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Nate Messenger, Fixed Base Operator for Hot Springs County Airport informed the commissioners he was going to have to start looking into a new credit card system for fuel at the airport, as their current system will be obsolete after June 30. Messenger said obsolete didn’t necessarily mean the system would stop working, just that it will no longer be covered by the company it was purchased from and parts would be difficult to come by. The commissioners had recently signed a new, year-long c...
WyoFile.com Via Wyoming News Exchange An arbitration panel ruled Jan. 27 that Wyoming Game and Fish Department should pay a Hot Springs County rancher $339,927 for stock killed by grizzly bears and mountain lions, almost four times the offer that Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regulations allowed. The judgment for Josh Longwell of the HD Ranch outside Thermopolis came to 80% of the $422,971 damage claim he submitted to the state wildlife agency. The Game and Fish Department and commission had awarded Longwell $89,498 for the loss of dozens...
Banner Health’s Thermopolis Branch has a new location at 318 N. Sixth Street. Their business hours remain the same, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday to provide county residents with specialized family medicine. For more information on what Banner Health Thermopolis Branch has to offer, or to make an appointment, please call 864-3137....
Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) has partnered with Donors Choose in order to obtain materials for their classrooms – anything from furniture to science materials. Teachers first create a project they would like to have funded and then prospective donors visit the Donors Choose website, select their favorite project and then donate to help fund their favorites. When the items are fully funded, Donors Choose ships the items directly to the school. Just this past week, TMS was fortunate to have s...
Anyone interested in a 2020 membership for the Thermopolis Golf Course should leave a message at 864-5294 and a Board Member will get you on ASAP. There is an unlimited number of open slots. Frank Toth said, “We want to invite everyone to join that wants to do that.” April 1st is the official start of the season, weather depending. There are a variety of golf course memberships from singles, couples, juniors to family. Costs will be noted on the membership application. If you have any questions, please contact Frank Toth at 864...
Wyoming’s unemployment rate remained unchanged during December at 3.7 percent according to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. Hot Springs County was one of only three counties in the state where unemployment actually rose, going from 3.7 percent to 4.0 percent. With a small population, it doesn’t take much for the unemployment numbers to go up and down significantly in Hot Springs County. During the month of December, just one person was added to the labor force, yet that number is higher than it was in December of 2018 by 27 peo...
Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — A Republican state lawmaker has introduced a resolution that would encourage the Wyoming Department of Education to offer voluntary gun and hunting safety classes in the state's high schools. If passed during the legislative session that begins next week, Senate Joint Resolution 1 would urge the Game and Fish Commission to collaborate with the Department of Education to create the safety classes as a physical education elective. Sen. Ogden Driskill, R-Devils Tower, the main sponsor o...
Graduation rates across Wyoming have increased for the sixth consecutive year according to a report released from the Wyoming Department of Education. “Wyoming has reached the highest graduation rate under this methodology, which was put in place over a decade ago,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow. “More Wyoming students are prepared to succeed in college careers and military service. Districts have worked hard to increase the number of students who received a dip...
School attendance and drop-out rates were a large part of the January school board meeting with principal Breez Daniels explaining the importance of freshman success to high school graduation. Absence rates are going down in the district quite rapidly when compared to the mid-way point in the year, August through December. In 2017 students with 14 or more absences during that five-month period amounted to 23 percent. By 2018, that number had dropped to just 14 percent. This year, Daniels was hap...
The Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board met Tuesday and reviewed several annual audits and made additional reports by their members. Kelli Hoblit from the Big Horn Basin Clinic gave a report and overview to the Board of how the hospital meets the federal qualifications for the 340b drug pricing program. This program was created in 1992 and allows prescription medications to be made available to those in need at a significantly discounted price. Michael Wright, an accountant of Koerwitz...
The Thermopolis Independent Record will be running a series of articles on Thermopolis and Hot Springs County elected officials who took office in January of 2019. Second in the series we spoke to Hot Springs County Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar After one year of services as sheriff, Kraushaar sat down and shared his reflections with the Independent Record. Kraushaar started his career in law enforcement in 2004 as a patrol deputy with the Sheriff’s office. He then worked his way up in the d...
Hot Springs County High School has released their first semester honor rolls. Superintendent - 4.0 Jayci Basse, McKenna Bomengen, Kamry Bowman, Ashley Brawley, KyAnn Calhoun, Jeffry Clark, Brooklynn Cooley, Brianna DeVries, Bronwyn Dobbins, Sage Fishbaugh, Xander Getzfreid, Lee Grimm, Tyler Hoskins, Hannah Hu, Hardy Johnson, Tyler Kay, Dakota Leonhardt, Hallie Martinez, Chloe Mascorro, Eli McCumber, Wyatt McDermott, Ashley McPhie, Ryan Mosser, Jonah Needham, Lexi Overfield, Breeze Petty, Jacob Randall, Reagan Severance, Morgan Slover, Madeline...
The month of February is Community Appreciation Month at Taco Johns in Thermopolis. During February, you can buy a meal for any type of community member and they will receive their meal for free. For example, you chose to buy a meal for an EMT, the very next EMT to visit the Thermopolis location will receive their meal free of charge compliments of the buyer. Owner, Karen Leyba, said she is hoping the offer is a way to bring the community together. The buyer can pick from any type of job, including, but not limited to, teacher, county...
In the most recent Thermopolis - Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce meeting, Pastor Sam Needham, President of the Chamber, gave high praises for the ice skating rink just outside of town. “It’s awesome. My kids have been using a lot, the skates, it’s a great idea.” Chamber Director Meri Ann Rush said that it was a group effort with Hot City Outdoor Alliance and with Big Horn Basin Outdoor Coalition. They get together once a month to promote outdoor recreation. Rush said the Rec District in Powell...
Bobcat speech and debate had a stellar weekend at the Cody Invitational last week, bringing home their second first place win of the season. The Cats showed their strength, not only taking first in 1A/2A, but scoring higher than the 4A teams, coming in second overall to Worland by less than 10 points. Senior Breeze Petty brought home second in Congress as well as a fourth place in Impromptu for the weekend. Sophomore Jean-Luc Willson placed fourth in Extemp, followed by Brooklyn Brown, placing fifth and Jacob Randall in sixth place. Randall...
Amanda Moeller, Director of the Travel and Tourism Board, has resigned her position as of January 1, 2020. The board is currently seeking her replacement. Moeller started her role with the board in July 2013 as Tourism Director. She worked as a board contracted consultant through her company Cowgirl Consulting. Regarding some of the work, she is proud of she said, “they did a good job branding, utilizing the “Opolis” billboards all over the state that started with different themes and moved...
by Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — State regulators have revised a permit for a major oil and gas firm operating at Moneta Divide in central Wyoming. Subject to public comment, the permit will maintain existing limits on discharged water at the facility and impose routine water sampling requirements to prevent pollutants from flowing into the nearby Boysen Reservoir Basin. Energy operator Aethon Energy Operating, LLC applied for a state permit renewal last year. As part of an effort to expand its o...
The Thermopolis Town Council were given reports of several nuisance issues by Town Animal Control Officer Ame Longwell at their Tuesday, Jan. 21 meeting. Mayor Mike Chimenti was not present at the meeting, vice chairman Bill Malloy was acting as the leading administrator for the night. Longwell brought up two reports of nuisance issues effecting the town. She received complaints from residents on Cedar Ridge and Mountain View where subjects are pouring out large amounts of corn feed onto the...
Representatives from the Owl Creek Water District attended the Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting to discover if they had any interest in hooking up to their water system in the future. The district would like to expand their system into a Phase III and the commissioners said they would definitely hook into the system for the airport if at all possible. The airport would need to have the largest pipe/hook up the district would allow, and the commissioners added it would be a definite...
The Thermopolis Independent Record will be running a series of articles on Thermopolis and Hot Springs County elected officials who took office in January of 2019. First in the series, Thermopolis Police Chief Julie Mathews reflected on her first year as one with challenges and a time for continuing the education and training of her force. Prior to her role as Chief, she worked in Communications, Animal Control and Street Patrol in Thermopolis. She started her career in law enforcement in 1999...
Jayci Mead, owner of JC's Dream Team Bucking Bulls, had her bull, JC's Gangster, in New York City at Madison Square Garden for Professional Bull Riding (PBR) on Jan 3-5. Friday in round 1 Fabiano Viera from Brazil drew Gangster and rode him for 85.5 points. JC's Gangster was asked back for Round 3 on Sunday. Jess Lockwood, the 2019 PBR World Champion drew him and rode him for 86.75. LJ Jenkins hauls Jayci's bulls and had eight other bulls there too. LJ, a retired PBR bull rider, is now a stock c...
Preparation and planning for the possibility of an extended power outage was the focus of a recent workshop held by Hot Springs County LEPC. Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon expressed concern several months ago about the dangers the county could face should a large spread power outage occur on a nationwide basis. At the time, Gordon indicated an outage would be complicated, enormous and daunting, but a plan needed to be created in order to keep the county’s citizens protected. To that end, the LEPC has been doing table top e...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital employees: Karyn White, Lynn Thompson, Chris Bentley, Jeri Umbdenstock, Lindsay Simpson, Dawn DuBeau and Crystal Merrill recently completed a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Program. The program is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The purpose of the program is to acquire current information to improve newborn deliveries. Stormy Cox was named to the President’s Honor Roll at Montana State University for the fall semester 2019. Austin Rush graduated from the University of Wyoming in December 2...
State Representative John Winter introduced a bill for consideration by the Wyoming Legislature that would allow for compensation to ranchers outside of game hunting zones due to loss or damage by gray wolves. The bill calls for a $90,000 fund to be set up to repay ranchers for their livestock losses for a two-year period. In an interview Friday, Winter said, "If we get this passed it will help. Ranchers need compensated for these losses and the Wyoming Game and Fish doesn't have the money to...
4 marks the start of the United States Census with a kick off in March for questionnaires delivered in the mail and the opportunity to do self-response for the census through the internet or by phone. April 1, canvassers will begin going door to door for those who did not respond either by mail or through the internet. Judy Carswell, the organizational head for Hot Springs County worked to form a committee in June and they have been getting the word out about the upcoming project through...
