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by Marissia Schaefer, CNP   Many of us have likely been educated on how to be healthier, which includes the foods we should consume, and the...

Self-measured blood pressure monitoring kits are now available for checkout at the library in Thermopolis. The kits are offered through a...

Suicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families and communities. There are many factors...

by Curstie Konold, MPH, CSW, QMHP Marrying a farm kid has shown me the immense amount of pride in being part of the Ag community. It is prevalent...

The article to the right appeared on the front page of the June 24, 1993, Independent Record. Now, 30 years later, Hot Springs County School Board...

Tourist season has officially begun, here and around Wyoming. Nearly as soon as Yellowstone National Park (YNP) opened, reports began rolling in of...

by Bryan Golden Do you have problems, adversity, and obstacles in your life?  If you said yes, then you are like everyone else.  Even the most...

Some of you may remember jamming out to School’s Out by Alice Cooper to celebrate the end of a school year and the long anticipated start of summer...

On Monday, May 29, Memorial Day programs will be held at Monument Hill Cemetery, Riverside Cemetery and Park Street Bridge. The program at Monument...

In last week’s Thermopolis Independent Record’s “On the record” section, there was a call regarding a profane flag flying but the deputy deter...

by Mark D. List, MD  Is there something about your health you’d like to change?   For most Americans, this question usually triggers a wide...

The 2023 graduating class at Hot Springs County High School features 38 students with bright futures ahead of them. An insert in this paper is dedicat...

by Jill Kruse, DO The first successful organ transplant was a kidney transplant in 1954. The donor was the identical twin of the recipient. The new...

by Amber Steinmetz, Cody Enterprise It’s that time of year once again. Last Friday, the East Entrance to Yellowstone Park opened for the season,...

by Andrew Ellsworth, MD   Like a car racing along the interstate, exiting onto a highway, and finally reaching the family farm along a dusty gravel...

I would like to say that Thermopolis has a Real Hometown hero in a gentle man who kept people coming to this small community year after year and telli...

Citizens in Thermopolis and Hot Springs county are not used to hearing or reading about shootings in our community and we find it shocking and scary w...

Gardening season is finally here! You may be envisioning all the herbs, flowers, and vegetables you’ll harvest at the end of the season. But you’l...

Scams we all need to be aware of. Wedding Anniversary Gift: A Sheridan citizen who owns a small business has been receiving similar emails every co...

I am concerned with the teens in our county. It seems this suicide trend is just that, a trend toward destruction.  This little note is worthy of pu...

We’d like to respond to and expound upon the article about the HSCRWJPB meeting on April 20th to clarify Owl Creek Water District’s (OCWD) positio...

After several years and the efforts of a number of community members, chickens and selected other small animals, are now allowed to be raised within...

Thank you to all the supporters of the Limited Urban Agriculture program. From the local 4H and FFA, the Wyoming University extension office and the...

by Stephen Dow, Cody Enterprise Meeteetse, like many Wyoming small towns, is on the verge of disappearing. It isn’t hard to imagine a near future...

I’ve fact checked just three items Hageman had listed in her lengthy article, and each one is false.  Although President Joe Biden tapped into the...