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During their Tuesday night meeting, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees discussed the re-roofing of the hospital. Earlier this year, a proposal was presented to the State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB), for $1.5 million for about 27,000 square feet of the current hospital roof to be replaced. The new roof cost is about $685,000, not including asbestos abatement of $164,000, and the request to the SLIB was to ensure all costs were covered, with initial plans to use the...
Hot Springs County School District Board Chairman Clay VanAntwerp began the Tuesday night meeting with introductions of the new staff joining the district, spending some time with the other board members in a little meet and greet with the new hires. Jessica Flores and Kendra Kimes will be filling positions at RWE as SPED paraprofessionals this year. Jesica Quiroga and Danielle DuFoe will be SPED paras at TMS, and Rees Ready has been hired as a part-time Administrative Assistant at TMS. Brandon...
Installation of seven new digital message signs/web cameras is under way throughout northwest Wyoming in a $1.4 million project, one of which will be at U.S. 20 (milepost 127.86), about 5.5 miles south of Thermopolis near Wind River Canyon. Other new digital message signs/web cameras will be located at: •U.S. 20 (milepost 101.18), about one mile north of Shoshoni. •U.S. 20 (milepost 164.17), about one mile south of Worland; •U.S. 16 (milepost 3.45), about 3.5 miles east of Worland; •U.S. 16/20 (milepost 202.87), about two miles south of Grey... Full story
The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is warning that fraudulent activity by individuals claiming to represent the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is targeting Wyoming residents. WDH staff has heard from a handful of victims and near-victims who have been contacted via Facebook Messenger and other social media platforms with offers of a large “CSBG grant” in exchange for personal information and a “small fee for processing.” “These individuals are not representing nor connected to the Community Services Block Grant in in any way,” sai...
This past Tuesday at 5:40 a.m. the Thermopolis Police Department initiated action to arrest four illegal immigrants who were working in Hot Springs County. Police Chief Julie Mathews said this incident had been “days in the making,” and by 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday the four subjects were in custody. Wyoming Highway Patrol also assisted with the incident, and the four will be turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Mathews noted they will not face any local charges. “Th...
Dick Hall said he got here when he was 12 years old, coming from Great Falls, Mont. "Before that we lived in Shelby, and before that we lived in Midwest, and before that we lived in California, and before that we lived in New Mexico." As to why he moved around so much, Hall said his father was a petroleum engineer who was later appointed the district engineer here, for the United States Geological Survey. After he graduated high school in 1948, "on a Sunday afternoon, and Monday morning I was...
The state of Wyoming is holding more than $85 million belonging to current and former residents of Wyoming — including more than $500,000 earmarked for those in Hot Springs County. Representatives of the Wyoming Unclaimed Property Division of the State Treasurer’s Office will be in Thermopolis on Thursday, Sept. 5, from 1-4 p.m. at the Hot Springs County Courthouse Annex. “We are visiting the area as part of an outreach mission to help citizens find and claim their lost money,” said Unclaimed Property Administrator Jeff Robertson. “If you...
According to information from the United Health Foundation, average suicide rates in Wyoming have been higher than the national average. In 2018, there were 25.2 suicides per 100,00 population compared to the 13.9 nationally. The number of suicides in Wyoming has gone down compared to 2017’s 27.5, but is still higher than the 20.8 seen in 2016. Suicide is a serious public health issue that impacts people of all ages and backgrounds. It is estimated that every 13 minutes someone in the United States takes their life and many more attempt s...
Hot Springs County High School is home to three international students this school year, and among them is Aurora Sanfelici from northern Italy around the same region as Milan, who arrived on Aug. 16, and is attending school as a senior. Sanfelici is visiting through the Rotary Youth Exchange program, the same which provided Hyrum Rich the opportunity to travel to and study in Aguascalientes, Mexico. She noted the United States was among her choices to travel, and it's one of the best places...
An estimated 15 million Americans over age 18 provide unpaid care and support to older people and adults with disabilities within their communities. With populations increasing in age, limitations in healthcare systems — including long-term healthcare facilities — and the lack of affordable healthcare, these numbers are expected to increase. It’s important to keep family caregivers healthy and able to provide care for loved ones over the long term. Some of the ways to do this include ensuring support for caregivers and recipients, respi...
Some changes will be coming to one of our local businesses as Reese and Ray’s IGA has been sold to Superfoods. The company has actually purchased all three Reese and Ray’s stores in Wyoming to add to their holdings in Dubois, Glenrock and other Wyoming towns. It is unknown at this time whether or not the store will drop the IGA brands or what other changes may be in the store’s future, but the official “switch over” should be completed by the end of September. The Independent Record will keep you updated as we learn more....
Grouse hunters can start preparing this week to bag their Blue (Dusky) Grouse, Ruffed Grouse and Sharp-Tailed Grouse, as seasons for all three open on Saturday, Sept. 1, Bag limits for each of the grouse species is three daily and nine in possession. September 15 will see the opening for Chukar and Gray Partridges — limits of five daily in 15 in possession for each — and Sept. 21 is the opener for Sage Grouse, with limits of two daily and four in possession. It should be noted that Sage Grouse hunting is closed in Wyoming, except for all of...
During their Tuesday night meeting, the Thermopolis Town, with Mayor Mike Chimenti absent, approved the first reading of an ordinance to amend Ordinance 840, Section 1, concerning adopted codes. Under the new ordinance, the town will adopt the International Building Code, International Residential Code, International Existing Building Code, International Fire Code, International Property Management Code, International Mechanical Code, International Energy Conservation Code, International...
Tuesday afternoon’s meeting of the Hot Springs County Commissioners began on a rather tense footing when Sonja Becker asked the commissioners why they were not on board regarding Aethon’s plan to dump oil field waste water and solids into Boysen Reservoir. Chairman Tom Ryan said it was his understanding the solids have been dumped into Boysen since 1979 and the DEQ tells him the increase won’t cause the solids to go up, so he “has no heartburn with it.” “I’ve never found the DEQ to be too len...
At the Thermopolis Town Council’s Aug. 6 meeting, council approved an emergency ordinance raising landfill charges from $7.35 per cubic yard to $12. Mayor’s Assistant Fred Crosby explained the town’s Sanitation Enterprise Fund — which covers things like landfill and trash pickup — ended the fiscal year on June 30 with about $130,000 in the red, mainly due to overhauling the track loader and $82,000 in tire shredding. “Those costs are normal costs,” Crosby said. “They just came at an unanticip...
A Cody woman was arrested Aug. 2 in Thermopolis and charged with child endangerment, interfering with an officer and unattended vehicle still running. On the date of the incident, a Thermopolis Police officer was notified a vehicle was left unattended at a bar, with a baby inside. Upon arrival, the officer observed the vehicle running, as well as a small toddler in the back, asleep. The windows were cracked about two inches. A second officer arrived and observed the air conditioning in the vehicle was not running. An officer put her hand...
As we watch more reports coming in daily about pets dying after playing in or being exposed to lake water contaminated with blue-green algae, folks are starting to wonder if its still safe to take our furry friends to the lake. According to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, as of Monday, there are only four lakes in Wyoming reporting the blue-green algae contamination, Eden Reservoir in Sweetwater County, Toltec Reservoir in Albany County, Leaszenby Lake, also in Albany County and Woodruff Narrows Reservoir in Unita County. Two...
After showing a decline in the 2018-19 fiscal year compared to the previous year, lodging tax receipts for Hot Springs County are off to positive start for the first couple months of the 2019-20 fiscal year, according to the financial report at Tuesday’s meeting of Hot Springs Travel and Tourism. Receipts for July were $15,375,78 compared to $13,359,59 in July 2018, an increase of 10 percent, and receipts for August were $24,279,55 compared to Aug. 2018, a 10 percent increase. The total receipts...
Ralph Witters Elementary There are a couple new faces at Ralph Witters Elementary for the 2019-20 school year. Julia Lindquist is joining the third grade team. This will be her first teaching position, having graduated from Oregon State University this past June. As for her coming to Thermopolis, Lindquist said her husband is working for the V Ranch. She also went to a job fair in Laramie, and the couple was interested in coming to Wyoming as the state has a good reputation for its education sys...
During their Aug. 15 meeting, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce approved the slate of board nominees including Jana Oliver, Jen Fisher, Howie Samelson, Jen Arends and Beth Lewis. The board currently has four board members — Phil Scheel, Deb Tudor, Greg Willson and Barb Heinze — who will “term out” in October, meaning they have served two consecutive three-year terms. The new board members will be announced, along with the chamber’s executive board, during the October meeting....
Ray Shaffer announced this week that the H Diamon W Camp was recently awarded a Daniels scholarship for around $200,000. Shaffer is looking to promote more public use for the camp, and the money will go to renovating the camp. Plans include adding a restroom and new — not used — appliances. Shaffer said the electrical system would also need some reworking. With the announcement coming just this week, concrete plans for the money have yet to be developed, but will be coming in the next few weeks....
Going about our daily routine, or even traveling down our Wyoming roads, the thought of a hazardous material (Hazmat) spill and what to do if there is one is probably the furthest things from our minds. However, Hazmat spills are the leading threat in most communities across the country which have a highway or railway running through them. On a regular basis around the U. S. we are dealing with some kind of chemical spill every day. You probably wouldn’t realize it, but there is an enormous amount of chemicals that pass through our town every d...
Staff and residents alike at the Wyoming Pioneer Home are breathing a little easier after last week’s visit by the new director of the Wyoming Department of Health, Michael Ceballos. Ceballos replaces former director Tom Forslund in overseeing everything health related in the state, including Public Health, Medicaid and Kid Care Chip, the Pioneer Home and other state health agencies. “This (Pioneer Home) is our military base,” Ceballos said. “Its stable, and that’s a blessing. We’re going to run... Full story
There’s plenty happening at what was formerly the southeast lawn of Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital as the new addition is well into its construction. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor said Monty Wardell, superintendent of Sletten Construction, has about four different areas for the project and he’s very coordinated. Steel is still going up in one area, and walls will be put up in the next couple weeks of the operating room area. The last area completed will be the emergency room. “It’s been br...
On Friday, Aug. 2, Raymond W. DeVries Sr was fined a total $600, $100 for each of five misdemeanor counts of theft under $1,000 and one count of misdemeanor criminal trespassing. The charges come from an Aug. 30, 2018 incident, where DeVries brought a truck and forklift onto the property of Linsey Brooks with the purpose of taking five large landscaping rocks. One of the rocks cracked while being moved, and a portion was left on the property. In addition to the fine, DeVries is also sentenced...
