Wyoming
Don Day Wyoming Weather Forecast: Thursday, May 9, 2024
Chance for rain or snow in Wyoming on Thursday. Breezy in some areas. Highs in the 40s and 50s and lows from the upper 20s to near 40.
Central:
Casper: Rain is likely today and there’s a slight chance of rain overnight. Otherwise, today the high should be near 49 with wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 38.
Riverton: There’s a chance of rain today and overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy today with a high near 54 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Glenrock: Rain is likely today and possible overnight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy today with a high near 50 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 37.
Southwest:
Evanston: There’s a chance of snow and rain today, otherwise it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a high near 49 and wind gusts as high as 34 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a low near 33 and wind gusts as high as 43 mph.
Rock Springs: There’s a chance of rain and snow mainly before 10 a.m. today, otherwise look for it to be partly sunny and windy with a high near 50 and wind gusts as high as 40 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and windy with a low near 34 and wind gusts as high as 39 mph.
South Pass: Snow and rain are likely today and there’s a chance of rain and snow overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be windy and gradually become mostly sunny today with a high near 41 and wind gusts as high as 39 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and windy with a low near 33 and wind gusts as high as 39 mph.
Western Wyoming:
Pinedale: There’s a chance of snow and rain today and a slight chance overnight. Otherwise, it should be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 49 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and blustery with a low near 28 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph.
Alpine: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m. today, otherwise expect it to be mostly sunny today with a high near 56 and it should be mostly clear overnight with a low near 29.
Big Piney: There’s a chance of snow and rain today, otherwise look for it to be mostly sunny and breezy with a high near 53 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and blustery with a low near 27 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.
Northwest:
Dubois: There’s a chance of snow and rain today and there’s a slight chance of rain and snow tonight. Otherwise, it should be partly sunny today with a high near 46 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy with a low near 30 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Jackson: There’s a slight chance of rain after 5 p.m. today, otherwise look for it to be mostly sunny today with a high near 55 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. It should be mostly clear overnight with a low near 28 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: There’s a chance of rain and snow today, otherwise expect it to be partly sunny with a high near 47 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 24.
Bighorn Basin:
Thermopolis: There’s a chance of rain today and a slight chance of rain before midnight tonight. Otherwise, look for it to be partly sunny today with a high near 55 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 40 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Cody: There’s a chance of rain today and overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 51 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.
Lovell: There’s a chance of rain mainly after noon today, otherwise it should be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 57 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.
North Central:
Buffalo: There’s a chance of rain today and a slight chance of rain before 9 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, it should be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 51 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a low near 40 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph.
Sheridan: There’s a chance of rain mainly after noon today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, look for it to be partly sunny today with a high near 57 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 38.
Story: There is a winter storm warning in effect until noon today. There’s a chance of rain mainly after noon today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny today with a high near 51 and wind from 9-16 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 36.
Northeast:
Gillette: There’s a chance of rain today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy today with a high near 52 and winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Sundance: Rain is likely today and there’s a chance of rain before midnight tonight. Otherwise, it should be partly sunny today with a high near 49 mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 16 mph.
Upton: There’s a chance of rain today and tonight before midnight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny today with a high near 53 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 38.
Eastern Plains:
Torrington: There’s a chance of rain today and a slight chance before midnight tonight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy today with a high near 57 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 38.
Douglas: There’s a chance of rain today and overnight. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy today with a high near 51 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 36.
Midwest: Rain is likely today and there’s a slight chance of rain before midnight tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 50 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.
Southeast:
Cheyenne: There’s a chance of snow then rain today and a chance of rain overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy today with a high near 49 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 34.
Laramie: There’s a chance of snow and rain today and rain and snow overnight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy today with a high near 44 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 32.
Medicine Bow: There’s a chance of rain and snow today and overnight. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy today with a high near 45 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 32.
South Central:
Rawlins: There’s a chance of snow and rain today, otherwise expect it to be mostly cloudy and breezy with a high near 44 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 33 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Encampment: There’s a chance of snow and rain today, otherwise it should be mostly cloudy with a high near 46 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 30.
Baggs: There’s a chance of snow and rain today, otherwise look for it to be partly sunny and breezy with a high near 51 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and blustery with a low near 30 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyoming (KUTV) — A man was hospitalized with critical injuries after he was reportedly shot by a deputy responding to reports of a disturbance.
Deputies with the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Rock Springs Police Department responded to the Sweetwater Heights apartment complex in the 2100 block of Century Boulevard just after 4 a.m. on Monday to investigate reports of a disturbance involving an armed individual.
Information that dispatch received indicated that the individual had shot himself. When officials arrived, they found the individual on the balcony of an upstairs apartment “who appeared to have a gunshot wound consistent with the initial report,” a press release states.
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During the encounter, a deputy discharged their weapon and struck the individual.
Emergency medical personnel rendered aid, and the individual was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
No law enforcement officers or members of the public were injured during the incident.
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct an independent investigation.
The deputy who fired their weapon was placed on administrative leave per standard protocol.
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by Maggie Mullen, WyoFile
Albert Sommers, former Wyoming Speaker of the House, announced Thursday he will attempt to reclaim a seat he formerly held for more than a decade in the statehouse.
“Leadership matters,” Sommers, a lifelong cattle rancher, wrote in a press release. “Right now, the Wyoming House is too often focused on division instead of solutions. We need steady, effective leadership that solves problems—not rhetoric and political theater.”
Voters in 2013 first elected Sommers to House District 20, which encompasses Sublette County and an eastern section of Lincoln County. As a lawmaker, Sommers largely focused on health care, education and water issues. Over six terms, he rose through the ranks, serving in leadership positions and chairing committees focused on education funding and broadband.
In his announcement, Sommers highlighted his legislative work to establish funding for rural hospitals, prioritize “responsible property tax relief,” as well as the creation of the Wyoming Colorado River Advisory Committee within the State Engineer’s Office, “to ensure our water users have a voice in critical decisions affecting the Green River Valley,” he wrote.
As speaker, Sommers was a frequent target of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus as well as the DC-based State Freedom Caucus Network, even getting the attention of Fox News and other national, conservative news outlets. They often accused Sommers of not being conservative enough, and criticized him for keeping bills in “the drawer,” which has long been code for the unilateral power a speaker has to kill legislation by holding it back. (The practice of holding bills has been used to a much higher degree under Freedom Caucus leadership.)
In 2023, Sommers used the speaker’s powers to kill bills related to a school voucher program, banning instruction on gender and sexual orientation from some classrooms and criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors. At the time, Sommers defended his decision to hold back “bills that are unconstitutional, not well vetted, duplicate bills or debates, and bills that negate local control, restrict the rights of people or risk costly litigation financed by the people of Wyoming.”
He reiterated that philosophy and defended his record in his Thursday campaign announcement.
“I am a common-sense conservative who believes in getting things done. I support our core industries—oil and gas, ranching, and tourism—and I will continue to fight for the people and natural resources of Sublette County and LaBarge. I am pro-gun, pro-life, pro-family, and pro-education,” Sommers wrote. “I also take seriously my oath to uphold the U.S. and Wyoming Constitutions, which means I didn’t support bills that violated those constitutions. I read bills carefully and I voted accordingly.”
Following his term as speaker, Sommers stepped away from the House to run for Senate District 14 in 2024. He lost in the primary election to political newcomer Laura Pearson, a Freedom Caucus-endorsed Republican from Kemmerer, who also won in the general election. Her Senate win coincided with the Freedom Caucus winning control of the House.
“That race didn’t go my way, and I respected the outcome,” Sommers said in a Thursday press release. But “the direction of the Wyoming House,” since then, he said, has “raised serious concerns.”
Sommers pointed to the Freedom Caucus and its budget proposal, which, despite a funding surplus, included major cuts and funding denials. Ahead of the session, the caucus said its sights were set on shrinking spending and limiting the growth of government.
In his Thursday press release, Sommers criticized “decisions that cut food assistance for vulnerable children, reduced business opportunities, slashed funding to the University of Wyoming, eliminated resources for cheatgrass control, denied raises for state employees, and removed positions critical to protecting Wyoming’s water rights.”
Most of those proposals did not make it into the final budget bill.
Sommers also pointed to a controversy that dominated the 2026 session after a Teton County conservative activist handed out campaign checks to lawmakers on the House floor. Lawmakers in both chambers unanimously voted to ban such behavior before a House Special Investigative Committee found that the exchange did not violate the Wyoming Constitution nor did it amount to legislative misconduct. A Laramie County Sheriff’s Office criminal investigation is still underway.
But “controversies like ‘Checkgate’ undermined public trust, and decorum in the House deteriorated,” Sommers said.
“Transparency and accessibility will remain central to how I serve,” Sommers said. “As I’ve done before, I will provide regular updates on legislation, seek your input, and clearly explain my votes.”
Incumbent bows out
Rep. Mike Schmid, R-La Barge, currently represents House District 20, but announced Thursday morning that he would not seek reelection.
“It has truly been an honor to serve as your State Representative for House District 20. When I first ran, I had hoped to serve up to three terms and continue building on what I learned during my first term,” Schmid wrote in a Facebook post. “But life can change your priorities. Over the past year, my family has gone through some difficult times. My wife is dealing with serious health issues, and the death of my brother, Jim, just a few short weeks ago have made it clear to me where I need to spend my time.”
In March, Bill Winney, a perennial candidate and former nuclear submarine commander, announced he would run for House District 20.
The official candidate filing period opens May 14.
This article was originally published by WyoFile and is republished here with permission. WyoFile is an independent nonprofit news organization focused on Wyoming people, places and policy.
Related
The following is a news release from the Wyoming’s Rock Springs Police Department:
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — The Rock Springs Police Department is investigating a fatal incident that occurred early this morning in the parking lot of the Flying J Travel Center.
At approximately 5:00 a.m., a Flying J employee was working to direct commercial vehicle traffic within the lot. Initial findings suggest that as one semitruck began to move, the employee was positioned between that vehicle and a second stationary vehicle. The employee was subsequently pinned between the two units.
Rock Springs Fire Department and Castle Rock Ambulance arrived on the scene and coordinated life-saving measures. Despite the rapid response and medical intervention, the employee was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The identity of the deceased is being withheld at this time pending the notification of family members.
The driver involved in the incident, a resident of Idaho, remained on-site and has been fully cooperative with investigators. Following an initial statement and questioning, the driver was released. While the investigation remains open, the incident currently appears to be a tragic accident.
We extend our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased and the staff at Flying J. We also want to commend the rapid response and professional life-saving efforts coordinated by Rock Springs Fire and Castle Rock Ambulance during this difficult call.
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