. This organization can directly raise money for projects in the park....
The Hot Springs County School Board received an upbeat update on its scholarship fund, and approved two new bus loading zones, during its July 15 meeting. Chauncy Johnson, business manager for the district, provided the update on the McCurdy Stump scholarship investment fund. “Last fall, the board approved changes in the investment structure with Edward Jones, who manages this fund, to be more of an ongoing, hopefully profitable investment structure, as opposed to sort of acting like we were in retirement, if you will, and just living off of a...
by The Wyoming News Exchange Former U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi died late Monday after being seriously injured in a bicycle accident in Gillette on Friday. A post on Enzi’s Facebook page said the former Wyoming legislator died Monday at the UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado, where he was flown for treatment after the accident. “Former Wyoming U.S. Senator Mike Enzi passed away peacefully (Monday) surrounded by his family,” the post said. “His family expressed their deep appreciation for all of the prayers, support and con...
At the July 20 Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting, Town Engineer Heath Overfield and members of the Thermopolis Town Council attended to give a transfer station project update at the request of the commissioners. Overfield reported that they had a work session at Town Hall in April going through the details and took the commissioners’ suggestions. Based on that work, Overfield updated some cost estimates and looked at the timelines on the town’s end of things for the transition from the la...
At the June Hot Springs County School Board meeting, Superintendent Dustin Hunt followed up on the input that the board had already received from the community on its proposed bus lane that would would encompass the school district property on the south end of the track that is currently the wooden play park. At the meeting, Hunt stated he predicted that the project is not likely to be completed before the coming school year. Hunt stated that his preference would be to refrain from implementing the bus lane until the next school year, so as to...
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, July 19 8:09 a.m. Report of a citizen assist involving a requested civil standby to turn over some property. Tuesday, July 20 4:48 p.m. Report of a medical call involving a 9-year-old female who was ha...
Kelly Puntney, who has family ties and residency in Thermopolis, has acquired a beautiful bobcat that was mounted by a taxidermist. Puntney is a landscape architect in Vancouver, Washington and was doing some work for a veterinarian there. This veterinarian had a taxidermied bobcat on display that caught Puntney's eye. The bobcat, while alive, was found with a broken leg or foot and was not able to be healed. Therefore, it was euthanized and stuffed. Puntney wanted to buy the bobcat from the...
The 2021 Hot Springs County Fair, “Sow it, Grow it, Show it!” will be kicking off this Saturday with the Peewee, 4-H and FFA Youth Horse Show. Starting next Monday, Aug. 2, youths will be showing dogs, rabbits, goats, sheep, swine and beef throughout the week, as well as showing off their shooting sports talents. Pig Wrestling will return to the fairgrounds on Tuesday, Aug. 3 beginning at 6 p.m. Family Fun night will fill the grassy area East of the show barn on Wednesday, Aug. 4 beginning at 7 p.m. There will be games, inflatables, food and...
Nominations are being accepted through August 6 for this year’s class of inductees into the Bobcat Hall of Fame. The categories for hall of fame members are Male Athlete, Female Athlete, Coach/Administrator, and Special Contributor. Forms may be requested by contacting Mark Whitt at markw@rtconnect.net, 307-921-1592 or by mail at PO Box 1326, Thermopolis, WY 82443. The induction ceremony will be held in conjunction with Bobcat Homecoming week this fall. Further details will be released closer to the ceremony....
Donna Searle recently won first runner up to Jr. Miss USA at the Pure International Pageant in Columbus, Ohio. For her state costume Searle dressed as a Wyoming roughneck....
The Hot Springs County Fair starts Saturday with the youth horse show and continues through the next week. And this year, all events are a go. Along with all the livestock shows there will be pig wrestling, family fun night and the chili cook off will be going on. Finishing off fair week on Friday, this year the Judges Choice Bake Sale will be sold during a silent auction followed by the pre-sale buyers dinner and the junior livestock auction. Moving into Saturday and Sunday the town will be packed for the Gift of the Waters Pageant and...
In response to the “Streambank Erosion Project questioned” letter to the editor in the July 15, 2021, Independent Record, I would like to clarify some points. All Hot Spring Conservation District and NRCS projects are brought to the two organizations by the landowner and 100% voluntary. The landowner comes to us with a problem and we try our best to help them. The Russian olive trees were removed by Hot Springs Weed and Pest at the landowner’s request because they were placed on the Wyoming Designated Noxious Weed List in 2006. The prese...
Billy Max Daniels, 79, passed away Wednesday morning, July 21, 2021, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born September 27, 1941 in Rural, Converse County, Wyo., the son of Wayne and Laura Mae "Freeda" (Keehmer) Daniels. He graduated from Shoshoni High School and shortly after married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Joan Oneyear, December 17, 1960. They had two children, Delbert Wayne and Darlene Marie, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren, soon to be six. At 12...
Donald Jack "Don" Gourley, 71, passed away Monday, July 19, 2021, at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness in Thermopolis after a long struggle with cancer. Born December 22, 1950, in Thermopolis, Wyo., he was the son of Jack and Charlotte (Einer) Gourley. He graduated from Thermopolis High School. For most of his life he worked in the oilfield industry operating submersible pumps. He was employed by Reda Pump, Clays Pump Service in Powell, Wyo., and a service in China. A member of BPOE...
A.J. Bauer, 83 of Thermopolis, passed away July 22, 2021, after a period of declining health at the Thermopolis Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. He was born November 2, 1937, the oldest child of Welby and Monica (Meick) Bauer. He graduated from Thermopolis High School where he met his wife, Bonnie Lou Shafer. They enjoyed 63 years of marriage and in that union had two children, Debra and Joe. A.J. was a cowboy at heart which guided the foundation for his family. He lived by the example of...
Henry J. May, Jr. passed away on July 14, 2021, from complications of brain cancer at home with his wife at his side in Minneapolis, Minn. Henry was born in Douglas, Wyo., on February 1, 1959, to Henry and Helen May, joining three siblings in Glendo, Wyo., Mary Margaret, Bernadette and Louis (Butch). In May 1967 the family relocated to Thermopolis, Wyo., where Henry attended school. He graduated as salutatorian with the class of 1977 from Hot Springs County High School. He attended the...
Clarice Mae Michel, 84-year-old lifelong resident of Worland, Wyo., passed away on July 16, 2021. She was born to George E. and Clara (Spadt) Hefenieder on May 23, 1937 in Worland. She grew up on the family farm with two brothers and two sisters and attended school in Worland, graduating in 1955. She worked for the REA briefly after graduating. Clarice married James Allen Michel at Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church in Worland on March 10, 1957, and they spent the next 64+ years together taking care of each other and their three children. The...
Great grand nephew of Butch Cassidy, Bill Betenson gave a presentation at his book signing at the Hot Springs County Museum. It was a packed crowd who was eager to see Betenson's new book "Butch Cassidy: The Wyoming Years"....
High School football players Gavin Shumway, Jack Ream and Simon Ream with Coach Matt McPhie play corn hole at the State Park Headquarters. They are preparing for Friday, August 6 where there will be the River Dance with live music down at the boat ramp in Hot Springs State Park. The football players will sell raffle tickets for these custom designed corn hole boards with bean bags....
Saw Mill Fire on Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center contained GUERNSEY (WNE) –- The combined efforts of multiple agencies have led to 100% containment of the Saw Mill Fire on Friday, July 23. The fire was initially reported on July 16 in the impact area in the North Training areas of Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center. The fire impacted approximately 1,300 acres of the north training area and 150 acres of private land. Camp Guernsey officials have been in contact with the landowner. Multiple resources, personnel, and agencies answered the c...
At the July 20 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, council member Bill Malloy gave a report about his attendance at the WAM Convention. Malloy said he enjoyed it and that 167 people registered for it with many vendors in attendance. During the reception at the botanical gardens Malloy said about 300 people participated. Malloy commented that it was “a good visiting time.” Malloy discovered in his conversation about how many of the issues the town of Thermopolis faces are very similar to other jur...
At the July Travel and Tourism board meeting held at the Hot Springs County Museum, Treasurer Audra Dominguez gave the financial report. She said that their record-breaking months have continued for three months in a row. Hot Springs County is busier than ever, with their numbers only 1% below the average of their fiscal year. In June 2020/21 they had $16,599.81 in lodging tax. This amount is $14,484.81 more than 2019/20, which suffered from the Covid decline. That is a 685% increase. However, in June 2018 their lodging tax revenue was...
Members of the community came to support Mike Marr and his family at a cookie jar auction at the Fair Building. Marr was injured in a car wreck in May....
Tourists and locals alike relax on inner tubes floating down the Bighorn River on Sunday afternoon....
The Thermopolis Police Department is hosting a National Night Out to meet your first responders on Tuesday, August 3 at Hot Springs State Park from 6-8 p.m. Agencies attending are the Hot Springs Sheriff’s Office, Lifeflight, Search and Rescue, HSC Ambulance, Public Health, State Parks, Emergency Management, the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department, Wyoming Highway Patrol and Department of Family Services. Police Chief Julie Mathews said, “This is a community event and we want to involve them so that the community knows who we are in the eve...
