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Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites, and Trails is pleased to announce the 13th consecutive year of its popular First Day Hikes on January 1, 2024. First Day Hikes are part of a nationwide initiative led by America’s State Parks to encourage people to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors. On New Year’s Day, people of all ages can kick off the New Year out of doors with access to hundreds of free guided hikes organized in all fifty states. “This outdoor event has become an annual tradition for families and nature lovers of all ages, with 370...
Several area churches have set dates and times for Christmas services. St. Francis Catholic Church – Sun., Dec 24, Christmas Eve Mass at 4 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 25 Christmas Day Mass at 11 a.m. Set Free Church – Sun., Dec. 24 at 10:45 a.m. until 12 noon. Rison Son Baptist Church – Sun., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m.; Regular Services at 10:45 a.m. and Sunday Scool at 9:30 a.m. Living Waters Assembly of God – Sun., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service at 10:30 a.m. and Candlelight Service at 6 p.m. Community Federated Church – Christmas...
There will be a traditional Hunter Education Class in January held at the Thermopolis Middle School. Classes will be held January 15, 16, 18 and 19 from 6-9 p.m. Attendance is required to receive a hunter education card. Registration is online at the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website under the Education tab, Traditional Hunter Education Class. For more information, contact Jim Lash at 307-921-1423....
by Marit Gookin The Ranger, Via Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — As Wyoming property values have been increasing, so have Wyoming property taxes – leading to increasing concerns among some residents. Some of those residents have banded together into the Wyoming Property Tax Initiative, which has come up with a ballot initiative proposing a 50% property tax reduction for primary residences. On Wednesday morning, Jeff Martin from the tax initiative spoke to the Riverton Economic and Community Development Association about property taxes and the...
by Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Community colleges are burdened with the high costs of inflation, and the Wyoming Community College Commission is trying once again to get the state to pay its share. Funding for community colleges is split three ways: 60% funded by the state, 20% funded through local revenue, and 20% funded through student fees and tuition. The commission is statutorily required to keep community college tuition as “close to free as possible,” said Deputy Director Ben Moritz, who i...
At the December 5 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall Mayor Adam Estenson opened the meeting and then asked if there were any public comments during citizen participation. Jason Bowman stood and said, “I’d just like to speak to this most recent, what I call a publicity stunt by the chief of police. Calling in the officer that was on leave, I think, was uncalled for. I do feel that you guys are the oversight for the police department. The two officers that I feel did their job in this were barely mentioned in the press rel...
Hot Springs Health’s (HSH) CEO Scott Alwin, along with several of his staff, sat down and explained how the hospital’s culture has been transforming into a new form. Alwin started as CEO on July 1, 2022, just about one and a half years ago. Since that time, Alwin described some of his accomplishments. He said, “I think we’ve made a lot of great strides in many different areas. Number one, we’ve worked diligently to improve culture and reduce our turnover. We reduced our turnover rate from 25%...
Several area churches have set dates and times for Christmas services. St. Francis Catholic Church – Sun., Dec 24, Christmas Eve Mass at 4 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 25 Christmas Day Mass at 11 a.m. Set Free Church – Sun., Dec. 24 at 10:45 a.m. until 12 noon. Rison Son Baptist Church – Sun., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m.; Regular Services at 10:45 a.m. and Sunday Scool at 9:30 a.m. Living Waters Assembly of God – Sun., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service at 10:30 a.m. and Candlelight Service at 6 p.m. Community Federated Church – Christmas...
The ads on this page and throughout this issue of the Thermopolis Independent Record offer up a variety of events with something for everyone, so be sure to check them all out. Businesses are planning holiday open houses, there is an Angel Shop for kids to buy presents for their family members, musical performances, Christmas concerts, a Mustache and Beard Contest and more! Don’t forget to clip and save the Community Calendar ad on page 5. It is a quick reference guide to the time and location of our community events. The school calendar on p...
by Sarah Elmquist Squires The Ranger Via Wyoming News Exchange RIVERTON — Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso on Wednesday blocked an effort to revive the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to push the measure through by unanimous consent. “Democrats want Washington to ban rifles and pistols because of the way they look,” Barrasso said on the Senate floor. “To do this, they describe semi automatic rifles as ‘assault rifles.’ They aren’t.” The ban, which was first passed in 1994 and expired a decade later,...
The Hot Springs Speech and Debate Team took home the 1A/2A first place trophy at the Evergreen River Classic Speech and Debate Tournament held at Green River High School on December 8-9, 2023. Coached by Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, Grace Martin, Riley Jeffs, and Jean-Luc Willson, the Bobcats brought 18 varsity and novice students to compete in the tournament that hosted 12 schools and nearly 300 entries. In the varsity division, senior Chris Bapst broke into the Super Congress and finished in...
by Maggie Mullen, WyoFile.com, via WNE The Wyoming Department of Corrections’ transfer of 240 inmates to a private Mississippi prison due to a staffing shortage is a temporary fix to an ongoing problem, WDOC Director Dan Shannon says. “We don’t have an inmate housing issue,” Shannon told WyoFile. “We have a staffing problem.” Roughly 25% of the department’s uniformed staff positions are vacant, with most of those occurring at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins and the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk. To account for that, the department...
by Zak Sonntag Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — With nearly two million customers in six Western states and a total integrated system of generation and transmission that spans 10 states, PaciCorp is the largest privately owned and operated electric grid in the Western United States. Around 144,000 businesses and households in Wyoming rely on that grid through service from PacifiCorp subsidiary Rocky Mountain Power (RMP). And while the Cowboy State represents a meager .072% of the overall customer base, it has an outsized p...
by Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile.com Rocky Mountain Power won’t get the full $140.2 million annual rate hike — a 21.6% increase — that it wants, the Wyoming Public Service Commission decided Tuesday. Instead, the utility might tap its 144,000 Wyoming ratepayers for about an extra $80 million, with the increase hitting customers’ monthly bills in January. Alltold, sources close to the case have estimated the approved rate hike will land somewhere about 43% less than the historic increase that Rocky Mountain Power wanted. Those are unoffic...
by Hannah Shields Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — As several agencies within Wyoming state government continue to struggle to provide services due to a shortage of full-time employees, the Wyoming Department of Transportation this week announced a $2,000 hiring bonus program. The “strategic” move is to help the department find enough staff to meet its mission in providing state services, according to a WYDOT news release, and is available to all permanent positions. “We recognize the importance of attracting skilled...
Bowman - Free at last! Bo Bowman is retiring after being in his position as the Hot Springs County Planner for the past 12 and a half years. Bowman said, "There's been good days, bad days, but the good days way outnumber the bad days. I've enjoyed this. I've enjoyed working with the commissioners, I've enjoyed the people of this building. I've always enjoyed the people in the building. That's not a problem. But the community has been awesome." Bowman's career started in California in 1975,...
From Wyoming News Exchange newspapers New design picked for Powell’s iconic mural POWELL (WNE) — Downtown Powell will soon get a fresh new look, as the city’s longstanding mural of the city’s namesake, explorer John Wesley Powell is set to be replaced with a colorful rendition of Heart Mountain. The artwork currently adorning the Powell bean mill along Coulter Avenue was installed in 1997, and the materials are showing their age. That’s why Powell Mayor John Wetzel called for a revamp last spring — and why Plaza Diane Community Center for...
Hot Springs County High School hosted a Wyoming Academic Challenge (WAC) Meet on Saturday, December 2, 2023 at Thermopolis Middle School. Eight schools were in attendance, with a total of 13 teams competing in the event. The WAC conducts a series of academic challenge meets throughout the state, which are designed to allow high schools to compete in a regular season of events, culminating in a state tournament. The season runs from October through April of the school year. WAC rules provide that each event “consists of four or five rounds of q...
Several area churches have set dates and times for Christmas services. St. Francis Catholic Church – Sun., Dec 24, Christmas Eve Mass at 4 p.m.; Mon., Dec. 25 Christmas Day Mass at 11 a.m. Set Free Church – Sun., Dec. 24 at 10:45 a.m. until 12 noon. Rison Son Baptist Church – Sun., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service at 6 p.m.; Regular Services at 10:45 a.m. and Sunday Scool at 9:30 a.m. Living Waters Assembly of God – Sun., Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Service at 10:30 a.m. and Candlelight Service at 6 p.m. Community Federated Church – Christmas...
Sign-ups are being taken for Christmas Food Baskets through December 7 at Public Heath in the County Annex, 864-3311 or the Help Center at 426 Big Horn St., 864-3851. Basket pickup will be Saturday, Dec. 16 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Parish Hall, 7th and Arapahoe. Volunteers are needed on Thursday, Dec. 14 beginning at 6 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 16 at 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Parish Hall. For more information, call 864-3629 and leave a message....
At the November 14 Hot Springs County School District #1 board meeting, business manager Jessica Benefiel presented a request for the board to consider approval for a depreciation reserve expenditure. Benefiel said, “The teacherage project is progressing and has incurred expenditures of just over $500,000 as of today, November 7, 2023. This figure includes open purchase orders for electrical, HVAC, and plumbing services.” She went onto explain the figure in further detail. Benefiel then stated, “On September 29, new guidance was issued to sc...
At the November 21 Thermopolis Town Council meeting, Town Attorney Marshall Keller presented three ordinances for the first reading. First was a water rate increase from $19.80 to $25 per month. Second was to increase the number of bar and grill liquor licenses from two to four. Third was to amend ordinance 864 to correct a typo but does not change the language meaning. No discussion was held on the ordinances. The council voted and passed the approval of all three ordinances separately. These...
Two people are facing several felony and misdemeanor drug charges after being contacted by Thermopolis Police Department (TPD) officers Devin "Dood" Jaussaud and Ryan Loving on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at approximately 9:07 p.m. Initial contact with subjects, Robert H. Hegenbart and Keeley R. Nelson Ross, was to investigate if they were camping within an enclosed trailer parked at the 8th Street Bridge "boat ramp" parking lot. Camping within town limits anywhere outside of designated campground...
At the November 21 Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting, Les Culliton was named as the new Hot Springs County Planner who will be replacing Bo Bowman. The commissioners held a public hearing to amend the plat of WY Lasting Legacy Subdivision and there were no comments given. The application was to take 14 lots and make them three lots. There was no checklist required. The commissioners voted and passed the approval of the subdivision. County Planner Bo Bowman presented a request for...
The November 24 house fire on Black Mountain Road claimed the home of TJ and Cassie Owsley. The house is a total loss. According to Fire Chief Mark Collins, the cause is not known at this time, but there may be an investigation into the cause. The family was out of town at the time of the fire. No people or animals were harmed. There was a shop which received some flame damage. An account has been set up at Big Horn Federal to make donations to the family....
