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At the September 5 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Clerk/Treasurer Tracey Van Heule requested approval for a Streets Improvement Fund. Van Heule said, “We were graciously given some money from the state of Wyoming, and it has to be used for a project. At the time we were doing the budget, we had not determined the allocation for that. We budgeted the same amount as last year and the legislature approved more. It comes twice a year in August and in January. So the August payment we had b...
Bridget Bury, Dolly Daniels and auctioneer John Holm discuss the cookie jar carried by Kenneth Woods during the Mike Cavin fundraiser cookie jar auction held last Saturday held at the HSC fair building. More than $23,000 was raised to go towards Cavin's medical expenses. He was able to attend the event from his hospital room via Zoom. While woods was displaying the cow cookie jar, he expressed a desire to take it home, which he was able to do courtesy of winning bidder, Tumbleweed...
At the September 5 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, the commissioners voted and passed the ratification of Warrant 64925 for the amount of $200,492.12 through Hot Springs County to the trust fund for the purchase of Ingle’s property. They also voted and passed the approval of the August bills AP Warrant Register for the total amount of $587,593.71 for the general fund and $197,214.30 for the payroll. Ardurra’s Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross reported the Geographic Information Sys...
In downtown Thermopolis at the flag pole, William Dawkins presents as a patriotic American Revolutionary War first infantry soldier, in memorial of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001....
Get your tickets for the Boots & Bling Fall Fundraiser to be held on Saturday, September 16 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fair Building, 627 Springview. Proceeds will benefit Gottsche Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, a non-profit organization Join them for dinner, wine tasting, live music and a chance to win “Big Money” through the reverse raffle and so much more to benefit the William H. & Carrie Gottsche Foundation. You could walk away with exciting items such as a Cruise to the Caribbean or Bermuda in a raffle dra...
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, Sept. 4 8:30 a.m. Deputies investigated a single-vehicle crash with minor injuries on East Cottonwood Road and Sand Draw. 11:03 a.m. Deputies responded to a report of the driver of a vehicle that was...
Local non-denomination informal organization Rooted In Faith will hold its 2nd Annual Christian Women’s Conference on Sunday, September 24 from 12:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fairground Building. The sign-in is at 12:30 p.m. with lunch served at 1 p.m. Organizers said in their flier, “We are pleased to welcome Guest Speaker Jennifer Waddle. Waddle is the author of “Prayer WORRIER: Turning Every Worry into Powerful Prayer,” and is a regular contributor for Lifeway, Crosswa...
Glenn Dunbach, a retired science teacher of 41 years, is collaborating with the community to raise funds to donate new coats to students in need. Dunbach and his wife Krista moved to Thermopolis in 2021 and they were looking for ways to help the community. Prior to their time in Thermopolis, the Dunbach's would adopt a student every year to try to help them out, and they wanted to continue their tradition of contribution. Dunbach said, "My primary motivation has been that I've always been...
The Bureau of Reclamation has reopened the access road to the Anchor Reservoir Campground. The road was badly damaged by flood waters at the Owl Creek Middle Fork crossing on June 12. The crossing was temporarily impassable to vehicular traffic, and repairs were recently completed. Anchor Dam and Reservoir are features of the Owl Creek Unit in Hot Springs County, approximately 35 miles west of Thermopolis via highways 120 and 170. The site is very remote and has a vault toilet and primitive camping....
Monday marked the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 others in the worst attack against the USA in our nation’s history. Many of us will never forget that tragic day or what we were doing when we heard the news. We hope the younger generation will never have to live through anything remotely similar. Commemorations were held at the three attack sites — New York’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. Across the country, memorials were held to commemorate the anniv...
by Jill Kruse, DO On July 4, 1939 Lou Gehrig said these famous words at Yankee Stadium, “For the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break that I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.” The bad break he was referring to was the diagnosis of a condition that would become synonymous with him - a neuromuscular condition called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a disease which causes motor nerves in the brain and spinal cord to break down. This reduces the nerves ability to control muscl...
Carol June Filkey, 88, passed away August 31, 2023, at Hot Springs Health in Thermopolis, Wyo. Being one of three girls, Carol was born May 20, 1935, in Faith, S. D., the daughter of George and Inez (Anderson) Blake. Shortly after the family moved to Fort Meade on the outskirts of Sturgis, S. D., where her father had secured the job as head electrician for the VA Hospital at Fort Meade. It was there that Carol had a marvelous opportunity in her growing-up years to learn her riding talents and... Full story
Construction is underway at the Gooseberry Badlands Scenic Overlook Trail northwest west of Thermopolis. The trail remains open, but be mindful of equipment and frequently changing signage to guide you in and out safely. The crew is currently working on the parking area, the upper ADA portion of the trail and the access road, with construction on the lower trail scheduled for mid-September. Keep an eye out for possible temporary closures at that time....
A free, exclusive petroglyph tour with Dr. Larry Loendorf is planned for Saturday, September 23. Dr. Loendorf has conducted cutting edge archaeological research for over six decades. Participants will meet at the Hot Springs County Museum at 3 p.m. The guided tour will begin at 4:30 p.m. followed by a 6:30 BBQ dinner and bonfire. Come prepared to walk on uneven terrain to multiple petroglyph sites. The tour is limited to 100 so sign-up early. For more information or to sign-up contact info@wyomingdiscoverydays.org or 904-874-2560. The tour is...
by Jack Nowlin, Sports Editor Casper Star-Tribune One week after getting shut out at Tongue River to open the season, Thermopolis turned the tables in Week 2. The Bobcats (1-1, 1-0 Class 2A West) built an early lead and won their home opener with a 34-0 whitewash of Kemmerer at LeRoy Hayes Field. "That was a much-needed win because it gets hard when you're doing all the right things and you don't see the results you want," first-year head coach Boone Bowker said. "From Week Zero (a scrimmage...
The Bobcat golfers hosted a dual against Kemmerer last Friday. Hayden Overfield won for the boys in a playoff. Lily Johnson grabbed the top spot for the girls. Kemmerer took the team title. The team heads to Newcastle this week to compete in the State Golf Tournament. Bobcat Cross Country competed in Riverton last Thursday. Results include: Junior varsity boys - Cole Keller, 2nd, 19:07; Jadeth Elder, 6th, 19:28.20; Jesse Rodriguez, 20:21.10; Teancum Gevas, 22:10.30; Alec Martinez, 25:21.30. As a team they came in 3rd place out of a field of...
by Karissa Nichols Left Foot, Right Foot, Breathe is what you will see written on the back on the Lady Bobcats team shirts this year, and with some hard hitting and great defense from the Varsity Lady Bobcats in the last two matches of the tournament, the Lady Cats seemed to do just that and bring home the consolation bracket win as they traveled to Rawlins to compete in a 16 team tournament which consisted of all 3A teams from around the state. The Lady Cats were focused and pulled it all together in the last matches of the day on Saturday in...
Hot Springs County School District #1 (HSCSD1) has a lot to celebrate and also some areas of weakness as shown in the Wyoming assessment rankings released by the Wyoming Department of Education in September. Teachers and students achieved top ten rankings in academic performance in English language arts, math and science. The federal Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) reinforces the authority of states to decide which statewide assessments are the most appropriate for its students. Wyoming’s state assessment, the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progre...
As Wyoming experiences more West Nile virus (WNV) activity this season than over the past decade or so, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is emphasizing mosquito bite prevention. There have been 20 cases reported, including a death in an older adult Fremont County woman, among Wyoming residents so far this year. Of these, 12 cases have involved the more severe neuroinvasive type of illness. Cases have been reported from Campbell, Fremont, Goshen, Laramie, Natrona, Park, Platte, Sheridan and Washakie counties. Mosquito pools and animals...
Ralph Witters Elementary kindergartners, left to right, Jayden Wurtz, Elizik Ruchupanai, Zaileigh Nielson, Zeppelin Bihr and Akelah Retana celebrated their first class reward with bubbles....
The 7th Annual Fly-In and Model Airplane Fun Fly will be held Saturday, September 16 from 7-11 a.m. at the Hot Springs County Airport, located about 10 miles northwest of Thermopolis off of Highway 120. Owl Creek Aviation is the FBO at the airport. A free breakfast will be served and there will be drawings for door prizes. Visitors are welcome to come check out the airport and the planes on hand during the fly-in....
