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by Leo Wolfson Cody Enterprise Via Wyoming News Exchange CODY — State Legislators are considering a new tax assessed on Wyoming drivers as a way to raise funds for the Wyoming Department of Transportation. If passed, House Bill 37 would levy fees on all Wyoming residents operating a motor vehicle in the state through a road usage charge. The charge would come at a per-mile rate depending on the type of vehicle being driven. As new vehicles become more and more fuel efficient, Wyoming’s fuel tax generates less and less money per year for the...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire at the Bob Milek Memorial Gun Range on Friday. Shooters at the range reported the fire when it started. Fire chief Collins reminds the public to be very careful as conditions are very dry for this time of year. Collins mentioned he knows of other fire departments around the area that have been dealing with a surprising number of grass fires in January. The Thermopolis Gun Club does not allow tracer rounds, tannerite or armor...
The Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees approved the contract for Superintendent Dustin Hunt through the end of school year 2022-2023 during an executive session last week. With schools having to finish online last year there has been some concern as to where our students stand academically, especially in the lower grades. Catelyn Deromedi, principal at Ralph Witters Elementary reported to the board on their findings from MAP testing that was done in the fall when school started and again in December just before Christmas...
At the most recent Town Council meeting on January 19, the council approved two catering permits for Shorty’s, one for Duck’s Unlimited at the fairgrounds and the other for a Kirby Creek Mercantile event. In his report, town engineer Anthony Barnett said that they did get the landfill wells sampling started. These samples will be taken to Casper. He said several individuals all helped out in getting the sampling done and that “things went well.” Assistant to the mayor, Fred Crosby added that th...
At a recent traffic stop, Thermopolis police officer Mike Mascarro made a major drug bust of a local distributor that captured around $1,000 of crystal meth. This is still an open investigation, and all allegations for those involved are still alleged. On Friday night January 15, officer Mascarro was driving southbound on South 6th Street in the area of Family Dollar and he saw a van pull out of the Paint Brush motel. Mascarro had been aware of the van for several days already. He saw that it...
Governor Mark Gordon announced a change to the state’s health orders on Thursday of last week. The change will increase the permitted size of gatherings. Gordon extended the statewide mask mandate, which he first announced in December, until Feb. 14. The order changing gathering sizes took effect on January 26 and allows indoor gatherings that incorporate social distancing and face coverings are permitted for up to 25% of capacity or 250 persons. Under previous orders, indoor gatherings were limited to a maximum of 100 people or 25% of c...
One Eyed Buffalo Saloon recently opened after a major renovation and redesign. The saloon is following along the brand and style of the One Eyed Buffalo Brewery/Restaurant on Broadway. Co-owner Jennifer Fisher said, "We're trying to work with Mac's Bar to get a pool league going and we are trying to get a dart league going with Mac's Bar, Thermopolis Liquor and us. So, that's a couple of new things coming up. We get a lot of pool players coming in every night." The saloon is open at noon every...
A Shoot Straight Sportsman Banquet and Big Game Hunting seminar with Chad Shearer will be held Saturday, January 30 from 5-8 p.m. at First Baptist Church at 310 S. 6th Street. There is no cost for the seminar. Shearer is a World Champion Elk Caller and 2 time Eastern US Elk Calling Champion. Shearer is a licensed Montana Professional Outfitter and Guide. Sponsored by many of the hunting industries leading manufacturers, Chad has conducted over 1,000 hunting and fishing seminars across the country and has hunted and fished extensively around...
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is seeking ideas, opinions and other input on the needs of Wyoming’s older adults and their care partners to recognize their challenges and set strategies to meet those challenges. The Aging Division, part of WDH, is gathering information to help develop its “Wyoming Four-Year State Plan on Aging for 2021-25.” This plan is essential for federal funding of Wyoming support programs for older adults, but also provides a statewide strategy to help organizations understand how best to help older adult resid...
Monday, February 1 marks the 80th birthday of Harvey Seidel and a chance to give him your best wishes at a party in his honor at the First Baptist Church. Seidel was born a farm boy in Iowa who originally wanted to be a veterinarian before changing his mind and attending Bible College. There, he met his wife of 59 years, Lois. When asked what his secret is to making it to 80-years young, Seidel said, “I come from good genes. My grandmother lived to 97 and my great grandmother to 99. “Always be busy, that’s the key. I see so many who get sedenta...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners are looking for charitable organizations that might need a helping hand right now due to COVID. Applications from those organizations need to be in at the county clerk’s office no later than February 10. A cover letter will need to accompany each request explaining the need for the funds and applications, along with a list of rules regarding the funding, is available at the clerk’s office. The commissioners will make their final decision on who will be awarded the funding at their February 16 meeting. This m...
Another successful weekend is in the books for the Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate team as they brought home another first place in 1A/2A at the Star Valley tournament. Previous to the Star Valley tournament, Jean-Luc Willson participated in the University of Wyoming Round Robin for debate on Thursday and Friday. Willson’s event at the UW tournament was policy debate, an intense form of debate done with a partner. However, his partner had to drop out due to illness, and rather than forfeit the tourney, Willson decided to ...
The Hot Springs County Travel and Tourism board met for its January meeting and addressed several marketing decisions and received an overview of their strategic plan from a consultant. In the financial report, treasurer Matt Hughes said that the lodging tax spending showed receipts for December at $18,625.92. For spending related to COVID, expenses from March 20, 2020, until December 20, 2020, totaled at $59,554.23. In Jackie Dorothy’s director’s report, she said that December saw low occ...
The Thermopolis independent Record was named winner of typographic excellence honors of small weekly newspapers in the state during the Wyoming Press Association’s annual convention last weekend. Judging criteria for the typographic excellence award includes: photo reproduction, type reproduction, selection of type for news and advertising and design and layout. Along with the major award earned by the entire IR staff, three Pacemaker awards were earned for photographs. Jurri Schenck won second place in small weeklies for his feature photo t...
POWELL (WNE) — A recent survey found rural Americans are the least likely to take a vaccine for COVID-19 and the most likely to consider the innoculation as a personal choice rather than a social responsibility. Nearly 40% of rural residents who responded to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey said they were not worried that they or someone in their family would contract the virus, compared to 23% of urban residents; that was even though rural residents were just as prone as city or suburban dwellers to know someone who had been ill with or d...
Emergency medical services personnel render aid to a male victim of a truck vs. pedestrian accident which happened on Sixth Street in front of Mack's Market parking lot. Witness at the scene describe to law enforcement what they saw. The victim was later life-flighted to a larger hospital. His condition is unknown. Many residents are raising questions about the lack of street lighting in the area....
by Nick Reynolds Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — The chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party on Friday said Western states are “paying attention” to the effort by some in Texas’ far-right to try to secede from the United States. Appearing on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast last week to discuss Rep. Liz Cheney’s vote to impeach Trump, Frank Eathorne made the comment in response to a Bannon question about what conservatives should keep in mind in light of their movement’s rece...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department has elected new officers for 2021. Mark Collins stays on as chief, Bryce Gilbert is the assistant chief, Brandon Blakesley is captain, Jim Andreen is first lieutenant, London Jenks is second lieutenant, Forrest Coleman-Weisz is secretary and Mark Nelson is treasurer. The fire department responded to a total of 92 calls for 2020. There were 19 vehicle crashes, 17 false alarms, four structure fires, 17 grass fires, 16 good intent or service calls, five HazMat or gas meter calls, six dumpster fires, two...
In a statement drafted by the Central Committee of the Hot Springs County Republican Party to U.S. Representative to Wyoming Liz Cheney they have stated that whereas, there has been a large amount of Republican opposition to the vote of Liz Cheney to impeach President Donald J. Trump, a public hearing to consider a vote condemning those actions is set for Friday January 29 from at 6-9 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Fair Building. The public is invited to attend and voice their opinion, based on time and available seating. Due to Covid...
Hot Spring County High School has announced their first semester honor roll. Superintendent - 4.0 Jayci Basse, Caydence Becher, Kamry Bowman, Spencer Calhoun, Bronwyn Dobbins, Aidan Freeman, Jayda Griffin, Dazlynn Hunt, Ruthanne Johnson, Elizabeth Keller, Dakota Leonhardt, Sean Markow, Chloe Mascorro, Eli McCumber, Owen McCumber, Wyatt McDermott, Lexi Overfield, Jacob Randall, Jackson Reed, Hyrum Rich, Sydney Shaffer, Gavin Shumway, Morgan Slover, Madeline Stam, Jean-Luc Willson Principal – 3.9999-3.5 Noah Anderson, Tori Barnes, Jessen B...
by Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Republican Party issued a statement highlighting an outpouring of opposition from its members in response to U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., voting to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot that occurred a week earlier. The party issued the statement late Wednesday night, a few hours after Cheney joined nine other Republican representatives in voting to impeach Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners conducted their 2021 reorganization during their January 5 meeting, electing Tom Ryan as chairman and Jack Baird as vice chairman. In addition, they retained their Tuesday meeting dates, set the holidays for the county and selected their individual areas of responsibility. The commissioners thanked Dave Schlager for his years of service as the County Road and Bridge Supervisor as they appointed Shane Rankine to the position. Rankine had been filling in for...
At the Thermopolis Town Council meeting on January 5, town attorney Mike Messenger swore in both Dusty Lewis and Bill Malloy as re-elected town council members. The council also approved a motion to reappoint Julie Mathews for another term for two years. Messenger also swore her in for this position. In his report as director of public works, Ernie Slagle said that they lost their backup generator at the water treatment plant. A repairman arrived and found that all the computer boards are...
Lopez, Inc. recently filed an application for a new Bar and Grill Liquor License in the office of the Clerk of the Town of Thermopolis. The application states it is for the building at 942 Shoshoni Street. The town council is set to take action on the application at their February 2 meeting. A sign at the former Raptor's location says Los Cabos coming soon. Reports are that this is the restaurant that was going to go into the Las Fuentes building which burned down in December of last...
Thermopolis volunteer firemen check where smoke is emanating from a home in Kirby during an early morning fire call on Friday....
