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Hot Springs County 4-H is hosting a Dessert Auction on Saturday, March 4 beginning at 6 p.m. at the HSC Fair Building. A free chili and soup dinner will be served and there will be live and silent auctions. Proceeds will go toward HSC 4-H programs. For more information, contact the 4-H Extension Office at 864-3421....
Various water district representatives met formally to reconvene the Hot Springs County Water District Joint Powers Board (HSCWDJPB) at the Annex building on Thursday, February 16. The last time the HSCWDJPB met was in 2018. The representatives were Kent Cordingly from Lucerne Water, Tony Basko of Owl Creek Water, Tom Ryan of Hot Springs County, Quinton Hetzel of South Thermopolis Water, and Sid McDonald of the Town of East Thermopolis. In new business, the board elected their officers. Tom...
At the February 8 Hot Springs County Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC), County Planner Bo Bowman presented an application for Kurt & Lisa Shaffer, aka Shaffer Development LLC, to request approval of the following: 1. A Preliminary Subdivision Plat, dividing 36.1 acres into seven lots, ranging in area from 3.8 acres to 6 acres; 2. A Land Use Change from Agricultural to Residential, for proposed lots 1 through 6; 3. A Land Use Change from Agricultural to Commercial, for proposed Lot 7. The...
During a severe winter storm Tuesday, Feb. 14, Thermopolis Police Chief Pat Cornwell and Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar issued a no unnecessary travel warning for the entire town and all of Hot Springs County. Later in the day, all highways into and out of Thermopolis were closed for a period of time. On Tuesday, the law enforcement dispatch center received an overwhelming amount calls regarding vehicle wrecks, slide offs, stuck vehicles, etc., prompting an announcement that law enforcement officials would be responding to emergency calls only. The...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team closed out the regular season with a third place finish in the small school division at the Greybull Forensics Challenge Speech and Debate Tournament, held at Greybull on February 17-18. Finishing the regular season strong, junior and co-team captain Julia Quintanilla had a special tournament. First, she brought the laughs in Humorous Interpretation with a 3rd place finish in Finals. Then, Quintanilla broke into the final round and finished 7th in Program Oral Interpretation. Finally,...
Bill Gordon, the Hot Springs County Emergency Management coordinator, addressed the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees on Feb. 16, to suggest two items for inclusion in the school district’s upcoming emergency plan that’s currently under development. “Those items are off-site evacuation and reunification,” Gordon said. “Often, shelter-in-place is the proper action to take, as a safe and appropriate response to certain emergencies. Occasionally, however, off-site evacuation is necessary, (and) this would be evacuatio...
BILLINGS, Mont. — Reclamation’s February forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows: • Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 1,209,000 acre-feet (af), which is 98% of the 30-year average of 1,235,000 af. As of February 1, Bighorn Lake is currently at 83% full.* • Buffalo Bill Reservoir - Shoshone River April through July inflow to Buffalo Bill Reservoir is forecast at 670,000 af, which is 90% of the 30-year average of 748,300...
On Sunday, Thermopolis Mayor, Adam Ryan Estensen, was the speaker at a Mardi Gras party hosted by the Hot Springs County Democratic Party....
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a “Work-Ready Boot Camp” that will train youth workers, aged 14-18, on the soft skills they need to be successful in the workplace. Classes begin Monday, April 3, and will meet once a week for six weeks 6-8 p.m. The course will cover communication, enthusiasm & attitude, teamwork, networking, problem-solving & critical thinking, and professionalism. Chamber CEO Meri Ann Dorman gained inspiration from Cody Chamber Executive Dir...
The Silver Stitchers quilting club has donated 24 handmade quilts to the Thermopolis Police Department and the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office. Organizer Kathy Peterson gained inspiration for the project by learning on the internet about some quilters from back east who donated items to law enforcement. Peterson asked Sheriff Jerimie Krauhaar if they already have any quilts and found out they have none. The purpose of these quilts is to use them for children, babies, and or preteen c...
The Thermopolis High School FFA Chapter is celebrating National FFA Week February 18-25. Advisor and Agriculture Educator Britton Van Heule gave an update on chapter activities, "Our overarching goal is to provide unlimited opportunities for all students, where FFA covers lots of different things. We have developed a program that is diverse and tailored to our students. We push the contests and events that will make the current makeup of students/members the most successful and competitive." Van...
The Thermopolis Big Springs FFA chapter was chartered last year at the Thermopolis Middle School with 45 members. Advisor Becky Martinez said regarding some of their goals, "We want to be one of the top five chapters in the state. This will be announced in April at the State FFA Convention. We would like to continue increasing the number of students that qualify to go to the National FFA Convention with their agriscience fair research project. We had six members in October 2022 and we aim to...
At the February 7 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at the Town Hall, Mayor Adam Estenson said that there was no action taken on the following presentation. Darren Butcher returned to the council and gave another presentation for his advocacy to have chickens be legal within the town’s boundaries. Butcher told a story that highlights a “difference between livelihood and lifestyle.” There were no questions asked after the presentation. A letter to the editor from Butcher appears on page...
At the Hot Springs County Commissioners board meeting held at the Annex Building last Tuesday, Chairman Tom Ryan reported that they were joined by members of the Wyoming Business Council to do a site visit at the old airport property. Ryan said their visit was “productive”. The commissioners welcomed Connie Guntly, the new commissioner’s administrative assistant, replacing Penny Heardt, who is retiring. Brian Clarkson and Maddie Ross of Ardurra (formerly T-O Engineers) gave the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) update and said they final...
Members of the Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department were honored during their annual banquet last Saturday held at the Fire Hall. Three members of the department have a total of 95 years of experience to be proud of. Firefighter John Fish with 30 years, serving since December 1992, was presented with a ceremonial pick head axe. Chief Mark Collins with 30 years, serving since March 1992, was also presented with a ceremonial pick head axe. Firefighter Opie Love with 35 years, serving since...
Hot Springs County High School Principal Catelyn Deromedi helped honor her husband, High School and Middle School Physical Education, Health and Activities Director Brandon Deromedi, during the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees’ Jan. 19 meeting, for his success in yet another one of his titles, that of head golf coach, not only for the golf team winning its fifth state championship in a row earlier this school year, but also for Deromedi himself winning the title of the 2022 golf coach of the year. “Yeah, that’s defin...
The Thermopolis Jackalope Jump fundraiser will be held Thursday, March 9 at the Hot Springs County High School parking lot with registration begining at 1:30 p.m. and jumping starting at 2 p.m. The Jackalope Jump challenges brave Wyomingites at numerous locations around Wyoming to “Be Bold, Go for the Cold!”. It’s a great way for everyone – individuals, organizations, and businesses – to get involved in supporting Special Olympics Wyoming athletes. All funds raised go to support programming and events for local athletes as well as over 1,60...
Dr. Jeb Schenck will present his photography journeys to Antarctica, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Community Hall. The exhibition will be about an hour and a half long and will finish with a dramatic video. Schenck said, “About 99% of the pictures that we’re going to show have never been seen by the public. We’ll see not only the wild and mountainous terrain of Antarctica and the penguins, but also extruded and airy landscapes from Patagonia. And then a lot of interactions with different pengu...
The Wyoming Chapter of Alzheimer’s Association is hosting a Thermopolis Community Forum virtually through Zoom on Friday, Feb, 24 from 1 to 3 p.m. The forum is to discuss Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia in our community. Participants are invited to share their experiences, discuss community needs, and learn about programs and services that support those who are living with Alzheimer’s and other dementia, their care partners, family members, community leaders, faith leaders, first responders, business owners and agency repre...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team improved on their successful regular season with a first place finish in the 1A/2A division at the University of Wyoming High School Speech and Debate Tournament, held at UW on February 10-11. The competition was another large and competitive venue with 18 schools attending and over 400 total event entries. Senior and co-team captain Karina Lea broke into semifinals in Informative Speaking and nearly broke into finals, finishing in 9th place. The senior leader also completed preliminary...
Thermopolis Middle School has issued a revised first semester Honor Roll due to some students being left off the honor roll that was submitted by the school and ran in last week’s Independent Record. 5th Grade all A – Tiberius Barna, Dayton Basse, Ayden Bohleen, Aiden Borgen, Robert Dafoe, Aliyah Deere, Silvanna DeVries, Lettie Duncan, Trenton Enis, Lillian Estenson, William Garrison, Anthony Herline, Ashlyn Huckfeldt, Alison Ivie, Kimber Jeffs, Apollo Jenks, Carson Johnson, Elena Ketner, Elizabeth Kolson, Briar Lahoe, Fisher Lewis, Jay...
by CJ Baker Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange POWELL — Concerns about stepping on the toes of local governments and questions about what the bill would do doomed a Cody lawmaker’s attempt to protect rodeos and other animal events and enterprises from activists. House Bill 95, the Working Animal Protection Act, unanimously passed committee but narrowly failed Wednesday on its third and final reading in the House. The act would have barred cities, towns and counties from implementing any ordinance or policy that “terminates, bans or undul...
At the January Hot Springs Health board meeting, CEO Scott Alwin congratulated pharmacy tech Kristina Nading for passing her exam to become licensed. Dr. Mattson Mathey gave the medical staff report and said, “We have had a couple of months now of a standing report from the clinical informatics team, which has been quite helpful to the providers with server merge with the hospital and clinic system and some other IT projects going on here.” Mathey also relayed about the compliance committee and...
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a “Work-Ready Boot Camp” that will train youth workers, aged 14-18, on the soft skills they need to be successful in the workplace. Classes begin Monday, April 3, and will meet once a week for six weeks 6-8 p.m. The course will cover communication, enthusiasm & attitude, teamwork, networking, problem-solving & critical thinking, and professionalism. Chamber CEO Meri Ann Dorman gained inspiration from Cody Chamber Executive Dir...
by CJ Baker, Powell Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange A Cody lawmaker’s effort to protect rodeos and similar events from animal rights activists cleared a House committee on a unanimous vote last week, overcoming some concerns about unintended consequences. House Bill 95, the Working Animal Protection Act, would bar cities, towns and counties from banning or “unduly” restricting the use of working animals in lawful businesses. Sponsor Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R-Cody) said the intent of HB 95 is to prevent “the deterioration of our Wes...
