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Several coaching positions are coming open for the 2018-2019 school year at Hot Springs County High School. The district will be searching for a new head golf coach, head girls basketball coach, head boys basketball coach, head wrestling coach and head track and field coach. As these are personnel matters, the school district is not releasing much information on the openings, however, some are due to coaches moving to other districts and resignations from coaching positions although some will retain their teaching positions. Activities...
The change in leadership and structure at Hot Springs County High School has been a bit confusing and sometimes frustrating for students and parents, however, those changes have created some excellent outcomes. The most dramatic changes have come in the form of student grades. During the first semester of the 2016-2017 school year, 41% of the student body had D or F grades. That amounted to 211 D and F grades among students. During the first semester of this year, 2017-208, that number has dropp...
The Wyoming FFA Association has announced the recipients of the 2018 Wyoming State FFA Degree, the highest award the state can bestow on its members. A total of 194 members representing 45 Wyoming FFA chapters earned the degree. These members will receive their degrees on April 19, as part of the Wyoming FFA Convention, held in Cheyenne each year. Among those from Thermopolis earning their degrees are Strite Daniels, Kaitlyn Schmuck and Tyne Vialpando. “The State FFA Degree is awarded to FFA members who have demonstrated the highest level of c...
Tuesday night, Thermopolis Town Council heard quite a bit from Darren Butcher regarding an ordinance that would allow for people to have chickens in town. Butcher explained the motivation for his argument came, in part, when he noticed that the food being given out to people during food giveaways was mostly processed and he and his father-in-law, Lonny Ramsey, started talking about how they could provide better food for people. The pair had previously given out a lot of vegetables and...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners met with two representatives from the State of Wyoming’s Public Health Division to discuss changes to contracts the county has had with them for years. While the contracts themselves are not changing much, what is changing is a consolidation of three contracts into one single contract. There are no changes to things like maternal and child care, funding for emergency preparedness or nursing services, just to name a few. Funding for Public Health appears to b...
There will be a few changes at Hot Springs County High School next year with a move to six periods of 60 minutes each rather than the seven periods of 55 minutes they are experiencing now. At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, principal Breez Daniels said not only are they looking at a period change, but a change in the schedules for Fridays as well. “We want to keep everything,” she said, “just concentrate it down more.” Another issue that has arisen is possible damage taking online cl...
The Thermopolis Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire near Gebo Sunday at 1:35 p.m. Fire Chief Mark Collins said the department responded with four engines and a water tender, along with 14 personnel who were at the scene for over three hours. The fire was caused by a controlled burn that got out of control, Collins said. The fire burned 2.5 acres....
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, Scott D. Jackson pleaded guilty to fourth offense driving under the influence. The charge is from a June 9 incident. According to court documents, an officer was notified of an intoxicated driver. The officer observed the suspect not stopping at a stop sign and affected a traffic stop. Jackson showed signs of impairment and did not obey the officer’s commands, and further refused a preliminary breath test and performance of field sobriety maneuvers. Prior c...
Beginning April 2, a store that has been a familiar site for 10 years in Thermopolis will get a new name when Blair's Super Market becomes Mack's Market. Eric Mackay, who has been with Blair's for 30 years and managed the Thermopolis store for 10, explained when Blair's acquired the Consumer's Thriftway 10 years ago there was a verbal agreement the store would be operated under the Blair's name for 10 years then sell it to him. As Mack's, Mackay noted the store would be an independent grocer....
There's a new face at the Hot Springs County Recreation District as new director, Anja Abbott, officially began Tuesday morning. A 2012 graduate of Hot Springs County High School and a 2016 graduate of the University of Wyoming, Abbott earned her college degree in Math, but has always had a passion for sports and has been travelling to help coach girls' soccer in Worland. She noted in her studies there was a Sports Economics Class, where they actually played fantasy basketball and followed all...
In Wyoming, as students are showing solidarity with the victims of the Parkland shooting, and focus on school safety, Safe2Tell Wyoming would like to join in support for the students seeking to be active members of their school and community, regardless of their political positions. “Safe2Tell Wyoming gives students, parents and teachers a means to anonymously report safety concerns and that is important,” Governor Matt Mead said. “In the short time the program has been operating, we’ve already seen measurable, remarkable results. As awareness...
Dana Bjorhus, a 2013 graduate of Hot Springs County High School in Thermopolis and currently studying at the University of Wyoming, has recently been named the Outstanding Major of the Year by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE). NASPE is an affiliate of the Society of Health and Physical Education (SHAPE), the largest professional organization of physical educators in the country. SHAPE was previously known as AAHPERD. This award is presented to the top physical education major in the state of Wyoming. Bjorhus...
Wyoming Republican Party Secretary Charles Curley has had his duties suspended following an allegation of assault on February 23. According to a press release from the party, the Wyoming Republican Party Executive Committee met via teleconference on March 7. The committee is comprised of the state party officers plus seven State Central Committee (SCC) members from around the state. The Executive Committee followed Robert’s Rules of Order to conduct the meeting. Two motions were made. The first was a motion to suspend the duties, powers, and r... Full story
Monday afternoon, State Representatives Nathan Winters and Wyatt Agar visited the Thermopolis Independent Record and spoke about this year’s Legislative session. Winters said he, Agar and Mike Greer have developed an excellent working partnership that has been apparent on the floor of both the House and the Senate, particularly with the discussion of the bill concerning privatization of the Wyoming Pioneer Home and Wyoming Retirement Center. “We had a real team effort with this bill,” Winters said. He and Agar put in the extra time to ensur...
Friday evening, law enforcement and emergency personnel responded to a one-vehicle accident in Hot Springs State Park, at the three-way stop intersection of Park and Buffalo. Wyoming Highway Patrol Trooper Regina Schulmeister reported a white van belonging to the Set Free Church and driven by John Welch was travelling eastbound in the westbound lane. While travelling across the bridge leading into the state park, the van struck the barrier between the street and sidewalk. The vehicle continued...
Sometimes, luck has nothing to do with it. Drunken-driving and related fatalities spike on St. Patrick’s Day. The number of drunken-driving fatalities on the nation’s roadways doubled on St. Patrick’s Day in 2016. Twenty-nine people died each day in 2016 in crashes involving a drunken driver. On St. Patrick’s Day, 60 were killed according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. The fatalities in 2016 represent nearly a 15 percent increase on average over the four previous years. From 2012-2016, 269 people were killed in cr...
During their regular meeting on Thursday, March 8, the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce accepted its mission and value statements, as well as its strategies, as presented. The formal document will be presented to chamber members during the annual meeting on April 12. The annual meeting is open to all chamber members and the public. According to the mission statement, the chamber is organized for acting as a community resource, promoting economic growth and tourism. The chamber exists...
A couple of cracked pipes in the Law Enforcement Center sent maintenance director Anthony Fruciano on a mission to discover what the cause was. The first indication something was amiss happened when water appeared in the ceiling tiles above the judge’s chambers. Fruciano found a two-foot section of pipe with a crack in it, cut that section out and replaced it. Then on Sunday, about 1 a.m., a call came from dispatch that there was not only water, but the smell was unbearable. Fruciano found a s...
Though he and others are eagerly awaiting news regarding the education budget, Senate District 20 representative Wyatt Agar said Tuesday afternoon that the matter was still in “round robins” with Appropriations, essentially in closed door negotiations. The Senate and the House, Agar said, both know what they’ve voted on and both sides were just waiting to see the end result. He noted there was a $150 million difference between the budgets the House and Senate have passed out. Much of what the S...
Tuesday night, the Thermopolis Town Council approved the second reading of an ordinance with RT Communications, allowing the company to put telecommunications lines on town property to provide and maintain communications lines, except where they are restricted. In other action, council approved of a street closure for Oktobrewfest. The closure is for Broadway from Fourth to Fifth during the event, which is on October 6. Council also approved of the use of the old fire hall for the bands to set...
According to Frank Eathorne, Wyoming Republican Party Chairman, an allegation of assault against Wyoming Republican Party Secretary Charles Curley is “an important issue that is under investigation.” The allegations surfaced Tuesday when Nate Martin of Better Wyoming issued a statewide release stating “Curley reportedly became angry at Wyoming GOP Executive Director Kristi Wallin as the two of them and others boxed up leftovers from the Laramie County Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner on Fe... Full story
Monday morning, the Thermopolis Police Department put out a notice via Facebook regarding another missing juvenile, and again the community responded. According to the release, Jared Hoffman took off on foot at about 10 a.m. Monday in the area of Sixth and Bighorn. A physical description as well as what he was wearing was also put out. At 7:30 p.m. Hoffman was located, and the Thermopolis Police Department expressed appreciation to the community for their assistance in locating him. As Hoffman is a juvenile, no further information was...
For a few years in the late '40s and early '50s, Wind River Canyon was more than just a scenic spot for fishing. It was home to the annual Memorial Day Wind River Canyon boat race, with competitors braving a 12-mile stretch of white water. Among them was John Wells. Wells, who lived at Timberline Ranch north of Dubois for 89 years except for the three years he was in the Navy during World War II, noted his grandmother lived here for a short time, and they had the races for three or four years...
The Hot Springs County Cemetery District has opened bids for the construction of an expansion project at Monument Hill Cemetery. Included in the project is rock removal and site preparation for an eastern expansion of the cemetery, approximately up to 279 feet by 400 feet or 2.6 acres. Cemetery District chair, Basil Sorensen, said the boundaries of the cemetery are not being changed; the project is still within the established fence line. However, in the southeast corner there is a lot of travertine rock which can’t be broken up with the e...
Mother Nature has been giving us hints that spring is soon to be upon us and with those warmer weather conditions come critters that have been hiding away during the cold months. One of those waiting to make their appearance is the rattlesnake. Although normally not aggressive, a rattlesnake will strike, or bite, when it is disturbed, provoked or threatened. As a cold-blooded creature, they will seek out the warmth of a sunny rock or even the middle of the road after a cool night in an attempt to warm their bodies. Folks who walk backroads or e...
