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by Camille Erickson Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange CASPER — State regulators have revised a permit for a major oil and gas firm operating at Moneta Divide in central Wyoming. Subject to public comment, the permit will maintain existing limits on discharged water at the facility and impose routine water sampling requirements to prevent pollutants from flowing into the nearby Boysen Reservoir Basin. Energy operator Aethon Energy Operating, LLC applied for a state permit renewal last year. As part of an effort to expand its o...
Representatives from the Owl Creek Water District attended the Hot Springs County Commissioners meeting to discover if they had any interest in hooking up to their water system in the future. The district would like to expand their system into a Phase III and the commissioners said they would definitely hook into the system for the airport if at all possible. The airport would need to have the largest pipe/hook up the district would allow, and the commissioners added it would be a definite...
by Rhonda Schulte Cody Enterprise Via Wyoming News Exchange CODY — Cody Labs is closed. But thanks to a long-term lease with Lannett, Forward Cody continues to draw $108,000 per year in rent for its warehouse in Cody’s North Industrial Park. Partially funded by a state grant and designed for pharmaceutical chemical storage, the 11,292-square-foot warehouse property has a new purpose – footwear fashion. Kanye West’s Adidas Yeezy recently began subleasing the facility for its new Cody Sample Lab, paying Lannett the same amount of $108,00 per yea...
Phil Scheel was elected as chairman of the County Commissioners with Tom Ryan stepping down into the vice chairman position during the reorganization of the commissioners for 2020. Along with those elections, the board appointed Arnold Pennoyer to the Fairboard. Pennoyer has spent 34 years on the board helping Hot Springs County youth. Additionally, Dee Hillberry and Toddi Darlington were both appointed to the Natural Resource Planning Commission and Mark Phips was named to the Predatory Animal... Full story
Phillip & Shurie Scheel have partnered with Bradyn & Shailee Harvey to open up Kirby Creek Mercantile in downtown Thermopolis. They are a retail and food establishment. They decided to create their business about a year ago and they purchased the property from Jackie and Michael Wright. Phillip and Bradyn’s combined backgrounds in construction led them to be able to do most of the building renovations. “We decided to do as much of a rebuild ourselves as possible, little did we know nine mon...
Shawn and Maggie McWilliams are happy to announce they have begun a new business that will be serving all of the Big Horn Basin, right out of Hot Springs County. McWilliams Drilling and Water Well Services will provide not only well drilling service, but water treatment and well rejuvenation as well. McWilliams has lived in Hot Springs County since 1998 and has 20 years of drilling experience under his belt. An opportunity to purchase a drilling rig came along and knowing Don and Nancy Scoggin...
The Christmas shopping season turned out well for many Thermopolis stores, according to some small business owners. Loyal local customer support is strong and out-of-town shoppers are showing up as well. Business owners comments on the holiday shopping season are encouraging. Howie Samelson, of Discover Thermopolis, said “We had a strong Christmas with lots of hot sauces sold. There was good interest in all the changes we’ve made, hard to quantify. But lots of crafts stuff, across the board gif...
During the first Town Council meeting of the year, Fred Crosby, the town administrator, reported that the city’s property and car insurance premiums with HUB and underwriter Travelers will increase by 9.5%. He noted that Travelers did not pay enough for the city’s hail damage. The city’s coverage will lapse on Thursday, January 9. Crosby asked Gary Bowers, an insurance consultant from HUB, to shop around for other insurance companies, but all carriers declined to give a quote. In 2019 insur...
Wyatt Christensen is the new manager of Specialty Towing and Auto Care. The owner is still Dennis Leonhardt but Wyatt is working toward purchasing the business hopefully by August. Christensen has over 20 years experience in this type of business. In fact, he helped start this business in 1999 with his mentor Bill Wells, the previous owner of Auto RV Specialities. Christensen wants to follow in his mentor's footsteps and have a family-owned and locally-operated business. Christensen started...
The Thermopolis Police Department recently conducted alcohol compliance checks of area businesses. Every business checked passed and there were no citations issued for any violations. The checks are conducted to help ensure alcohol is not being sold to minors....
There will be one less empty storefront in downtown Thermopolis as Western Land Sales, a full service real estate brokerage, will be opening the doors to their new office on January 3 at 500 Broadway. Founded in 1968 by J.R. Kvenild, Western Land Sales specializes in selling farms and ranches all over the State of Wyoming. Life-long Thermopolis resident, Roy Ready, joined the company in 2007 and assumed ownership of the company in 2016. His wife, Amy Ready, has now joined the business as a...
Hot Springs County Taxpayers, pay attention. If you have not made a payment on your 2019 property taxes, you have until December 31, 2019, to pay the total without interest. Please note, you also have the option to pay your first half including interest. Call (307) 864-3616 to calculate the total.... Full story
The December 17 Thermopolis Town Council meeting was very short with only a few items to approve or discuss. The council agreed to two catering permits for Shorty’s Liquor for Ducks Unlimited for the fairgrounds on January 10 and 11 from 5-11 p.m. The council and the mayor had some discussion on a request to move the police impound yard from the Armory, culling deer, the ice skating rink and nuisance tickets for snow on heavily traveled sidewalks. No action was taken. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. at town h...
During the first Town Council meeting in December, there were no public comments given prior to the approval on the retail liquor license transfer from Eaglecav LLC (dba Reese and Rays IGA) to Mack’s Market. Additionally, a new restaurant liquor license was approved for GMRG ACQ1 LLC (dba Pizza Hut). Town Engineer Anthony Barnett noted in his monthly report the town’s integrated solid waste management plan (ISWMP) is being updated. Information was prepared to survey the settlement monuments in the closed (western) portion of the landfill and...
If you and your family are looking for something unique to do on New Year’s Day, you may want to check out the First Day Hikes sponsored by Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails. This is the ninth year for the First Day Hikes at the state parks around Wyoming with guided hikes and walks offered at 17 different state parks and historic sites. Nearly 300 people participated in the hikes last year. The hikes are led by park staff and volunteers, and average from one to two miles in length with various terrain at the different venues. T...
CASPER — Gov. Mark Gordon told lawmakers Monday that he would be “willing” to consider a statewide lodging tax if it came across his desk this winter. However, in his first budget presentation to members of the Joint Appropriations Committee this week, Gordon declined to entertain any other tax legislation, instead focusing his first hearing on cost-savings as the state faces a future of declining revenues. Kicking off the first of several weeks of budget hearings, Gordon seemed largely on the same page as leaders of the budget-making commi...
While many of you may have already had the chance to try the deliciousness that is being served at P6 Station, their Grand Opening is the perfect opportunity for the rest of you to give it a taste. This Saturday, Nov. 16, from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. P6 will not only be offering some terrific deals they will have a spinning wheel for a chance to win a free meal, all specialty pizzas will be just $10 and if you buy a P6 shirt you get a free dessert. Owner Ryan Shaffer said they want to thank everyone in town for their patience while they’ve worked out t...
Locals need to be prepared for the closing of another business in Thermopolis with the recent purchase of IGA from the Super Foods Corporation. IGA’s employees were informed Tuesday morning that their doors would be closing November 25 and contents of the store would be liquidated. Eric Mackay, owner of Mack’s Market, is the new owner of the building. According to Mackay, Super Foods contacted him about the opportunity to purchase the business and Mackay saw it as an opportunity for another bus... Full story
Hunters who are looking for a European Mount this year will want to get in touch with C & J’s Bug Barn. Charlie Stickney started the business this year that will use Dermestidae Beetles to literally eat the flesh from the skull to create a European Mount. The beetles will remove everything that remains within a few days and the next step, degreasing occurs. Without this step, the bone will yellow, so a combination of solvents and degreasers, followed by whitening using hydrogen peroxide and other special whitening agents will permanently w...
Although there has been a merger between Wellspring Counseling and High Country Behavioral Health, clients won’t see much of a difference. The recent merger between the two companies has brought Wellspring under High Country’s umbrella along with other satellites in Afton, Evanston and Pinedale. Executive Director Allan Braaten said their clinical staff will not be changing and at this point, they won’t be bringing in anyone new. Braaten expects services to the public will remain the same, but there could be a slight change to the slidi...
There’s certainly been a buzz at the corner of Sixth and Park, as a former gas station has been transforming into the P6 Station Stone Fired Pizza Co. over the past few months. Owner Ryan Shaffer said the goal for opening was mid-September, and he’s had a few soft openings. “We want to be ready for the public,” he said. “You don’t want to show up the first day with no idea what you’re doing, and make everybody have a bad experience.” The soft openings, he added, will help work out the kinks....
Some changes will be coming to one of our local businesses as Reese and Ray’s IGA has been sold to Superfoods. The company has actually purchased all three Reese and Ray’s stores in Wyoming to add to their holdings in Dubois, Glenrock and other Wyoming towns. It is unknown at this time whether or not the store will drop the IGA brands or what other changes may be in the store’s future, but the official “switch over” should be completed by the end of September. The Independent Record will keep you updated as we learn more....
You may have noticed a sign change along Sixth Street last week, as Finishing Touches became the Hot Rod Station. But the sign is just something of a formality, as owner Dennis Leonhardt said for a year he ran under the Hot Rod Station but didn't have signs up. "We changed the business," Leonhardt said. "We were going to do more old cars - hot rods, street rods, rat rods, modified vehicles and customs." He had previously been doing body and paint work, and just a few weeks prior to getting the...
One Stop Repair & Service Center will be celebrating 15 years with a customer appreciation lunch open to the public on Friday, Aug. 16. From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. there will be pulled pork sandwiches, hamburgers and various sides at the business, located at 525 South Fifth. There will also be door prize drawings for prizes such as discounts on tire sets and oil changes....
Late last month, Wyoming Wireless, 601 Broadway, was purchased from Verizon by one of their authorized retailers, CellOnly. CellOnly has been an authorized retailer of Verizon products for several years and has a good track record for service and professionalism across all their Midwestern stores. The addition of 18 new stores, including our Thermopolis outlet, brings the company’s holdings to 33 stores, including Buffalo, Cheyenne, Gillette, Green River, Jackson, Laramie, Pinedale, Powell, Rawlins, Riverton, Rock Springs and Sheridan. ...
