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Do you have expired or unused medications to dispose of safely? Turn in your unwanted medication for safe disposal Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Joint Law Enforcement Center lobby at 415 Arapahoe St. No sharps will be accepted....
The Hot Springs County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday began laying the final groundwork for the new Hot Springs County Airport opening, planned for November 7. The three-hour meeting was dedicated to reviewing final steps for the completion of the airport, and featured discussions about the third and final coat of seal and paint on the runway, which will occur on September 21-22, fuel tank procurement, updates on the SRE building, and the possibility of renting a fuel truck from a nearby...
With skillful execution of parliamentary procedure, the Thermopolis Town Council meeting was started. The agenda was approved with one change. A catering permit for Shorty’s Saloon for Octobrewfest to serve alcohol on the main street was granted. Alex McLean requested an application to close the street at the stoplight for the Homecoming Parade. The town needed to sign off on the parade to be able to turn around at the stoplight. Mayor Mike Mortimore signed the application so it can be passed o... Full story
The third and final public meeting regarding the upcoming Hot Springs State Park Master Plan Draft sparked passionate debate between Thermopolis residents on Monday night. The meeting, held at the Thermopolis Fire Hall, was attended by tens of Hot Springs County residents and was the last public forum in which invested members of the community could gather to voice their opinion regarding the formation of the first Hot Springs Master Plan in nearly three decades. This Master Plan, when eventuall...
The wild fires are getting closer to home. On Wednesday, Sept. 9, 70 acres of grass and sagebrush burned at the Jones Creek Basin on Copper Mountain. The fire was quickly under control as several special equipped aircraft left from Casper to fight the fire. These S.E.A.T (single engine air tanker) dumped an estimated 10,000 gallons of slurry onto the fire. Thermopolis's own volunteer fire fighters contributed five engines and the BLM added two more to the fight one from Worland the other from...
Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman Brandon Blakesley sprays water on a smoldering tree stump during a grass fire on South 5th Street. The fire department responded in full force to quickly contain the fire as the wind fueled the fire....
A new counseling and consultation office, run by a longtime Hot Springs County resident, has opened in Thermopolis. Catherine Crumpler, who has worked in the mental health field for almost 30 years, has recently begun taking consultations at her 6th Street office. Crumpler, who has worked in Thermopolis as a mental health professional for over 17 years, says she has so far experienced "nothing but positive support" during the process of opening her own office. Crumpler says she has loved her...
A Wyoming veterans service officer from the Wyoming Veterans Commission will conduct community outreach services in Thermopolis Thursday, Sept. 24 at the Hot Springs County Museum from noon-2 p.m. Brad Cline is available to meet with veterans and their families to discuss state and federal veterans’ benefits, Department of Veterans Affairs claims, or VA healthcare. Cline can also help veterans and their families apply for benefits, file claims or request healthcare. His office is staffed in Cody, at 1026 Blackburn Ave., Suite 1. Cline can be r...
A representative from the Riverton Workforce Center, a local office of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, will be available Tuesday, Sept. 22 at Hot Springs County Library from 10-noon and from 1:30-3:30 p.m. The Riverton office of the Department of Workforce Services is also available by phone at 307-856-9231 or on their website at http://wyomingworkforce.org....
New Orleans singer songwriter Kerry Grombacher explains to the English III class about inspiration and structure to create a good song....
Several new teachers joined the Hot Springs County School District for the 2015-16 school year. Thomas Koehler Thomas Koehler, who is starting his first year as an Industrial Arts teacher at Hot Springs County High School, has nine years' teaching experience and a strong background in construction, welding, drafting, and machining. He moved to Thermopolis with his wife, who teaches third grade at RWE. His favorite aspect of teaching is being able to expose students to every opportunity they...
What if your family was living a busy and involved life, as respected members of the community, businessmen, civic leaders, homeowners, children active in schools. Then suddenly, overnight, everything is turned upside down. You are given a few days to pack what can be carried in a suitcase, rounded up by military guards, and removed from your home to a remote area where you must make a new life surrounded by barbed wire fences, guards in towers watching 24 hours a day. It happened to nine-year-old Sam Mihara in 1942, then living in San...
Jim and Peggy Kirsch recently met with U.S. Senator John Barrasso in his Washington, D.C. office. The couple visited the nation's capital with the Foster Grandparents of Wyoming organization....
The annual WYO Quarter Horse Fall Sale saw 98 horses sold to 15 different states and three horses sold to Peru on Saturday. Carole Smith, co-owner of the WYO Ranch, said this Fall's sale was "a good sale," and about "on par with last year's Fall sale." 30 geldings, 35 two-year-olds, eight yearlings, and 25 weanlings were sold. The average price of the geldings was $13,425, the two-year-olds $5,212.86, the yearlings $1,131.21, and the weanlings $894. The high selling horse, a 6 year-old buckskin...
An Interactive Health Fair for Seniors will be held Thursday, Sept. 24 from 8:30-11 a.m. at Hot Springs County Senior Center at 206 Senior Avenue. A sensible nutrition demonstration, dining with diabetes class signups, A1C testing and foot checks by the Public Health Nurse, blood pressure checks, ionic foot baths by Natural Health Solutions, fall prevention and senior fitness demonstrations by Gottsche and flu shots through Shopko will be available during the health fair. Representatives from Paintbrush Dental and Wyoming Cancer Resource...
“A Rambling Stretch,” a concert of contemporary jazz music inspired by the beauty of the Cowboy State and its landscape by composer and Wyoming native Tyler Gilmore, will visit Thermopolis Wednesday, Sept. 23. The performance will be at the Hot Springs County School Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students are free. In the performances, Gilmore explores Wyoming’s landscapes and people with the accompaniment of a 12-piece jazz chamber ensemble. The origins of Gilmore’s music composition can be traced back to...
Student enrollment for Hot Springs County School District is up from last year with 664 total students as of Sept. 15, compared with 613 students enrolled on Sept. 22, 2014. Ralph Witters Elementary is up by 15 students with 239 compared to 224 at this time last year. Thermopolis Middle School enrollment was 204 at this time last year. There are 209 students enrolled this year. Hot Springs County High School has 216 students enrolled compared to 186 at this time last year. The senior class...
The Hot Springs County Commissioners discussed a variety of issues at their Sept. 1 meeting at the county annex. Sheriff Lou Falgoust told the commissioners he would like to see the sheriff impound lot moved from its current location for security reasons. The commissioners agreed a new location with secure fencing is needed. Falgoust will provide the commissioners with cost estimates for fencing at the new location for their approval. County assessor Shelley Deromedi presented six 2015 tax rebates to the commissioners for their approval....
Thermopolis Volunteer Fireman James Coats holds his boot up for approaching motorists to see during the Fill the Boot fundraiser on Labor Day Monday in Thermopolis at the stoplight. Adriana Rivera holds a boot for a driver to drop in her donation....
The Thermopolis-Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce discussed Tuesday the recent Demolition Derby and plans for future Thermopolis parades at its latest meeting. The Board declared the recent Demolition Derby, which was attended by over 2,000 people, a smashing success. The board suggested advertising for next year's event earlier, and reviewed prize money for each category. Some members supported the idea of holding two derbies a year like neighboring Riverton, but discussion of the topic was ultim...
A ninety minute work session by the Thermopolis Town Council still did not yield an easy answer for the water rate increase. The council's goal is to make a fair increase and to have a reserve of funds for future maintenance needs of the water plant and system for the town. There was representative of the community in the audience. Margo Skaggs voiced her opinion for the increase. She had several concerns, one that the rate increase will not keep up with future inflation. Another concern she Ska...
Fred Lombardi, 53, of Casper was making a turn onto the Wedding of the Waters road north of the mouth of Wind River Canyon Friday. Distracted by his cell phone, Peter St. Clair, 32, of Bar Nunn collided with the backside of Lombardi’s car. St. Clair’s truck was traveling at the posted speed limit when it made contact. The car was sling-shotted across the west shoulder through several fences coming to a stop several hundred feet from the initial impact. Emergency teams responded, the driver of the car had to be extracted. Both driver’s were...
The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust awarded Alan Barnett its eighth annual Kurt Bucholz Conservation Award at its Annual Roundup, held August 29 at Warren Livestock Co.'s Pole Creek Ranch outside of Cheyenne. Many Wyoming producers know Barnett through his work with Farm Credit Services but in addition to his career as an ag lender, Alan and his family bought a ranch on Gooseberry Creek at the edge of Hot Springs County. A conservation easement on that ranch was completed in 2005 and led the...
Ann Allen, Zamar Bridges and Tyler Brooks practice cleaning dinosaur bones in teacher Lacey Shaffer's kindergarten class at Ralph Witters Elementary....
Two new reporters have joined the Thermopolis Independent Record staff. Durward D. Jones is a new face at the IR, but not a new face in Thermopolis. You might recognize him from his days at Hot Springs County High School when he used to drive his flat-black, three-quarter ton truck up and down the main street with his friends, or after his 1990 graduation when he worked at Northwest BOCES, taking care of mentally handicapped or emotionally disturbed children. You might also recognize him from...
