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The Town of Thermopolis will conduct a public meeting at 7 p.m. on December 16 at the Thermopolis Town Hall, 420 Broadway, to allow citizens to review and comment on the Lead Service Line Investigation and Replacement Project. The project includes pothole excavation of treated water service lines with unknown material types and replacing service lines that are lead or “galvanized requiring replacement.” Due to EPA lead service line requirements, all public water systems are expected to identify each unknown water service line material vis...
Work remains on the Broadway Street bridge in Thermopolis, and the contractor is aiming for a mid- to late-December bridge opening for traffic between East Thermopolis and Thermopolis. In the meantime, the Broadway Street bridge (crossing the Bighorn River) remains closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Eastbound traffic is being detoured via North 2nd Street, to East Park Street and through Hot Springs State Park, across the Little Hot Springs bridge to Buffalo Street, and to East...
Ashley Jurovich ladles gravy onto Marjorie Slack's plate during the Community Thanksgiving meal provided by People for People at the Holy Trinity Church. Approximately 400 people were served....
During the Healthcare Service Excellence conference in Galveston, Texas, Paula Witt, a nurse in the Hot Springs Health's med/surg department, won the prestigious Summit Award for exceptional nurse. "I am still so surprised about being selected for the 2025 Exceptional Nurse Award," Witt said. "There are so many people that poured into my nursing career, who believed in me, and nurtured me along the way. I have had the very best mentors along the way, fellow nurses who pushed me, held me accounta...
As temperatures dropped, ice started to build up along the steaming Rainbow Terraces in Hot Springs State Park....
On the Record policy It is the Thermopolis Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “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. Names of minors are not printed. Sheriff’s office Monday, Nov. 24 12:14 a.m. Report of a domestic assault was investigated. 4:38 p.m. A deputy contacted an individual who was involved in a previous case. The individual was issued a cita...
Bell ringers needed Bell ringers are needed for the local Salvation Army Kettle Campaign. Times are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays through December 20. Call or text (307) 752-0986 to volunteer. FFA can drive The Thermopolis FFA is hosting an aluminum can drive from now through the end of January. The proceeds go to the Stock Growers Association to help the families effected by the summer fires. A collection bin is located in the Armory parking lot. Do not smash the cans. For more information or to have cans picked up, call Britton at 921-9044 or...
The Thermopolis Christmas Tree Festival will take place this year at the Community Church Fellowship Hall, 631 Big Horn St., on Monday, December 8. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m., and the auction will begin at 6. The event is sponsored by the Thermopolis Community Fund, a local non-profit organization, which has hosted the event for more than twenty years. The festival is held this time of year to raise funds from the sale of decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and other holiday decorative items. Bidders will be sure to find something they like...
Multiple Wyoming energy companies have joined together to kick off the thirty-fourth annual Energy Share of Wyoming season. The program began accepting applications on December 1. It was started to assist individuals with energy-related emergencies when unusual circumstances create financial needs not met through existing energy assistance programs. Voluntary contributions from sponsors and individuals support the program that runs through the spring of 2026. “During the 2024-25 heating season, Energy Share of Wyoming raised $107,981.59 in p...
The Wyoming Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) has resumed the approval of eligible applications, effective immediately. This federally funded program has been on pause since Oct. 15 due to the federal government shutdown and lack of funding. The Department of Health and Human Services, the federal agency governing LIEAP, has sent the Wyoming Department of Family Services, which administers LIEAP, $9.6 million in federal funding, necessary to run the program and fund eligible applications. With the restoration of federal funding, the...
Plan to be downtown Friday evening for the Lighted Christmas Parade, visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, while being able to warm up with tasty soups and beverages. Soup with the Stars Beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5 and lasting through the Lighted Christmas Parade, the Order of Eastern Star, Vesper Chapter #19 will be hosting Soup with the Stars at the Masonic Hall, 521 Arapahoe St. There will be a variety of soups and hot beverages available by donation with all proceeds going to T-Town Cancer Crusaders. Christmas parade The annual Lighte...
Spreading Christmas cheer, the Parade of Homes event will take place in Thermopolis on Saturday, December 6 from 2-6 p.m. Four local families - Tom and Liz Ryan, Johnny and Meri Ann Dorman, Jerry and Linda Umbdenstock, and the Alwins - will open their homes for visitors to see and enjoy their holiday decorations. There may even be some special holiday goodies available for those who take part in the event. In addition to the four homes, the event includes a stop at the Wyoming Pioneer Home in the Hot Springs State Park. Residents of the...
Our little community packs December with fun events for everyone. This Friday, the Lighted Christmas Parade will be traveling through downtown Thermopolis starting at 6 p.m. Before and during the parade, you can warm up with soup and hot beverages at the Masonic Hall. We filled the community page of this paper with information on a variety of upcoming events. There are also several ads through this edition with more information about some of those events. If you are looking to help out your community members, there are two gift trees set up at...
A few Ralph Witters Elementary first grade students have some follow up advice on how to cook a turkey. First you fin a turkey and then you kill it. Then bring the turkey to you home. And then you cook it for 20M and then you tac it out. Then you cut the turkey and then you put some healthy food on it and then you are dun. Daxton Van Huele Frst, put sesannge on the trkey. Then put the trkey in the uven. Cut the trkey. Then et the trkey. Lawrence Hergert Frst, you tace off the fat. Then you put on the seasunen. Then you cooc it. Haywood Southwor...
A call to all in authority in the U.S.A. 1. Remember your oath to the US Constitution and the Judeo-Christian principle it represents. 2. Islam is totally incompatible with our Constitutional Republican form of Government! 3. Islamic centers around the U.S.A. practice “Sharia Law” and are totally illegal under our Republican form of Government. State Constitutions also prohibit the practices that endanger the peace and safety of the state. 4. Our wise founders knew this and we have been blessed by God for it. 5. Proverbs 22:28 - “Remove not t...
Valerie Diane Picard Ellis, known as Diane, passed away at 91in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 2, 2025, and was reunited with her beloved husband, the late F.E. "Tut" Ellis. Diane was born in Worland, Wyo., on December 12, 1933, to Velma and Vincent "Rusty" Picard. She had an idyllic childhood and was raised with two loving older brothers, M. Dane Picard and Vincent Verl Picard, both of whom have preceded Diane in death. She met her husband, Tut, while attending the University of... Full story
Carol Lynn Kilzer Larson died November 27, 2025 in Thermopolis, Wyo. Carol was born April 11, 1944, at Homer, Neb., to Paul and Lela (Kellner) Kilzer. She was welcomed home by older sisters, Jeanette and Marilyn, and older brother Darrell. Carol loved living on a farm and being a tomboy. She enjoyed playing football, basketball, and softball with her brother Darrell, trying to keep up with him but never quite succeeded. She tamed every cat that was born in the barn. Going to the timber to play and pick wildflowers was a favorite pastime. Carol... Full story
Sharon Kay Basse, 84, of Dayton, Wyo., passed away on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at Sheridan Green House Living in Sheridan, Wyo., with her family by her side. Per her request there will be no services. Online condolences may be made to www.sheridanfuneral.com. Arrangements are under the care of Sheridan Funeral Home.... Full story
The Travel & Tourism Board met for their regular monthly meeting on November 18 and reviewed the status of a number of on-going projects. The board approved an expenditure of up to $55,000 for a new web page and support services. Director, Angie Guyon, advised the board that she had received and reviewed a proposal from a company called Granicus, which provides web hosting services for the travel and tourism industry. The board had previously discussed updating its current web page, and the Granicus proposal is meant to address the needs that...
U.S. Senator John Barrasso welcomed Wyoming County Commissioners Association Natural Resource Counsel Micah Christensen to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to testify at a hearing to examine how the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land use planning process under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) affects permitting for energy, mining, grazing, and infrastructure projects on federal lands. In his testimony, Christensen highlighted the important role local land managers and county commissioners play in...
As we head in to the holiday season, it is a good time to take a look back at the many triumphs of Hot Springs County High School in the fall sports programs. The Bobcats and Lady Cats competed in golf, cross country, volleyball and football - with each team hitting new highs, and bringing home new hardware for the trophy case. In golf, the Thermopolis golf teams had garnered state championships in the two preceding years. The Lady Cats were state champs in 2023, and the Bobcats were state champs in 2024. With those wins, and with the Lady...
Beginning Jan. 1, all boats providing commercial fishing guide services on Wyoming waterways will be required to display commercially-guided fishing boat registration stickers on the stern of the watercraft and tongue of the watercraft trailer. The new registration stickers are available through the Wyoming Game and Fish Department license page. Beginning Jan. 2, the stickers also will be available at Game and Fish regional offices. Following the passage of Wyoming House Bill 005, which was signed into law earlier this year, Game and Fish appoi...
Thermopolis Middle School choir, sixth grade band and seventh/eighth grade band performed a concert Monday afternoon under the direction of David Van Slyke....
by John Bernhisel This is part one of a series that will run in the Independent Record over the next several weeks. A Fresh Start in Otto, Wyoming In the winter of 1901, John and Agnes Hoover were finally building the life they wanted. Otto, then a settlement of several hundred people, felt full of possibility as homesteaders, Mormon families, ranchers, and railroad crews carved out homes on the high sagebrush plain. Lives connected in the Black Hills John Hoover, born in 1859 in Putnam County,...
Hot Springs County 4-H Achievement Night was held on November 22. Awards were handed out and memories were shared and made at the event. Awards include: Gold member recognition - Tylee Agar, Ann Allen, Josie Allen, Teagan Allen, Colton Blakesley, Morgan Blakesley, Abel Cordingly, Seth Dickey, Silas Dickey, Casen Eckley, Tymber Eckley, Jodee Folsom, Kellie Folsom, Nate King, Alec Martinez, Cameron Martinez, Gage McCumber, Mac McCumber, Dawson McLean, Daxton McLean, Bridger Peil, Hoyt Peil,...
