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by Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Members of the Joint Revenue Committee moved to draft legislation during their Monday meeting that would amend the state constitution and implement an acquisition value property tax system in Wyoming. An acquisition value property tax system assesses a property at its market value from the time the property was purchased, with limited annual tax increases until the property is resold, according to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Acquisition value is defined under...
Ava Dafoe, Tymber Eckley, and Nevaeh Brill presented the Wyoming and American flags during the Bobcat Homecoming week parade last Friday. The support of the community came out strong and welcomed the Bobcat royalty, the football team and a number of other participants. For more photos see page 7....
Main Street Thermopolis is starting a “Love Local” shopping program on the second Thursday of each month beginning on October 12. Love Local is Main Street’s way of helping promote businesses in the county. Main Street will encourage locals and visitors to shop and eat locally during participating business’s regular business hours. Main Street Thermopolis’ commitment is to advertising the event and participating businesses will display decals and flyers to show support; highlight a participating business once a month. The Main Street group wil...
Hot Springs County High School's Lyle Wiley was inducted to the annual Wyoming Speech & Debate Hall of Fame during their Coaches Convention held at Hot Springs Hotel on September 22. "I was really surprised. I was very humbled. This is my 10th year coaching right now, but it is pretty uncommon for someone to be voted into this to get this award without having coached for a really long time. A lot of the coaches get the award after they've been coaching for 15, 20 years, so it was really...
Members of the Cowpokes 4-H club hosted the September birthday party at the Wyoming Pioneer Home. They brought a variety of animals and visited with the residents....
During the public comment period of the September Hot Springs County School Board meeting, Amanda Coxbill presented concerns to the board regarding the open music teacher position at Thermopolis Middle School and Hot Springs County High School Coxbill said, “My really big concern is my son is very musically inclined. I unfortunately am not. My concern is the music teacher position. I know this is not a surprise to anybody, but I’m really just coming to ask if there’s anything that I can do to help the situation.” She added, “I work in corpor...
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 Mesa Longwell was incorrectly referred to as Mesa Allen in last week’s High School Rodeo story. We apologize for the error. Sheriff’s Office Monday, Sept. 25 2:30 p.m. Dispute over a vehicle. The parties were advise...
An event was held at Hot Springs County High School this past Thursday night to recognize the 2023 Class of Inductees to the Hot Springs School District Hall of Fame. Two individual athletes, a special contributor, and a team were recognized and inducted. This year marks the 15th Class of Hall of Fame Inductees. Each Class of Inductees is recognized on the Wall of Fame, located in the commons area at the High School. The wall boasts some very classy name plaques, and an interactive digital screen, through which visitors may search the history o...
The annual Backpack Program Fundraiser will be at the Thermopolis Middle School on Saturday, November 18, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. The event will be in conjunction with the craft sale in the gym. This year the theme is “Everything Christmas”. Event organizer Judy Carswell said participants can decorate anything in the style of Christmas from trees, chairs, wreaths, birdhouses, and anything they want to do. These items are for the silent auction, which is final at 3 p.m. The proceeds go to the Backpack Program, which provides meals for students...
Randy Harris, Tom Moore, Alvin Richter, Rod Anderson, (1974 Basketball Champs), and John McDonald (State Wrestling Champ) were inducted into the Bobcat Hall of Fame during a ceremony last Thursday. Jack Schmidt and Joshua Rathbun were also inducted but were not able to attended....
Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office personnel will be serving a Community Breakfast on Saturday, October 7 from 7-11 a.m. at the Hot Springs County Senior Center, 206 Senior Avenue. They will be serving biscuits and gravy, ham and scrambled eggs. Drinks will also be provided. Breakfast is free to the public and all are welcome. Donations will be accepted and will go to support the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office K9 program....
Stillwater Hospice of Northern Wyoming is hosting a Community Luminary Service on Tuesday, Oct. 10 beginning at 4 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Senior Center, 206 Senior Avenue. Community members are invited to participate in the service commemorating those who have passed with Stillwater Hospice and for those not served by them. Everyone is welcome. Service and luminary will be followed with light refreshments. For more information, call their office at (307) 300-2750....
by John Malmberg, Cody Enterprise Two guiding lights that anyone seeking to serve the public should unceasingly keep in sight are truth and transparency. The truth will always be discovered. Someone always knows what transpired. No matter how much a government official, an attorney or a private individual attempts to cover up some deed or action, the truth will always be exposed. This is where the Wyoming Public Records Act becomes so crucial. A recent request by an attorney for the Preserve Our Cody Neighborhoods group to the state for...
Dear Hot Springs County Community: I am writing this letter to the editor to share what has been put on my heart by the Holy Spirit. We are blessed to have been a part of this community since April 2005. Yes, we do consider our selves to be new comers, but have always felt welcome. Having been adopted as “strays” with no blood family ties in Wyoming. We have tried to be a positive addition to this wonderful Wyoming city/ town. Volunteering, lending our hands and hearts to those in need, and putting our efforts into groups, clubs and boa...
The following is a letter submitted to the Hot Springs County Commissioners. Dear Commissioners: I had the great pleasure of attending the recent Gottsche Fundraising Event at your Fair Building on Saturday, September 16th. My congratulations to all of the organizers and volunteers for a job well done. It was an excellent event which I hope to enjoy in years to come. I was shocked when I and others were leaving the building after 9:00pm to see how dark and dangerous the parking lot was. The single light over the door was totally insufficient...
World Oxygen Day was Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. For the last 40 years, supplemental oxygen therapy has been a mainstay treatment for millions of people of all ages living with respiratory problems. These people rely upon oxygen therapy to relieve the symptoms like breathlessness and limited activity caused by chronic problems like COPD, as well as more acute conditions like pneumonia and sleep problems. Despite its ability to add years to people’s lives and life to their years, advancements in oxygen therapy technology have been very slow to h...
During the public comment period of the September Hot Springs County School Board meeting, Andrea Miller spoke to the members about some of her concerns. Miller started with, “I have come before you guys before. I used to work here. You guys all know me. In the past, I’ve brought some pretty pressing things to you guys. Nobody has reached out to me, so tonight I hope that you hear what I’m saying, that you receive it and that we can make some progress.” “The last time that I was here, I spoke about teacher evaluation processes and how they...
Sometimes, you just can't help feeling sorry for those unfortunate folks, who have to live in the big city. Sometimes, an event comes along, which makes it impossible to not realize how great it is to live in a community like Thermopolis, Wyoming. Indeed, such an event occurred this past Friday. If you were not aware, last week was Homecoming for the Bobcats. The week culminated, Friday night, in a football game for the ages. The boys from Pinedale came to town, intent on deflating that buoyant...
by Karissa Nichols The Lady Cats had a goal of winning the gold bracket in their home Bobcat Invitational this past weekend to finish off Homecoming week. While they did achieve the goal of making it to the gold bracket, they fell to Little Snake River in the first match of bracket play on Saturday to end their weekend short of the championship game with scores of 20-25 and 26-27. In the first round of pool play on Friday, which consisted of two games to 21, the Lady Cats met up with Shoshoni, Farson Eden and Encampment. The Lady Cats split...
The Bobcat Cross Country teams traveled to Worland to compete last week. Girls Varsity - Sadie Martinez, 24:55.33 Girls JV - Ava Dafoe, 26:29.58; Camille Rodriguez, 34:40.08 Boys Varsity - Cole Keller, 17:58.69; Jadeth Elder, 18:09.92; Teancum Gevas, 19:48.34; Jesse Rodriguez, 19:59.10; Seth Needham, 20:20.65 Boys JV - Michael Stevens, 23:44.72; Alec Martinez, 24:39.39 Middle School Girls - Emma Dean, 14:42.84; Hailey Robinson, 14:42.88; Creighlee Williams, 14:48.47; Kylie Geis, 15:48.97; Silvanna DeVries, 16:17.33; Ruth Needham, 17:01.19;...
The Bobcats celebrated their Homecoming last week. Royalty included, left column, top to bottom, Bobcat Homecoming Queen Brooklynn Williams and King Seth Needham. At the high school Talent Show, Kaitlin Barral, Jessen Basse, Forest Christensen, Hannah Hill and Lance Axtell all have fun doing a blindfolded eating contest....
Michael and Michele Stevens will be hosting “The Month of Music” every Saturday in October at the Pavilion in the Hot Springs State Park. This Saturday, October 7 kicks off the live performers with Barcode 307, from 3-7 p.m. Through the month the concerts include The Tinderwoods, October 14 from 3-5 p.m., Christian Wallowing Bull, October 21 from 5-6:30 p.m. and Erica & Billy, October 28 from 3-5 p.m. The events are free to attend. Michael explained their inspiration as to why they are holding the events and said, “We are looking for ways...
At the September Hot Springs County School District board meeting, Chairman Sherman Skelton recognized Caitlyn Deromedi and Darren Lueppe to present on the schools’ and students’ successes. They covered accountability ratings given by the State of Wyoming. There are three key elements that go into the ratings. They are achievement, growth, and equity. Ralph Witters Elementary is meeting expectations. Thermopolis Middle School is exceeding expectations. Hot Springs County High School is also meeting expectations. Deromedi also presented a rep...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers Ft. Washakie man charged with embezzling funds for guns, furniture LANDER (WNE) — A federal grand jury has charged Logan James Savage, Fort Washakie, with five counts of wire fraud and one count of embezzlement, alleging he used a company credit card to make personal purchases for more than $25,000. Savage worked as the finance director for Wind River Family and Community Health Care Between July 2022 and May 2023. He was one of several employees who had been granted company credit cards to cover b...
