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Along the north side of Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital a trailer houses an imaging system and equipment to allow the hospital to continue its nuclear medicine program. At the most recent meeting of the hospital board of trustees, a motion passed to allow the transfer of $350,000 in capital money from the 2020 budget to the 2019. As the previous equipment for nuclear medicine broke down a replacement was necessary and is expected in May, though the temporary mobile unit behind the hospital...
Recently it was announced that the Trump Administration proposed the delisting of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List. Game Warden Benge Brown noted the wolf has been on and off the list over the years in not only Wyoming, but Montana and Idaho as well. On April 25, 2017, a court mandate returned management of the gray wolves to the state. The animals can be something of an issue, he said, having attacked livestock at local farms and ranches. Brown explained there are a lot of wolves in the state, and there are designated predatory...
After a meeting Tuesday morning with the Hot Springs County Commissioners, the county’s IT professional Dean Peranteaux, Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar, County Attorney Jill Logan, Town Attorney Mike Messenger and Assistant to the Mayor Fred Crosby will be having work session to decide which entity is going to pay for what when it comes to the Joint Law Enforcement Center. At this time, the equipment is purchased and maintained by the county while the dispatchers are provided by the town. Both s... Full story
The 65th Wyoming Legislature has come to a close with an additional day and a rather long night for legislators, finishing up at 2 a.m. on Feb. 28. SF0049 is on its way to the governor’s desk. Relating to private school structures, the bill would exempt private schools from zoning conditions in both towns and counties. A controversial bill, it narrowly passed the house, 33-26 and then cleared the senate on a 25-3 vote. “I voted against this bill,” Representative John Winter said, “beca...
Families of students in Hot Springs County School District No. 1 along with members of the community attended an open meeting Tuesday night regarding vaping and drugs that may be found in our schools. For the past several months there had been a crackdown on students vaping or using electronic cigarettes in the schools and on school grounds. Unfortunately, in some cases, the electronic cigarettes are filled with illegal substances rather than the liquid nicotine they are intended for. In order t...
Last Wednesday in Natrona County District Court, Tony Cercy received a six to eight year prison sentence during proceedings that lasted more than two hours.. Cercy was found guilty of third-degree sexual assault by a Hot Springs County jury on Nov. 21. He had been acquitted of two additional counts — first-degree sexual assault and second-degree sexual assault — in Natrona County, where he molested a woman while she slept on a couch in his residence. Jurors there did not reach a unanimous decision for the third-degree charge, resulting in a cha...
The Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding the Sunday vandalism of the Gooseberry Rest Area between Thermopolis and Meeteetse on Highway 120. According to information from Hot Springs County Sheriff Jerimie Kraushaar, a deputy responded to the rest area at about 10:15 a.m.; the vandalism reportedly occurred around 8 a.m. according to the sheriff’s office Facebook page. Kraushaar said it appears a male and female subject entered the rest area with two dogs — a pit bull and a poodle — as well as a couple kennels...
Shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 27, a woman driving a vehicle struck a utility pole near Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. It was unknown if the accident was due to slick roads or driver error....
Those who need some assistance in figuring out their finances can visit with Edward Jones Financial Advisor Travis Winger, who joined the office in November. Winger said provides a wide variety of services including financial assessments and solutions, annuities, bonds, life insurance, mutual funds, business retirements and several more. Raised in Lander, Winger moved to Thermopolis in 2011. Though the Edward Jones physical office is located in Worland, Winger spends 95 percent of his time in...
Three Hot Springs County High School juniors took top places in the Code of the West American Dream Essay Contest sponsored through the Boys and Girls Club of Wyoming. Hannah Hu with her entry Forge Your Own Path, earned first place which comes with a $300 cash award and entry into the state level competition and a chance at $5,000. Ashley McPhie and her Crooked Paths of Courage took second and a $200 award, and Tahja Hunt’s Taking the Long Road took third and a $100 award. The American Dream Essay Contest is centered on bestselling author, J...
Tuesday evening the Thermopolis Town Council approved, by a 4-1 vote, to pass a resolution approving and adopting an updated police policy manual presented by Police Chief Julie Mathews. Council member Tony Larson, who voted “no,” questioned whether any of the police officers had seen the new policies and suggested they see it before council votes and makes it policy. Mayor Mike Chimenti noted that not only the police chief but also Town Attorney Mike Messenger have reviewed the updated man...
CODY — Following on the heels of state legislation authorizing state grizzly bear management, members of Wyoming’s congressional delegation are reintroducing a bill to authorize just that. Sen. Mike Enzi and Rep. Liz Cheney introduced the Grizzly Bear State Management Act, which directs the Department of the Interior to reissue its delisting decision and prohibits further judicial review of the decision. “It’s clear that under the Endangered Species Act, grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region are fully recovered, that they should be deliste...
Here in the west, we have to keep an eye out for all manner of critters when doing things outdoors, but there is one in particular that we may walk up on before we even realize it. The rattlesnake. Generally, rattlesnakes come out of their winter rest in late March and April, depending on the weather, but don’t be surprised if you see one out sooner if the weather gets particularly warm. Rattlesnakes don’t actually go into hibernation where they sleep all winter, instead they go into a period of...
As the time of year arrives when people buy baby poultry and start planning flocks, the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) is reminding people to watch out for the harmful germs baby birds can sometimes carry even if they appear healthy and clean. “Because poultry chicks are soft and cute, many people want to touch, hold or even snuggle them but this behavior can be risky because the birds can have germs on their body and in their droppings,” said Tiffany Greenlee, surveillance epidemiologist with WDH. Baby poultry are a common source of Salmon...
This weekend marks the start of Daylight Savings Time across the U.S. when we set our clocks forward an hour, or “Spring Ahead” on Sunday morning at 2 a.m. Germany and Austria were the first countries to use Daylight Savings Time in 1916, but few know that a few hundred Canadians beat the German Empire by eight years. In 1908, Port Arthur, Ontario, now known as Thunder Bay, turned their clocks forwards for the first time on July 1. Germany and Austria, who were allies during WWI, started Daylight Savings Time to minimize the use of art...
Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital staff members Peggy Hyslope, Annie Bloomquist, Stormy Southwell, Ronda Haun, Marta Scott, Kayla Wood, Bethany Barna, Daniel Hemann, Mitchell Volin P.A.-C., Michelle Westman, Ellen Reynolds P.A.-C., Dr. Mattson Mathey and Paula Clifford completed the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider Program. Jeffery VanAntwerp, Barbara Kissel, Kiara Warman, Colton Dobbins and Dusty Barnes have earned their State FFA degrees. Bobbi Jennings earned a Bachelor of Science, and Christina Porath earned a Bachelor of Arts and...
On March 1, Dr. Kevin Dickey, DVM, closed on a new building in Meeteetse. The former Gould Veterinary Clinic was operated by Bill Gould, who was ready to retire, and Dickey saw it as a good opportunity to expand his veterinary medicine practice in the Big Horn Basin. The new clinic will be Greybull River Veterinary Service, and Dickey stressed the acquisition doesn’t mean he is picking up and leaving his current office at Owl Creek Veterinary Service, only expanding. Regarding added workload, the doctor said he will go back and forth between t...
Sunday afternoon Police Chief Julie Mathews arrested 43-year-old Jason Little from Meeteetse following a brief chase in town. Mathews received information that Little was driving a 2003 Ford extended cab pickup, and he was suicidal, heavily armed, wearing body armor and possibly going after an ex-girlfriend. She noted dispatch heard Wyoming Highway Patrol was looking for him, and he was involved in a felony property damage incident in Park County the previous night, in which he allegedly shot... Full story
Senator Wyatt Agar spoke Tuesday morning on the defeat of House Bill 66, which would, essentially, implement a statewide lodging tax. Though the bill passed out of the House with a 44-16 vote, it met its end in the Senate at 19-7. Under the bill, a five percent statewide tax would have been implemented on lodging, with three percent going to the Wyoming Office of Tourism and the remaining two going to the locality where it was generated. Agar, who was excused from the vote, said he felt the...
Wednesday marked the final day of this session of the Wyoming State Legislature. Representative John Winter reported on a few of the bills the house has looked at this past week as senate files moved to the house. SF0041, the County Fair Endowment bill passed the house on third reading, allowing counties to establish an endowment fund that will let them accept various grants and other monies to place in a special account to not only pay for fair expenses but construction and repairs as well as...
Tuesday night, the Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees amended the hospital’s capital budget for 2019. Chief Financial Officer Shelly Larson said $400,000 was originally budgeted, and she requested $350,000 in capital money budgeted for a nuclear medicine machine in 2020 be moved to 2019, for a total $750,000 in capital expenditures for 2019. Hospital CEO Margie Molitor noted there would be a mobile nuclear medicine unit that would come in on a month-by-month basis while t...
Hot Springs County School District No.1, in partnership with law enforcement agencies, will be hosting a community informational meeting about the rise in use of vaping devices amongst our youth. The district will discuss school policy, and law enforcement will provide warning signs and information for parents and students. Parents and students are encouraged to attend this important community meeting. The meeting is at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5 in the school district auditorium....
On the Record policy It is the Thermopolis Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police department” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Sheriff’s office Wednesday, Feb. 20 3:18 p.m. Report received for a male subject seen on property from which he was trespassed. It was found that the subject received a verbal notice and he was given a written notice. Thursday, Feb. 21 1:56 a.m. A deputy located an expired license a...
Though you might not hear about them on a regular basis, scams are still a large part of every day life and it’s important when you pick up the phone or receive an email, the person on the other end might not be trustworthy. Scams can be easy to spot, such as a message from a Nigerian prince offering a partnership in a lucrative business venture or a notice you’ve got some unclaimed money from a lottery or long-lost relative who recently passed. All that’s requested is your Social Security number or other pertinent information. Others play...
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has marked the month of March as National Nutrition Month® for 2019. Its not unusual for a person to jump from one diet to another in the hopes of losing those extra pounds, but the truth of the matter is not every diet is geared for every person. There is no magic pill or patch that is going to work for everyone, so your best bet for losing weight is sensible nutrition. Start your morning with a healthy breakfast that includes lean proteins, whole grains,...
