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The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department was called to cut open a vehicle at the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) yard. Wyoming Highway Patrol requested the service in order to check the vehicle's computer, as part of the investigation into a possible DUI incident on Highway 14 north of Greybull. A section of the WYDOT yard is used as impound for Highway Patrol when needed....
Hot Springs County Emergency Management will be doing a siren test on Saturday at noon, featuring the new “Alert Tone” that will be used as a tornado warning. This tone will not be used unless there is a tornado warning or severe storm warning with winds over 70 m.p.h. or hail golf ball size or larger. The tone will not go off if a storm is miles away and moving out of the county. Sirens are used as an outside alert. Go into your home and get more information from a NOAA radio, Hot Springs County CodeRED or a television inte...
Richard (Dick) Howe of Thermopolis was awarded a Quilt of Valor on May 11. Howe served in the US Army from 1967 to 1992. He attended Basic Training at Fort Lewis, Wash. and later trained as a combat medic. He was a member of the 2nd of 11th Cavalry, 101st Airborne and was deployed to Vietnam where he was involved in the Tet Offensive 1968 thru 1969. He was also part of the first assault on Hamburger Hill. When he returned to base camp, he got into a motor vehicle accident and shattered his...
The Thermopolis Independent Record office will be closed Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day. Will will have early deadlines for the May 30 edition. Our deadline for all display, classified and legal advertising will be Friday, May 24 by noon. Our deadline for editorial content will be Tuesday, May 28 by noon. Have a safe and fun weekend, and honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country....
Bureau of Reclamation ordered additional release of water from Boysen Reservoir into the Wind River on Monday. Flows went from 1,535 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 2,150 cfs. Although the increase in the flow will be negligible at this time, as more water is released during runoff season, be aware the river can literally change in speed and intensity overnight. River and stream flow status in Hot Springs County remains Green....
The 2019 HSCHS Athletics Hall of Fame is currently taking nominations through June 1st for this year’s class of inductees. The categories for Hall of Fame members are Male Athlete, Female Athlete, Coach/Administrator, and Special Contributor. Nomination forms are available at Owl Creek Graphics, or can be requested via email at markw@rtconnect.net. Completed forms can be returned via email or mailed to: Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 1326, Thermopolis. The awards ceremony date this year is Friday July 19th to tie in with reunion weekend, which will b...
As the WyTOPP testing window closes the educators in Hot Springs County School District No. 1 are very proud of their students. “One of our overarching goals is for all students to engage in academics and demonstrate individual growth and learning,” Ralph Witters Elementary Principal Catelyn Deromedi and 5-12 Principal Breez Daniels said. “One of the positives about the new WyTOPP assessment is that teachers get immediate feedback on student learning. This type of feedback allows us as schools and educators to reflect on our practice. “Thro...
Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Chief Mark Collins reported this week that he received the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fuel and moisture analysis, which shows that there is light to moderate fire possibility in the area for May and June. Information for July and August will not be available until another analysis is done in June. Collins said we’ve been fairly lucky here as we’ve had good moisture this month and the farmers are being very cautious with their burns. The department has res...
The Bureau of Reclamation has released its May forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn Basin. The report shows the forecasted April through July inflow to Boysen Reservoir is 575,000 acre feet (af), which is 95 percent of the 30-year average of 603,300 af. About 65,100 af of the forecast volume was accumulated during April, which is 132 percent of the April average. The bureau prepares monthly forecasts for the runoff, which typically occurs between from April through May. Forecasts take into account snow...
Hot Springs County High School students were presented with Academic Awards for the year on Friday. English I: Academic Excellence Jean-Luc Willson; Most Growth Skyla Hanson; Grit and Perseverance Ashlyn Harvey English II: Academic Excellence Bri DeVries; Most Growth Lizzy Wagstaff; Grit and Perseverance Deven Landon English III: Academic Excellence Ashley McPhie; Most Growth Tahja Hunt; Grit and Perseverance Taydee Landrum English IV: Academic Excellence McKayla Layman; Most Growth Jaydon...
According to the Wyoming State Geological Survey, the state ranks eighth nationally in crude oil production. Wyoming produced 75.6 million barrels of crude oil in 2017, up from 72.6 million barrels in 2016. Since the first oil well was drilled in 1884, there's no doubt that oil has been a rich resource in Wyoming, providing not only a source of regular income but also benefitting residents through lower gas prices and employment opportunities. Of course, there is the negative side to oil...
During Tuesday evening’s town council meeting, Mayor’s Assistant Fred Crosby expressed concern that there is a fairly significant number of houses that have not been hooked up to water or sewer services for years and are contributing nothing to the system. He proposed looking at service abandonment after so many years or a dormant charge to help towards the system. Crosby further pointed out there is no contribution other than what is gathered through town mills, but as far as water, sewer and...
All of the maps of Hot Springs County are kept in what are known as plat cabinets in the county clerk’s office for safekeeping. Karen Slocum approached the commissioners at their meeting on Tuesday to let them know the clerk’s office needs a new plat cabinet as all of the others are now full. In addition, the sleeves the current maps are being kept in are starting to create an oily film inside that is degrading the ink on the documents. A new cabinet will cost $4,270 and the sleeves will be $2,...
During an assembly Tuesday afternoon at the high school auditorium, the Wyoming Association of Secondary School Principals (WASSP) recognized Breez Longwell Daniels was as the 2019-20 Wyoming Principal of the Year. After receiving her award Daniels spoke to the assembled high school students. Daniels shared how she graduated from Thermopolis 31 years ago. "I don't think many people get the privilege of being a principal in their home town," she said. "I don't think that happens very often."... Full story
On April 27, staff at the Hot Springs County Post Office and members of the community celebrated Bill and Barb Daniels as they hung up their mailbags after more than 42 years of running the highway mail route. During their retirement party, they were presented certificates of appreciation and commemorative cups by Postmaster Susan Linko. When the couple first moved out here, Bill said, they lived in Ten Sleep and Barb was working at the post office there, which was an incentive to look at...
If you’ve driven through Wind River Canyon any time during the last few months you’ve probably noticed some work going on at the Upper Wind River Campground. According to Gary Schoene with the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources, the work is to install rip rap and repair stream bank erosion along the west side of the campground that faces the river. Wilson Bros. Construction out of Cowley is the general contractor for the project and not only are they doing the erosion work, they are performing other miscellaneous tas...
On Monday, Dean Runyan Associates released a report to the Wyoming Office of Tourism regarding the impacts of travel across the state and individual counties in 2018. According to the data for Hot Springs County, total direct travel spending was $24.6 million, including $21.6 million in destination spending and $3 million in other travel. This is down from the $24.7 million total — $22.1 in destination spending, $2.5 million in other travel — in 2017. There was slight decrease in overnight visitor spending, with $21.6 million spent in 2018 com...
Thermopolis FFA held their annual banquet on Monday night to honor students and adults in the FFA program. Agriscience and State FFA winners were acknowledged during the evening from both the middle school and the high school. New officers were installed, including Ally Taylor, parliamentarian; Riley Shaffer, sentinel; Rebekah Johnson, reporter; Spencer Axtell, treasurer; Tatum Vialpando, secretary; Remington Ferree, second vice-president; Emme Norsworthy, first vice-president and Audrey Axtell,...
More information and independent studies are coming in regarding the Moneta Divide Natural Gas and Oil Development Project proposed by Aethon Energy and Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company. Joseph Meyer, PhD, chief scientist with Applied Limnology Professionals, a water quality consulting firm out of Colorado is very concerned with the salinity of the water that will be dumped into Boysen Reservoir at the Badwater Creek mixing zone. There are three species of fish on the “species of c...
According to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Hot Springs County showed the largest percentage of population loss in Wyoming for 2018. The report compared population estimates from July 2017 to July 2018, and has the county at 2.8 percent population loss, the largest percentage across the state. That doesn’t mean we had the highest number of people leaving the county, but due to our size and population being fairly small compared to other counties — we have the second smallest pop...
The Hot Springs County School District's Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to name the school's auditorium after long-time music director, Bill Malloy. The William H. Malloy Auditorium will be formally named at a ceremony some time in the fall or early winter. Malloy spent four decades teaching music to the Hot Springs County youth, everything from concert band to Dixieland band and jazz band, not to mention countless summers with the Wildcat Band. His programs consistently ranked superior... Full story
High winds on Friday made travel a little difficult, with high profile vehicles at risk of going off the road. This truck was blown over on Windy Point in Wind River Canyon....
Brenda Barnes conducted the Installation of Officers’ Ceremony for the Alpha Phi No. 1148 Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha (E.S.A.). Officers for the year of 2019-20 are: President, Brenda Barnes; Vice President, Linda Ziegler; Secretary, Cindy Magelky; Philanthropic, Carol Andreen; Ways and Means, Kim Enis; Awards, Michelle Herring; Educational, Stefanie Ireland; Social, Stormy Southwell; Historian, Jenifer Grimm; Jonquil/Chaplain, Ruth Galovich; Publicity, Kendi Heinze; Parliamentarian, Kim Enis; Scrapbook, Michelle Herring; and P...
Kirby entered a Memorandum of Understanding with Worland during the Worland City Council’s meeting on Tuesday, April 16. Kent Richins, an attorney who represents both Worland and Kirby, said the memorandum helps to appease the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). He further explained every municipality with a potable water system is required to have a certified water operator, and Kirby has that with Ernie Slagle. Under the rules of the DEQ, Richins said, such municipalities are also required to have a backup operator. If there is ever a...
Wyoming’s unemployment rates for March were recently released by the Research and Planning section of the Department of Workforce Services showing a statewide fall from 3.9 percent in February to 3.7 percent in March. In Hot Springs County we added 18 more people to the labor force during March, but that is still 86 fewer than March of last year. Six more people were unemployed in March than were in February, but that is still 15 fewer than a year ago. According to the report, most counties didn’t change much in the unemployment arena and Wyo...
