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As Hot Springs County Fair wraps up Friday evening with the Junior Livestock Auction and Judges’ Choice Bake Sale, a weekend packed full of other events will be kicking off. Wyoming Discovery Days will be hosting a concert in Hot Springs State Park featuring the band 8 Second Ride beginning at 8 p.m. A full schedule of other Wyoming Discovery Days activities and the Gift of the Waters Pageant will be held Saturday and Sunday in Hot Springs State Park. A variety of other events will also pack the weekend with fun including the Pageant Parade t...
The CMT Performance Horses team of Taylor Cordingly and Mat Cordingly, pictured here, along with Abel Cordingly, Casey Good and Tristan Lundgren won the 2024 Thermopolis FFA Alumni Ranch Rodeo held Saturday at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. The top hand award went to Stetson Curtis of the Regulators team. The hard luck award went to Canyon Egger, also of the Regulators. The Young Guns earned second place team honors with members Beckett Tharp, Zane Lentsch, Ashtyn Nolan, Sydnee Roady and...
by Madelyn Beck, WyoFile.com “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.” The age-old saying was a mariner’s method of predicting the weather. But what if the red sky lasts both morning and evening, and sometimes the afternoon, too? Wildfire smoke is pouring into Wyoming from some local fires, but mainly out-of-state and Canadian blazes, tinting the sun and moon with red and orange. There is a certain beauty to the filter, and in a landscape that experienced regular wildfires long ago, perhaps a natural...
Blakeley Postma competes in the barrels event during the youth horse show held at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds last Saturday. Results and more photos will run in a future issue of the IR....
by Billy Arnold, Jackson Hole News&Guide Via Wyoming News Exchange Scientists aren’t sure whether it’s possible to detect hydrothermal explosions like last Tuesday’s Biscuit Basin blow-up before they happen. Still, they want to try and learn what they can about the subterranean blasts. Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Cam Sholly is open to the idea. “We definitely had what I’d call a close call. I’m very happy no one was injured or worse,” Sholly said. “We’ll continue to work with the scientists to figure out if there’s any better ways...
Several youths competed in the cash calf scramble during the Thermopolis FFA Alumni Ranch Rodeo last Saturday evening. Jim Christensen holds on tight in the wild cow riding event. Contestants competed in various events including team doctoring, wild cow milking, trailer loading, wild cow riding and the blind barrel race. For the kids there was mutton bustin' and the cash calf scramble....
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 22 4 p.m. Report of a dog attacking a person in the area of East Broadway and East Warren in East Thermopolis. The victim was taken to the hospital for evaluation. 9:25 p.m. Deputies responde...
Jackie Frankson, Executive Director of Parents Helping Parents (PHP) of Wyoming and of the Parent Information Center (PIC), assists families of children impacted by disabilities or special education needs (birth to 26), find their voice and effectively advocate as equal partners with schools. They serve the entire state of Wyoming by providing technical assistance, training and one-on-one support for any meeting involving a child with a disability. PHP also partners with other organizations to...
Hot Springs County Fair wraps up Friday evening with the Junior Livestock Auction and Judges’ Choice Bake Sale in the multi-purpose building at the fairgrounds. The bake sale will be a silent auction starting at 5 p.m. A pre-sale buyers dinner will be served at 6 p.m. followed by the auction beginning at 7 p.m. Market beef, swine, sheep and goats will be available to help you fill your freezer. In return, you will be supporting a 4-H or FFA member who has worked hard to raise and show their animal. Last year was a record breaking year for t...
by Mike Berry The VFW Post 2281 is in need of “a few good men” and/or women to serve as staff in the dining and kitchen theaters. We have been successful in securing the front lines on the financial sector by expanding into a bar & grill zone and thereby being able to serve a larger segment of the public. Unfortunately, this has had the effect of increasing the strain on our staff. While they are dedicated to the Post and their service to it, they are only human! Perhaps Super-human to some degree, but basically human like the rest of us. In...
John Chandler Slane II passed away on July 19 at Caribou Medical Center after battling chronic degenerative joint disease.We find comfort in knowing that he is now free from pain and reunited with his parents, Georgia and Vernon Slane, his brother Walt, and his sisters Jeanette and Bertie Bea. John was born on May 13, 1943, to Vernon and Georgia Slane in Worland, Wyo. He spent his early years in Thermopolis, Wyo., before moving to Pocatello, Idaho, in 1969. Since 2008, he has called Grace,... Full story
Sharon Markillie, a beloved wife, mother, and friend, passed away peacefully at her home in Thermopolis, Wyo., on July 25, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on June 12, 1940, in Prineville, Ore., to Vivian Wardell and Ada E. (Dalton) Bennett, the youngest of two children. Sharon grew up in Lakeview, Ore., before moving to Brookings, Ore., graduating from high school in 1958. During the summer of her sophomore year Sharon met Bert Markillie. Their chance encounter while driving... Full story
One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company will be hosting a visit from America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) in early August. America’s Best Restaurants, a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently-owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to the restaurant on August 8th. Popular dishes will be highlighted, along with an extensive on-camera interview with owner Jennifer Fisher about the restaurant’s special place in the community. The episode will be aired extensively on social media channels at a later...
The Hot Springs County High School Lady Cats competed in the 2024 Girls High School Golf National Invitational Tournament July 8-10. The event was held at the PGA Frisco Campus and covered three days of very challenging play, on some premier golf courses, located in and around Frisco, Texas. The invite-only tournament is made up of the premier high school golfers in the nation, and is described by the PGA as "a celebration of a player's hard work and excellence during their high school golf...
