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The Nov. 24 issue of the Thermopolis Independent Record will go to press on Tuesday rather than Wednesday and will be available around town Tuesday evening, Nov. 22. Most mailed copies will arrive in post office boxes and on county rural routes Wednesday morning, Nov. 23. The display advertising, classified advertising and public notices deadline for the Nov. 24 issue will be Noon. Friday, Nov 18. The deadline for submission of information for news stories will be noon Monday, Nov. 21 Our office will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Friday, Nov....
Tuesday at the Hot Springs Travel and Tourism meeting, the board approved entering into a contract with Durward Jones, to produce a video and commercial for Thermopolis, though they will invite him to the next meeting to answer any additional questions. The contract was approved so Jones can get started in filming events, as they will be the focus of the video; in order to incorporate all the events, the initial filming will be a yearlong process. The contract, which will not exceed $4,500, will...
The Hot Springs County Education Endowment is currently accepting community funding requests for 2017. If you or your organization has an educational project or need, please write a letter detailing the project, the cost and what our unmet need would be. HSCEE is a non-profit perpetual fund, established in 1990 and managed by a representative community group of directors. Their mission is “…to provide citizens of Hot Springs County with educational benefits and experiences…” Examples of projects they have helped to support include: CRC Imagina...
Last week the Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees heard from Amy Ready, director of the Early Childhood program with the district, on some upcoming changes on both the state and local level. According to Ready, the state’s legislators requested a study be done on all the early childhood programs across the state and the results from the first phase of the study has prompted the legislature to move funding from the Department of Health to the Department of Education. Ready b...
Mark your calendar today for the Annual Thermopolis Festival of Trees, Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Everyone is invited to come have dinner at 6 p.m. and then remain for the auction that begins at 6:30. One of the organizers of the event, Stephanie Richert, said all of the trees have been reserved and there are a limited number of wreaths and “other” decoration spots available. Those who have reserved trees may begin decorating Monday, Nov. 28, but must be finished by Nov. 30. All proceeds from the festival are donated to...
The Hot Springs County Senior Citizens Center will have some work done in the coming months. The remodel of the facility began earlier this month, though Executive Director Chanda Waddell noted it would not be done until after the first of the year because flooring picked for the dining room is on backorder. “They’ll do everything they can do, before the holiday,” she said, “and then come back after the first of the year and lay the floor.” She expects the kitchen to be done by the end of this w...
Tuesday evening, the Thermopolis Town Council approved, upon third and final reading, Ordinance 845 regarding recreational outdoor burning. The ordinance, which takes effect Dec. 1, states no fire permit is required for outdoor fireplaces, fire pits and other recreational fire appliances, provided they meet the ordinance guidelines. The guidelines state solid fuel burning appliances may only be fueled by cut or split firewood. A recreational fire is an outdoor fire with a total fire area of... Full story
Those looking for help dealing with their addictive behaviors can check out a free self-help program for those who have chosen or are considering abstinence from such behaviors, whether they are substance abuse or addictive activities. The Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) program is now being offered in Hot Springs County. SMART is a nation-wide, non-profit network of abstinence-based self-help groups that use cognitive-behavioral methods of behavioral change. SMART teaches everyone how to take back the power of choice, how to be...
During the Nov. 10 meeting of the Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, the board looked at preparing some maps. Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush explained maps of Thermopolis would be printed on 12” x 18” sheets of paper, the reverse of which would have maps of Hot Springs County. These maps would space for businesses to advertise as well. At this time, Rush said, they are just getting the information together; there are plans to discuss the idea further and start selling ads...
Those who have utilized the Thermopolis-Hot Springs County Chamber of Commerce website in the past week might have noticed a very different online experience. The site was launched Tuesday, Nov. 8, and viewable the following day. Chamber Executive Director Meri Ann Rush said one of the more noticeable updates to the site has to do with the events calendar. Previously on a multi-page list, which often required people to know which date they were looking for, the new site displays the whole month...
The Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Main Street Thermopolis, will be paying to have 15 of the wreaths that hang from the decorative poles downtown refurbished for the holiday season. The community has a chance to participate, too, according to Chamber director Meri Ann Rush. The decorative poles in Bicentennial Park are available for businesses or individuals to decorate, all you have to do is contact the Chamber at 864-3192 to reserve your pole. Rush also said if anyone would just like to volunteer to help with the remaining...
Thursday evening at Hot Springs County High School, 12 students became new members of the National Honor Society (NHS). Those inducted were: Stormy Cox, Emmie Coyne, Kylar LaBoy, Jared Little, Haley McDermott, Taylor Nuttall, Hudson Roling, Alex Russell, Mary Ryan, Josie Thurgood, Wyatt Wright and Shianne Yarrington. Prior to the ceremony, students, friends, family and school staff enjoyed a potluck dinner. The ceremony began with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, followed with some...
Thermopolis and Hot Springs County residents voted in favor of the formation of the Hot Springs County Hospital District through a mill levy and additional one-cent specific purpose tax Nov. 8. The amount raised from the three-mill levy will provide operating revenue for Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital and the specific purpose tax will go toward remodeling and adding on to the hospital. Now the question becomes, “When will my taxes go up and when does the one-cent tax begin?” County Tre...
Kenneth George of Basin had a bad night Saturday when a buck deer jumped in front of him on Hwy. 20 North. The deer not only hit the hood, its head smashed into the windshield, shattering the glass....
Junior and senior class students from Hot Springs County High School spent their morning on Veterans Day setting the flags at Monument Hill Cemetery for Hawk's Avenue of Flags. With all hands on deck, it took less than half an hour for the entire display to be in place....
Unofficial results are in, and Hot Springs County voters passed both of the two propositions concerning Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Tuesday’s general election. On the proposition to form a special hospital district there were 1,688 votes in favor and 890 votes against. On the proposition for the creation of a one percent specific purpose sales and use excise tax there were 1,643 votes for and 947 votes against. The tax will be used to collect $16.4 million for the construction, expan... Full story
Unofficial results from Tuesday's general election have come in and new leadership will be taking over in January on the national, state and local level. An amazing 2,644 voters turned out in Hot Springs County with many first time voters registering Tuesday at the polls. Voting machines in precincts 1-1, 1-2 and 3-3 experienced an issue upon starting up. According to Hot Springs County Clerk Nina Webber the normal and usual backup plan, the manual feed bin, was implemented. Voters were all stil...
After much anticipation, the master plan for Hot Springs State Park was unveiled last Thursday by State Parks and Cultural Resources Director Darin Westby. The gathering was held at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center with a standing room only crowd. The master plan provides a 20-year strategy for physical improvements and management of the 1,100-acre park as well as providing a framework for those improvements based on need and available funding. A study of the park and its facilities has shown it is...
Traffic delays of up to 15 minutes are continuing on U.S. 20/Wyoming 789 through Wind River Canyon as scaling of rocks, cleaning culverts, reshaping ditches and other work enters its fourth week. The work is in response to the Memorial Day weekend flooding and mud slides of 2015. Wilson Brothers Construction, Inc., of Cowley is the prime contractor on the $840,000 project. The work within Wind River Canyon is happening between mileposts 116.80 (near the tunnels) and 126.82 (about six miles...
The Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office will host a public informational meeting on Thursday, Nov. 10 in Thermopolis to discuss a proposed expansion to a bentonite mining project in Hot Springs County. The meeting will be held from 5-7 p.m. at Big Horn Federal Savings Bank. The BLM has analyzed Wyo-Ben, Inc.’s proposal to expand its 108T plan of operations on public land approximately five miles northwest of Thermopolis off of Highway 120. At the meeting, staff will discuss the mine plan and how the BLM is responding to comments on t...
The Nov. 24 issue of the Thermopolis Independent Record will go to press on Tuesday rather than Wednesday and will be available around town Tuesday evening, Nov. 22. Most mailed copies will arrive in post office boxes and on county rural routes Wednesday morning, Nov. 23. The display advertising, classified advertising and public notices deadline for the Nov. 24 issue will be Noon. Friday, Nov 18. The deadline for submission of information for news stories will be noon Monday, Nov. 21 Our office will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Friday, Nov.... Full story
by Mark Dykes The Thermopolis Town Council received information regarding the Hot Springs State Park Master Plan from Director of State Parks and Cultural Resources Darin Westby. “It’s been a long process,” Westby said, noting it’s been about two years. “It’s a different type of plan then we’re normally used to doing, with it being so community driven and community involved, which is great. I think it really drove a lot of great decisions at the park and moving this thing forward.” Overall, the...
Aside from the races for various political positions, the hot topics for the general election Tuesday, Nov. 8 are the two propositions concerning Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. One is for the formation of a special hospital district; the other is for the creation of a one percent Specific Purpose Sales and Use Excise Tax, which would be used to collect $16.4 million for the construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of the hospital. Vote yes for our... Full story
Tuesday evening, the Thermopolis Town Council approved second reading of an ordinance regarding open burning, after some amendments were approved. Language was removed from the ordinance with regard to section 2b. The ordinance now simply reads, “Materials such as rubbish, construction materials, paper products, yard debris, branches, leaves, garbage and similar materials cannot be burned.” The section formerly had language that would allow for burning of such materials if a permit were obt...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners spent much of their meeting on Tuesday discussing various items in regards to the airport as well as a new liquor license and ongoing issues with the insulation and roof at the fairground’s multi-purpose building. GDA Engineers developed a bid packet for the commissioners to dispose of the job trailer used out at the new airport site during construction. Bids are due back to the county clerk’s office today (Nov. 3), and will now be given to GDA to rev...
