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Weston county hosted the latest quarterly state GOP meeting recently in historic and scenic Newcastle. The Friday evening dinner was a chuckwagon...

This is a follow up to my letter to the editor that ran in the October 5 issue. Let us love in deed and truth Truth in in The Word “Censure not...

The October 5th Edition of the Thermopolis Independent Record was full of useful, timely information and should there be a statewide or national award...

The October 5th Edition of the Thermopolis Independent Record was full of useful, timely information and should there be a statewide or national...

Dear Hot Springs County Community: I am writing this letter to the editor to share what has been put on my heart by the Holy Spirit. We are blessed...

The following is a letter submitted to the Hot Springs County Commissioners. Dear Commissioners: I had the great pleasure of attending the recent...

On August 15, I wrote a letter to the Hot Springs County Commissioners requesting them to do what I believe is right and moral concerning Michael and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

At the next city council meeting our new city council is poised to pass an ordinance to allow farm animals in town. Residents of Thermopolis your voic...

I am constantly amazed at the unprofessional behavior of the Hot Springs County School Board. Most recently, the sarcastic remarks about a concerned...

I would like to express my gratitude to both Jean Skelton and to Andrea Miller for their presentation to the Hot Springs County School Board during...

The Lazy Fox will be closing the beginning of April.  Our business survived the pandemic, the only other food business on the block burning down and...

I am a Hot Springs County School Board Trustee and am writing a response to the article written about our last board meeting. I would like to thank th...

If you are a Veteran in crisis or concerned about someone who is, help is here. In January, the new COMPACT Act went into effect across the U.S. The...

I feel uplifted and blessed by having attended the World Day of Prayer gathering Friday at the fair building. We find such goodness in Thermopolis!...

Is the handwriting on the wall? ; Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. Interpretation: Mene - GOD has numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Tekel - Thou art...

This month, we will have a speaker that is specializing in woke culture. As a college graduate with a well traveled life, I would really like this...

Are we being oppressed?  Oppression - 1. dominate harshly: to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination   2. inflict str...

Governing a diverse people is difficult – a lot like trying to manage a family of children, all with different needs, wants and interests, all...

World War II was in its third year in 1944.  The Allies were slowly gaining on the Germans and Japanese on the European and Pacific fronts. After...