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The United States Postal Service held a dedication ceremony naming the Thermopolis Post Office, the Robert L. Brown Post Office Building. The event, held last Friday, was attended by members of Brown's family, USPS representatives and Wyoming dignitaries. Brown's career with the U.S. Postal Service spanned 44 years, including 18 years as the Thermopolis postmaster. Former Postmaster Robert Brown passed away on September 11, 2020. After graduating from Thermopolis High School, Brown was inducted...
At the August Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism meeting, in the financial report, Treasurer Audra Dominguez said, “We did pretty excellent for the tourism dollars coming in. We surpassed our last year’s income by 121% on the month… We’re at $36,680.49 that came in for tourism and that is a record.” Tourism Chairman Carl Leyba noted that the lodging tax dollars they reported can come from up to three months behind due to the collecting methods involved. The board voted and passed approval...
Mack's Market now offers two new self-check stations for customers without eliminating any staff positions. Owner Eric Mackay said regarding the decision-making in these new additions, "It actually isn't a new idea. It's been something that has been in the grocery industry for probably the last maybe 15 to 20 years, with a lot of prevalence. And it's been an idea that keeps coming back. But these particular units were ordered about probably three years ago. It was actually before COVID-19."...
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. Correction Photo credit was inadvertently left off the photo on page 6 of last week’s Independent Record. The photo was taken by Delina Wille. The IR apologizes for the omission. Sheriff’s Office Monday, Aug. 22 10:41 a.m. Report...
Silas Dickey jokes with John Gerrells at the cookie jar auction for Michele Labeau held last Saturday evening at the Fair Building. All proceeds from the auction went to Labeau who is battling stage 4 kidney and renal cancer....
The Alliance for Historic Wyoming and the Arapaho Ranch Field Station hosted a rare tour of the property on Saturday, Aug. 27. The tour was previously announced in the IR. Participants in the tour were limited and spaces filled up fast. Originally founded as the Padlock Ranch in 1867 and purchased by the Northern Arapaho Tribe in 1940, the ranch now produces non-hormonal, grass-fed beef. The historic buildings, including the Arapaho Mansion, a horse barn, a blacksmith and carpenter shop, a schoolhouse, and C-Store, are currently being...
David Souders has opened Hot Springs Thrift located at 1002 Shoshoni. The shop contains a variety of clothes, shoes, small pieces of furniture, videos, etc. Souders moved to Thermopolis in February 2020 just after he shut down a 1950s-style restaurant he owned in New Castle, Colorado, just before Covid occurred. He later applied for a local position and was hired. Souders explained his motivation for the thrift shop and said, “This is something that I feel like I want to do for the community.” A...
Mark your calendar for the Hot Springs County Airport 6th Annual Fly-In set for Saturday, Sept. 10 from 7-11 a.m. The airport is located at 1080 Manning Road, which is a little over 10 miles west of Thermopolis off of Highway 120 West. There will be a free breakfast served and door prizes handed out. Guests are invited to come check out the airport and the planes....
The Rusty Old Truck Market is coming to downtown Thermopolis Saturday, Sept. 3 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the area on 5th Street between Broadway and Warren Streets. The event is hosted by Hazel-n-Pearls and Double J Junk. There will be reinvented and vintage furniture, handcrafted goods, music, refreshments, vendors and more. The event will be held along side the Farmers Market which opens at 8 a.m. and normally lasts until noon. Some of the Farmers Market vendors will be available into the afternoon. For more information, contact Judy Carswell at...
by John Malmberg With the death of Jim Angell a few weeks ago, a powerful voice for openness and transparency in government fell silent. Angell, who served for many years as the executive director of the Wyoming Press Association, kept a vigilant eye on any bills to come before the Wyoming Legislature that might have restricted the public’s access to information. He made trips across the state for years conducting many workshops educating elected officials at all levels of government, reporters and anyone who would listen about Wyoming’s ope...
Over the past several days, I have fielded an extraordinary number of phone calls asking me to run for Wyoming Secretary of State. I am not running for Secretary of State. I first learned of the effort to draft me to run, as an Independent, from news sources. I spoke with the authors of the petition and expressed that even if the required number of signatures were gathered, I would not run against the Party’s nominee and split a Party I love so dearly. I believe strongly that the Republican Party must unite around the shared principles of h...
by Tatum Epperson The Bobcat Golf Team has been busy and there is no end in sight. Last Thursday, the Bobcats hosted their invite on their home course. Coach Brandon Deromedi said, "At home, we left a few strokes out on the course on the boys side. At times, I believe playing at home can be more difficult than on an unfamiliar course. The expectation feels like you should play well since you know the course but the reality is that a casual round or practice round of golf is much different than...
The Bobcats Boys and Girls Cross Country Team started off their season traveling to Billings for a meet last Friday. For the Varsity girls 5000M run, Ruthanne Johnson placed 100 out of 133 and for the JV boys 5000M run, Jarek Jeffs placed 24th and Jadeth Elder placed 28th out of 206 runners. The Bobcats next meet will be Friday at Buffalo....
by Tatum Epperson The Bobcat football team had their first scrimmage pre-season/week 0 game on Friday, August 26 at Worland. Varsity took the first half and JV took the second half to give players time on the field. The Bobcats lost 29-40 but got some good practice for their next upcoming regular season game this Friday, Sept. 2 at home on the LeRoy Hayes Field vs. Tongue River beginning at 6 p.m. This year’s roster of players includes: Seniors Owen McCumber, Gavin Shumway and Roedy Farrell; Juniors Mason Reese, Zane Smith, Luke Dickey, E...
by Tatum Epperson The Lady Bobcat Varsity Volleyball team kicked off the season at Rocky Mountain. Varsity Coach, Shannon Hill said “I am very excited for this season and the potential this varsity team has. I made some early match changes with some positions, and the girls adapted really well to those changes. We didn’t pass as well as I know this team can, and we are running with a new setter (who did a great job on her first varsity match in that position), so finding our tempo is something we are working towards. Hill added “Rocky is a scra...
by Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — State lawmakers spent Friday morning searching for ways to provide more affordable housing to Wyoming residents, including solutions such as a state housing trust fund and land banking. Discussions were led by members of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee, state agencies and local nonprofits invested in breaking down barriers to housing development. It falls in line with the committee’s second highest prior...
Marissa Selvig, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives under the Constitution Party in the state of Wyoming, recently held a meet and greet in Thermpopolis. Selvig is from Riverton, has four children, married for six years, is a musician, worked at Central Wyoming College in the theater program, and is trained in speech and communication. Selvig is also the director of the Food Bank for Foundations for Nation’s Ministries in Riverton. They do outreaches in town and on the Indian r...
On the first day of school last Wednesday for Hot Springs County School District students, l to r, Brailan Whitt gives his mom, Justine, a hug before he heads into Ralph Witters Elementary School. Paige Reed walks her daughter, Lillyana, who is all smiles, toward RWE. Students Charleigh Macie, Karlee Messenger, Emilie O'Rourke, Courtney Heimann and Isabella Hubele make their way off of the bus at the new bus dropoff as Lynn Erickson watches to make sure they get off safely....
Hunters planning to use walk-in areas or hunter management areas (HMAs) in the Big Horn Basin this fall are encouraged to note recent changes made for the 2022 hunting season. Hunters should review the ranch rules for each HMA and identify limitations on specific walk-in areas they plan to hunt. In the Big Horn Basin, there are 79 walk-in areas and 13 HMAs providing hunters free public hunting access to private land and inaccessible public land. HMAs and walk-in areas are part of the Access Yes program, a program that facilitates partnerships b...
by Mark Davis Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — After a thunderstorm dumped heavy rain on the eastern portion of Yellowstone National Park and the area outside the East Entrance, Kitty Creek swelled out of its banks and mud and debris poured onto the North Fork Highway from the hills above. “The mud was 3 feet deep,” said Cody Beers, public relations specialist for the Wyoming Department of Transportation. Before crews from the department arrived, an unidentified Florida man tried to drive his car through the mess and muck. It d...
Access across Boysen Dam will temporarily be interrupted as the Bureau of Reclamation prepares for and performs testing of spillway gates during the week of September 11, 2022. For several hours during the morning of September 11, a crew will set up a large crane on Boysen Dam. The crane will be used to place and remove stoplogs in front of the spillway gates throughout the normal work week of September 12 – September 16 to facilitate testing of the spillway gates. While the crane is being set up and while stop logs are being moved, access a...
Funeral service for Gloria Franzen will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Gillette Memorial Chapel; interment to follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at Gillette Memorial Chapel. Gloria Andreen Franzen was born March 28,1941, to Frank and Lucille Andreen in Thermopolis, Wyo. Gloria passed away of natural causes on August 25, 2022. She was raised around Thermopolis, she had eight brothers and four sisters.... Full story
David Carl Dooley, 67, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at Hot Springs Health in Thermopolis after a period of declining health. Born November 1, 1954, in Salem, Ore., he was one of four children of Roy and Lois Dooley. The family moved to Thermopolis from Oregon in the early 70's. A heavy equipment operator for most of his life, David took life in the "fast lane". He handled all situations on his own terms. If he loved you, it was with his whole heart. He enjoyed the great outdoors,... Full story
Terry Edward Niswender Sr. passed away on Friday, August 26 at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyoming. Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations are made to Albany County 4-H for the Niswender memorial fund. Visit www.montgomerystryker.com... Full story
Helen M. Thamm, 73, died Thursday, August 25, 2022, at Hot Springs Health hospital. Memorial services are pending.... Full story
