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The Thermopolis Town Hall has a new bill payment system for the convenience of its residents. Town Treasurer / Clerk Tracey Van Heule and Assistant to the Mayor Fred Crosby invite residents to participate in their Direct Payment program. This program is not an internet-based system but for people who are interested they need to fill out a simple form and provide a canceled check to have their bank account automatically debited each month. This service allows customers to no longer need to write...
Kamryn Farrell and her horse show perfect form to win the intermediate hunter hack class during the Hot Springs County Fair horse show Saturday. For more photos and results see page B1 of this paper....
by Ellen Gerst Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — A judge will decide whether recent ordinances passed in Bar Nunn and Mills exempting the municipalities from publishing certain public notices in the newspaper are valid, after a petition was filed in Natrona County District Court this week. Nearly identical ordinances were passed by Mills in January and Bar Nunn in June, invoking Wyoming’s “home rule” provision. The ordinances were written to exempt the municipalities from state statutes that require all towns and cities...
Terrance Sani was found guilty of three felony counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Methamphetamine during a Fifth Judicial District Court jury trial held at the Hot Springs County courthouse. Judge Bobbi Overfield presided. The trial began on Monday, July 26 and the order of judgement was filed on Wednesday, July 28. Sani was arrested on December 3, 2020, by Thermopolis Police officers who teamed up with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation in taking down the Thermopolis King Pin of a multi-state/multi-person drug ring....
The remains of the Las Fuentes Restaurant building in the 400 block of Arapahoe are being cleaned up and hauled away. The building burnt down last year and was a total loss....
Deb Gerharter is retiring after 25 years of service as the Office Manager of Public Health. Stephanie Conrad is taking her position and gives a bouquet of flowers as a gift to Gerharter. Guests attended and wished her well and thanked her for her hard work....
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 26 7:28 p.m. Report of a fire at mile marker 125 on Highway 20 South in the Wind River Canyon. A deputy provided traffic control for the fire department, who were putting out a grass fire. 8:05...
Former high school teacher, coach and athletic director, Kathy Taylor received the Distinguished Service Award from the Wyoming Coaches Association. The award comes from a nomination and there are three award winners for the year. Known to her students as "Coach T" she led athletes of volleyball teams, swimmers, basketball and even badminton for over 40 years. Thirty-two of those years she spent in Thermopolis where she eventually became the athletic director. Taylor's reputation with others is...
Students will learn more about the University of Wyoming, UW alumni will connect with their alma mater, and members of the public will find out more about UW’s presence in their community during a “The World Needs More Cowboys” celebration Tuesday, Aug. 10, in Thermopolis. The public is invited to the event from 5-7 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center. Free appetizers and soft beverages will be served. UW President Ed Seidel will be in attendance and speak during a brief program at the celebration, highlighting the unive...
CODY (WNE) — Defense attorneys for a Cody man accused of first degree murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter have requested that the charges against their client be thrown out. Dylan Rosalez and Branden Vilos, public defenders for Moshe Williams, submitted a request to dismiss the case, or at least submit a court order requiring the state to file a bill of particulars that sets out how exactly the child abuse was committed that led to the death of Paisleigh Williams. Rosalez and Vilos have summarized the state’s response to this req...
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. After 42 years in elected office, the last 24 in Congress, Mike Enzi said farewell to the U.S. Senate earlier this year. At 77 years of age, retirement was overdue, and in addition to a little hunting and fishing, he most looked forward to time with his family. “I was able to see my kids grow up before I went in the Senate,” he told the Gillette News Record when he announced in May 2019 that he planned to retire. “Now I want some grandkid time.” Unfortunately, life is uncertain, and what Mr. Enzi no doubt...
Thermopolis Volunteer Firemen responded to a fire near Warm Springs Road on Saturday, July 31. The Cody Interagency Dispatch Center was notified and additional resources were sent to help with the fire. Two tandem rotor Shinook helicopters (one pictured above), a spotter plane to choreograph air traffic, five single engine air tankers, two large tankers, a dozer, a grader and around 79 BLM personnel assisted the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department crew in holding the fire to around 400 acres. The fire was considered contained on Sunday...
The 2021 Hot Springs County Fair Youth Horse Show was held Saturday July 31. Results from the event, in order of finish, include: HALTER CLASSES Quarter Horse: Filly foaled in 2020 - Kaycee Stothart, Arin Adams Quarter Horse: Mare foaled in 2015 – 2018 - Arin Adams, Kamryn Farrell, Kaycee Stothart, Rhiannan Goffena Quarter Horse: Mare foaled before 2015 - Paisley Logan, Tymber Eckley, Tymber Eckley Grand Champion Quarter Horse Mare – Arin Adams Reserve Champion Quarter Horse Mare – Kamryn Farre...
Christopher Castleman competes in the 2021 Kilos for Veterans Powerlifting Meet. The meet was held on Saturday, July 31 at Hot Springs County High School as a benefit for the VFW....
Enzi service set for Aug. 6 in Gillette GILLETTE (WNE) — A public ceremony to celebrate the life of former U.S. senator and former Gillette mayor Mike Enzi, begins at 1 p.m. Aug. 6 at the Gillette College Pronghorn Center located, fittingly, just off Enzi Drive. Jerrica Mills, the office manager of Gillette Memorial Chapel, confirmed that Pastor Donavon Voigt of First Baptist Church will officiate. Instead of flowers, the announcement from the funeral home suggested memorials can be made to Project Mercy, Mike and Diana Enzi Scholarship Fund at...
At the July 27 board meeting at Hot Springs Health, CEO Margie Molitor provided some training for the board from an online board education school called iProtean. Molitor and the board will continue their training at each month’s meeting and also offline. For the growth pillar report, Molitor said that the landscaping is well underway and hopefully will be done by the end of this week. Molitor said they had a very successful survey from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week. They came t...
Opening ceremony for the Wyoming Pioneer Olympics was held Monday. Games include darts, blackout Bingo, spelling bee, word-a-thon, Wii bowling, shuffleboard, target shooting, ring toss, putt putt golf and cornhole. Closing Ceremonies will be Friday....
The 2021 state convention of Epsilon Sigma Alpha was in Lander. Members of Alpha Phi Chapter #1148 participating were: Kim Enis, Jenifer Grimm, Michelle Herring, Stefanie Ireland, Brenda Larson, Cindy Magelky, and Linda Ziegler. The following awards were received: FIRST PLACE Outstanding Woman of the Year—Linda Ziegler Outstanding Chapter of the Year 6-15 Members Gold Link Award for Excellence in Reporting Educational Programs Distinguished Athenian Award for Educational Director—Kendi Heinze Gold Seal Merit Award Outstanding Educational Pro...
