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At the May 16 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Town Engineer Anthony Barnett reported that they had a meeting with DEQ to extend their permit for the landfill. Barnett said they recommended at first extending the permit for one year but then said they could extend it for two years. Their current permit expires on June 9. Currently, the town is filling up cell #10 and maybe move to cell #11 next. Barnett added, “It’s one of those where the discussion goes back and forth and the...
VFW's Ray Monasmith lays a wreath in remembrance of fallen soldiers for the Memorial Day Celebration held in the Monument Hill Cemetery on Monday. In the background are VFW Honor Guard members Brad Becerra, Marshall Keller, Jason Owens, Dustin Worley, Michael Berry and Rev. Ron Philips, right....
At the Hot Springs County Commissioners (HSCC) board meeting held at the Annex building on May 16, Will Farrell and Les Culliton gave an update to the commissioners about the Hot Springs County Fair Building. There were plans to redo or repair the roof of the Fair Building, but their contractor dropped out. As they investigated their options, they learned that the building was originally purposed to be a storage building, not an events center. In their discussion, a new idea was explored as to use the location and build a new facility with a be...
At the Hot City Summer Slam last weekend, Thermopolis team Golden Girls' Ashley McPhie, left, and Ruthanne Johnson, right, face off against Emily Erdahl and Emma Norvelle of Casper's Triforce team. The Golden Girls made it to the Championship but lost in a hard fought game....
The last day to submit extension requests for Wyoming’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is Friday, June 30 at 11:59 p.m. The application portal is closing because the federal funding for the program is nearly exhausted. ERAP will continue processing all extension requests received before the application portal’s closure. No payments will be made to cover rent, utilities and housing stability services for the months after June. If households have questions about their extension application status, please contact the ERAP call cen...
Ralph Witters Elementary students were honored at a year end awards ceremony last week. Awards handed out include: Kindergarten Outstanding Achievement Music: Cleare - Leilani Johnson, Taylor - Crimson Enis, Cahill - Joey O’Connor Science: Cleare - Marie Turner, Taylor - Easton Ciz, Cahill - Zayden Hurley PE: Taylor - Maliki Colson, Cleare - Cooper Enis, Cahill - Elias MacKay Kindergarten Awards Citizenship Award: Taylor - Paytin Walker, Cleare - Leilani Johnson, Cahill - Zayden Hurley Most Improved Math: Tori Dietz Most Improved Reading: P...
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, May 22 2:44 a.m. Deputies responded to a welfare check. A spouse was transported to the hospital and was concerned for the welfare of the husband. 9:13 p.m. Report of cows in the road on West Sunnyside La...
Main Street Thermopolis will hold its annual Brewfest fundraiser on Saturday, June 3 from 4 to 8 p.m. Downtown Thermopolis. The event will feature local Wyoming breweries, food, and merchandise vendors. The event is family-friendly and has cornhole games with live music during the event. Performing live music will be Tiffany Simeral with her violin students, Keith O’brien and Steve Frame and his Western Rebels. The breweries lined up to participate are One Eyed Buffalo Brewing Company, Cody Craft Brewing, Wyoming Old West Brewing Company, S...
The People for People Backpack Program is a group of passionate volunteers that started a backpack program in our local schools. They are volunteer members and are a non-profit organization, operating under the Episcopal Churches 501(3) c. They fundraise, apply for grants, and receive donations to help pay for the food they provide to kids on the weekends. They started the backpack program in our schools in 2014 to feed our children that are going without the most basic need during the weekends: FOOD. People for People Backpack Program is...
The 30th annual Hot Spot Car Rally will be held on Saturday, June 17 in Hot Springs State Park (HSSP) from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration will be from 8 a.m. until noon. Voting closes at 1 p.m. and trophies will be awarded at 4 p.m. There will be a cruise-in held on Friday, June 16 from 4-7 p.m. Participants are asked to meet at the Kiwanis Shelter in HSSP. The Poker Run will also be held on Friday from 4-7 p.m. It starts at the Kiwanis Shelter in Hot Springs State Park and ends at the Senior Center. Raffles will be held at each stop and food...
The American Legion National Commander Vincent J. “Jim” Troiola paid a visit to Thermopolis to meet with local Legion members during a lunch meeting on May 23. Troiola explained his purpose in coming to meet local Legion Post 18 members. He said, “I’ve been visiting small Legion posts in small communities since September last year. That’s a goal that I had because I felt that the smaller Legion posts did so much work in the community and they didn’t get national recognition for it. Come and ta...
Some of you may remember jamming out to School’s Out by Alice Cooper to celebrate the end of a school year and the long anticipated start of summer break. Most students, of any age, look forward to summer break like adults look forward to retirement. As community members, it is important we remember children will be out and about more often now than they have been, at all hours of the day. Be sure to watch for them playing, riding their bikes and walking/running to and fro. It is a great time for parents to give their children a reminder c...
By Angus M. Thuermer, Jr., WyoFile.com A federal judge ruled Friday that four Missouri hunters did not trespass when they corner crossed and passed through the airspace above Fred Eshelman’s Elk Mountain Ranch. Chief U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl granted the hunters’ request to dismiss most of Eshelman’s lawsuit that claimed the men trespassed and caused more than $7 million in damages. The men corner-crossed in 2020 and 2021 to hunt public land enmeshed in Eshelman’s 22,045-acre ranch. Corner crossing involves stepping from one piece of p...
By Shelby Kruse The Sheridan Press Via Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — Signed into law by Gov. Mark Gordon March 6, 2019, Wyoming House Bill 0171 — sometimes referred to as the ‘farm bill’ — allows persons or entities to apply for licenses through the Wyoming Department of Agriculture to farm and sell hemp products. One byproduct of the ability to grow and sell hemp in Wyoming is the introduction of delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-8 THC. According to the Food and Drug Administration, delta-8 THC is a psychoactive substance...
Tiffany's Suzuki School of Violins and Ms. Betsy's Piano Students held their spring recital at the Risen Son Baptist Church on May 22. Top, Miriam Johnson plays "Flight Theme" from How to Train Your Dragon. Bottom, Aylee Taylor plays "Boil 'em Cabbage Down " accompanied by Kevin Dickey and Tiffany Simeral....
Hot Springs County High School handed out awards to 9th, 10th and 11th grade students last week. For the following awards the first name listed is for Academic Excellence Based on WyTOPP/ACT/OA or Performance Data and the second name listed is for Cat Culture 100% Effort, 100% of the Time. Biology: Sharon Burgess, Ellie Arcand Chemistry: Hanna Hill, Maddison Andreen Env Science: Jarek Jeffs, Sydney Shaffer English I: Dean Bihr, Jojo Herring English II: Maddison Andreen, Logan Dafoe Honors Eng...
Year end awards were handed out to Thermopolis Middle School students last week including: 5th Grade Awards Writing Contest - J.C. Thompson: 1st place Kimber Jeffs, 2nd place Elizabeth Kolsen, 3rd place Abbey Money Math: Logan Sullivan, Ayden Bohleen, Lettie Duncan Most Growth Math MAP: Tanner Myers (25 Points) Overall Top Math MAP score: Lincoln McPhie (259, 99%) Reading: Kylie Geis, Creighlee Williams, Adam Huffstetler Most Growth Reading MAP - Sincere Goodheart (24 pts) Overall Top Reading...
At the May 17 Hot Springs County Travel & Tourism board meeting held at Audra’s Copper Coo, treasurer Audra Dominguez gave the financial report and said their most recent deposit of lodging tax revenue was for $14,395.05 which was down 9% or $1,461.06 compared to the previous year at that time. For the fiscal year 2022/23, so far, their accumulated lodging tax revenue is $191,475.75. The board voted and passed the approval to accept the financial report. Jackie Dorothy gave the director’s report and said, “Traffic numbers have increased in th...
Lucas Jones, Greyson Hill, Jack Hetzel, Hadley Dean, Dawson Cornwell, James Cordingly and Parker Collamer celebrate during the HSCSD#1 Pre-K Academy graduation. They will now move on to become Ralph Witter Elementary students....
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees voted May 18 to approve the proposed budget for the Central Wyoming College Board of Cooperative Higher Educational Services (CWC BOCHES), that enables prepared high school students to earn college credits through dual and concurrent enrollment programs. Mathew Johnson, the concurrent and dual enrollment program director for CWC BOCHES, explained that Hot Springs County Assessor Daniel Webber had estimated an increase in county valuation of approximately 28%, which led in turn to a...
Officer put on leave until investigation completed CODY (WNE) — Cody Police Officer Blake Stinson has been put on paid administrative leave, pending the investigation into his conduct during an arrest of a 17-year-old juvenile in January. “An officer of the City of Cody Police Department has been placed on paid administrative leave following the receipt of the formal complaint from a member of the public and review of available material supporting the complaint,” a Cody Police Department press release said. “This necessary step has been ta...
