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  • Commissioners tackle busy agenda

    Daniel Powell|Aug 20, 2026

    At their August 4 regular meeting, the Hot Springs County Commissioners faced a busy agenda filled with regular monthly department reports, as well as additional matters which were a bit more complex. We previously reported on the more complex matters in the August 13 issue of the Independent Record. Assessor Dan Webber presented a report on the 2026 Valuations, Levies and Taxes, which reflected a county valuation of $156,277,305, and total county levies of $1,875,327. The total of all taxes levied for 2026 amounted to $11,173,353, which includ...

  • Health task force examines data

    Aug 20, 2026

    News briefs from Wyoming News Exchange Details emerge on accident last week on North Fork CODY (WNE) — On Wednesday, August 12, vehicles traveling on the North Fork Highway were met with sign holders who had arrived around 9:20 a.m., directing them to divert to Stagecoach Trail to continue down the North Fork. There had been an accident — one so severe that the stretch of highway would not reopen till 2:50 p.m. The WHP confirmed one fatality on Monday — Terry Zaske, 48, of Box Elder, S.D., who died at the scene. Zaske was not wearing a helme...