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The Thermopolis Independent Record office will be closed Monday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day. Our deadline for all display, classified and legal advertising for the May 31 edition will be Friday, May 25 by noon. Our deadline for editorial content will be Tuesday, May 29 by noon. Have a safe and fun weekend....
Nina Webber is seeking re-election as Hot Springs County Clerk for her second full term. Webber was originally appointed by the County Commissioners to the clerk’s position in March of 2014, replacing Hans Odde. She was then elected in November, 2014 for a full term. Born and raised in Wyoming, graduating with a Bachelors degree from the University of Wyoming and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota, Webber states, “Preparing for elections, budgets, working with people and problem solving is...
Among the candidates that will be on the Democratic ticket for Congress this year is Mark Harvey. Born in India, Harvey said his father was a missionary. When he was three, they returned to the United States; Harvey was born a naturalized citizen of the U.S. At 17, Harvey’s dad came to Riverton and he graduated from Riverton High School in 1967. Working ranches for 17 years, often with the sons of pioneers, Harvey said he “learned western ranch tradition in a hurry.” As to why he chose to run f...
One of the things we hear most often regarding Thermopolis and Hot Springs County is there are too many homes and businesses for sale creating the illusion that we are a shrinking community with little to offer folks thinking about moving here. Actually, the number of homes for sale has changed very little over the past couple of years and the prices have remained steady as well. The median listing price is currently around $169,000 with fixer-uppers starting around $30,000. Of course, there are the high-end homes, many with acreage attached,...
It rains all weekend and then temperatures pop up into the high 70s or even 80s during the week. That’s called springtime in Wyoming where Mother Nature’s fickle moods make the grass grow like crazy along with the weeds. But, it’s also the perfect time to start planning for the heat of summer with your landscaping and do a few things now to ensure everything stays blooming and beautiful for the season. For instance, now is the right time to be pruning pine, fir and spruce. Trimming and shapi...
Those interested in running for public office in Thermopolis and Hot Springs County have until Friday, June1 to toss their hat in the ring. As of Friday, May 25, for county offices, Daniel Webber is running for County Assessor, Jerry Williams for County Attorney, Nina Webber for County Clerk, Terri Cornella for Clerk of District Court, Mark Mortimore as County Coroner, Julie Mortimore is running for County Treasurer and Ron Jurovich for Magistrate of Circuit Court. Tom Ryan is the only person to sign on the dotted line to run for County... Full story
Daniel L. Ford and Samantha V. Vandervort have been bound over to Hot Springs County District Court on charges against them. Among other counts, both are facing charges related to drugs. Ford is charged with felony counts of wrongful taking or disposing of property and two counts of possession of a controlled substance, as well as two misdemeanor counts of use of a controlled substance. Vandervort is charged with a felony of causing bodily injury to an officer and misdemeanor possession of...
Tuesday night, Thermopolis Town Council approved an ordinance which repeals Town Code Section 10-123 and reenacts it to read that it shall be unlawful for any person to engage or participate in any motor vehicle speed or acceleration contest, commonly known as a drag race, or to engage or participate in any exhibition of speed or acceleration on any street in the town limits. Further, the ordinance states it’s unlawful for any person to engage in exhibition of a motor vehicle’s pipe or muf...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners made a choice for funding of the proposed new enhanced 9-1-1 system at their meeting on Tuesday afternoon. After going through the offers from various local banks as well as Motorola, the company creating the system, the commissioners determined they would take the funding offer through Big Horn Federal which carried the lowest interest rate for the 10-year term. The county’s IT coordinator, Dean Peranteaux, will contact Motorola to get the system going, whic...
The Independent Record office will be closed Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day. Our deadline for all display, classified and legal advertising will be Friday, May 25 by noon. Our deadline for editorial content will be Tuesday, May 29 by noon....
Hot Springs County High School seniors were awarded with $519,826 in scholarship monies on Tuesday night, including $82,610 from local scholarships. School scholarships included: Mary Ryan, University of Wyoming Trustees Emmie Coyne, Wyoming Scholar, Hathaway Merit Honors Haley McDermott, Wyoming Scholar, Hathaway Merit Honors Eric Range, UW Hathaway Merit Opportunity Wyatt Wright, UW Hathaway Merit Honors Cade Zupan, UW Hathaway Merit Performance Andrew Yarbrough, Horatio Alger and Lakeland...
Three new additions to the buffalo pasture were spotted with older members of the herd this past week. Though staying close to the adults while roaming the area, the youngsters had some fun running with each other and kicking up their hooves....
Erin Kreho of Thermopolis was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, at University of Wyoming. Kreho is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 p...
Daniel Webber has announced to the Hot Springs County Republican Central Committee that he intends to file for election to the office of county assessor. He has worked in the assessor’s office since December of 2004, serving as assessor since January 2018 when he was appointed to the position. He has been a permanently certified property tax appraiser by the Wyoming Department of Revenue since 2006. According to Daniel, he feels that conducting day-to-day business with the taxpayers of Hot Springs County in a professional and courteous m...
Wyoming native and Democratic candidate for Governor, Mary Throne, stopped in at Storyteller last week, fielding questions from folks on her thoughts about the state and where we're going in the future. A Cheyenne attorney, Throne served as the assistant attorney general for Wyoming from 1992-1999. Throne has been in the Wyoming House of Representatives since 2007 and was a fighter for reducing the amount of standardized tests Wyoming students are subjected to. She talked extensively with those...
At a special meeting of the Hot Springs County School District Board of Trustees Monday night, the resignation of Laurie Graves, Ralph Witters Elementary principal was accepted. “I have had truly mixed emotions,” Graves said. “It took a lot of time to make this decision.” Graves will be taking a principal’s position at Meadowlark Elementary in Buffalo. The move will put her in closer proximity to her husband who lives in Sheridan and to her elderly parents. “It will be a tough good-bye here,” she said. “I love the staff. We have created a...
During the regular monthly meeting of Hot Springs Travel and Tourism, Director Amanda Moeller reported they had received another high deposit of lodging tax receipts for the 2017-18 fiscal year. The May deposit was $12,890.73, compared to $7,913.54 this time last fiscal year. The deposit put the receipts for the fiscal year at five percent, or $8,460.29, higher than this time last year. Moeller also noted three of the four highest deposits this fiscal year are all exactly two months after the...
During a recent meeting of the Thermopolis Town Council, Travel and Tourism Director Amanda Moeller said she did some paperwork for the State of Wyoming a couple months ago regarding opportunity zones, noting the town of Thermopolis was recommended by the governor to be such a zone. However, it is still 30 days before the secretary of the treasury will accept the town as an opportunity zone. Moeller summarized being accepted as an opportunity zone acts something like a new market tax credit... Full story
In a case filed on Nov. 16 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., plaintiff Frank Sacca alleged that Wyoming Whiskey, as well as Brad Mead, Katherine Mead and David DeFazio breached a National Sales Director Employment Agreement. Though a Wyoming company, the business has had multiple sales staff in Illinois, directed considerable efforts to market its product in the state and has had significant communication with its employees and other residents in Illinois. Documents further state...
In the fall of 2016, Governor Matt Mead asked the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources to develop an Outdoor Recreation Task Force to assess, make recommendations and address improving Wyoming’s outdoor recreation sector. Since that time, the task force, consisting of private business owners, the Wyoming Outdoor Council, conservation groups, the forest service, BLM and others have created a list of 11 things Wyoming can do to up the ante on the state’s recreation opportunities. The...
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, Holly Herrera was sentenced to three to five years in prison on each of three counts of child endangerment — exposure to methamphetamine — and one year on a charge of second-offense possession of methamphetamine. Herrera was found guilty of the charges in February, which are from a July 1, 2017 incident. She and three juveniles were passengers in a vehicle stopped for not having illumination on its rear license plate. During the stop, there were dif...
Thermopolis Volunteer Firefighter Rod McQueen at the scene of Tuesday's accident on Hwy. 120, around mile marker 27. The two vehicle, head on collision between a pickup and a motorhome resulted in the deaths of three adults. According to Highway Patrol, the driver of the pickup, which was traveling in the direction of Thermopolis, for unknown reasons swerved before over-correcting into the oncoming lane, striking the motorhome. Friends traveling in tandem with the occupants in the motorhome...
The body of 66-year-old David E. Cathey was found at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 3 in the Sand Draw area around Gebo. According to information from the Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office, Cathey’s body appeared to have been there about five to seven days before it was discovered, and an autopsy showed the cause of death was exposure. According to the report, James Mischke and Holden Hergert were heading through the area to do some target shooting when they discovered the body, which had bla...
Ryan J. Clayton of Nottingham, UK recently published an academic paper on a specimen with some peculiar pathologies at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Clayton stated he volunteered/interned at the center in the summer of 2013. He started university to do his undergraduate degree in Natural History in 2014 and in 2017, the final year, he had to do a dissertation. He asked the center if there were any projects he could do and was told about some bones with strange features. “At first it was assumed this could be a new species,” Clayton said, “bu...
Thermopolis Volunteer Fire chief, Mark Collins, was presented an award on Tuesday night as the longest-running chief in the department's 99-year history. Collins has been chief for 15 years. In the background, his children are on face-time so they could see dad get his award as well....
