Wyoming
Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Monday, August 5, 2024
Central:
Casper: Sunny today with a high near 90 and mostly clear overnight with widespread haze between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. and a low near 62.
Riverton: Sunny today with a high near 94 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 60.
Shoshoni: Sunny today with a high near 93 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 62.
Southwest:
Evanston: Slight chance of rain after 3 p.m., otherwise sunny today with a high near 88 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 54.
Green River: Sunny today with a high near 89 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 61.
Lyman: Sunny today with a high near 89 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 57.
Western Wyoming:
Pinedale: Sunny today with a high near 83 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 52.
Alpine: Widespread haze before 10 a.m., otherwise sunny today with a high near 89. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 7 p.m. and a low near 55.
Big Piney: Sunny today with a high near 84 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 50.
Northwest:
Dubois: Widespread haze before 1 p.m., otherwise sunny today with a high near 85 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m., widespread haze before 7 p.m. and a low near 54.
Jackson: Sunny today with a high near 87 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 52 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: Widespread haze before 3 p.m., otherwise sunny today with a high near 79 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 48.
Bighorn Basin:
Thermopolis: Widespread haze after 3 p.m., otherwise sunny today with a high near 92 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 65.
Cody: Widespread haze after 3 p.m., otherwise sunny today with a high near 86 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 63.
Powell: Sunny today with a high near 89 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 61.
North Central:
Buffalo: Widespread haze between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., otherwise sunny today with a high near 84 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low near 67.
Sheridan: Sunny and hot today with a high near 91 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain after midnight and a low near 58.
Dayton: Sunny today with a high near 87 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain after midnight and a low near 59.
Northeast:
Gillette: Sunny today with a high near 86 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low near 58 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Newcastle: Sunny today with a high near 88 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph. Mostly clear overnight with a low near 58 and wind gusts as high as 18 mph.
Hulett: Sunny today with a high near 86 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low near 56 and wind gusts as high as 18 mph.
Eastern Plains:
Torrington: Sunny and hot today with a high near 94 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 58.
Lusk: Sunny and breezy today with a high near 88 and wind from 10-20 mph. Mostly clear overnight with a low near 55.
Midwest: Widespread haze after noon, otherwise sunny today with a high near 89 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 60.
Southeast:
Cheyenne: Slight chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny and hot today with a high near 90. Partly cloudy overnight with a low near 58.
Laramie: Slight chance of rain after noon, otherwise sunny today with a high near 87. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 57.
Pine Bluffs: Sunny, breezy and hot today with a high near 92 and wind from 10-20 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low near 57.
South Central:
Rawlins: Sunny and hot today with a high near 91 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 57.
Encampment: Sunny today with a high near 86 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 57.
Wamsutter: Sunny today with a high near 86 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 56.
CASPER, Wyo. — High school athletics in Wyoming could see some drastic changes in the coming years following legislative changes to the state’s education budget, the Wyoming High School Activities Association recently announced in a statement.
According to the WHSAA, Wyoming school districts are facing a projected $3.9 million shortfall in activities funding, forcing officials to consider significant cuts to high school sports and extracurricular programs.
The WHSAA shared details regarding a new “silo” funding model implemented by the Legislature, stating that the recalibrated block grant model reduced funding for student activities and extra-duty responsibilities from $46.3 million to $42.4 million, an approximately 8.4% decrease statewide.
WHSAA Commissioner Trevor Wilson said the restructuring also restricts district access to an additional $76.2 million in previously flexible funding.
“A significant portion of the [April 28 WHSAA Board of Directors] meeting was dedicated to discussing the projected funding shortfall,” Wilson wrote.
The WHSAA is weighing several strategies to address rising costs with fewer resources. Proposed changes include eliminating regional tournaments and reducing the number of teams qualifying for state events from eight to four; limiting wrestling to two classes and restricting track and field state participants to the top 16 marks; making cuts to soccer, indoor track and field, Nordic and Alpine skiing, swimming and diving, spring golf and tennis; and reducing in-person speech and debate events by half and centrally locating All-State Music events to minimize travel. The board also recommended increasing gate admission or implementing student participation fees to offset costs.
While the WHSAA release states that no plans have been finalized and the various changes are currently just possibilities, Natrona County School District 1 Board of Trustees member Mary Schmidt criticized the WHSAA’s handling of the news at Monday’s board meeting.
“I take some issues with this, [including] the sheer fact that we as Board of Trustees members have not talked about that at all,” Schmidt said. “It is not our intent and it has not been brought to us to cut our athletics or activities budget for the upcoming school year. … I take issue with them picking sports and getting the community upset and ginning them up to be upset that this is all going to be cut when that hasn’t been discussed.”
Later in the meeting, Superintendent Angela Hensley clarified that Natrona County School District 1’s athletics and activities budget saw a reduction of roughly $550,000 in the coming year’s budget, but said the local school district does not plan to cut any sports.
“Thank you, Trustee Schmidt, for saying this, because I think people are wondering — we are not planning to cut athletics and activities for next year,” Hensley said. “We do have to take a look at our entire budget as we have talked about, as we learn more about these new rules that come in.”
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Republished with permission from Wyoming News Now, a TV news outlet covering the Cheyenne and Casper areas.
Cheyenne City Council has introduced a temporary moratorium, or pause, on new data center construction.
“The end goal is to actually have regulations in place, to have really heavy public involvement with this with data centers,” said Councilman Mark Moody.
The proposed ordinance is not a permanent ban on data centers and would not affect data centers currently under construction.
Councilman Moody says this is a bipartisan issue.
“I just want to make this clear, I’m not against data centers. We do need them from a national security perspective,” he said.
He said there needs to be more public input and regulations regarding data centers in Cheyenne.
The ordinance would require city staff to study data center impacts such as electricity usage, electricity tariffs, closed-loop cooling systems, groundwater impacts, agricultural impacts, and land value.
Cheyenne LEADS, the economic development corporation for Cheyenne and Laramie County, reported in November 2025 that there are 12 operational data centers in Wyoming, five under construction and plans for 43 data centers announced across the state.
“There needs to be more public input with this, and also to see how many we can sustain here in this community, cause there are talks of 43, and then another day 70. How many can we sustain here?” said Councilman Moody.
The proposed moratorium will now go to the Public Services Committee on Monday, May 18 at noon in the Municipal Building.
Sheridan will play in the North Regional Tournament at Gillette, while the South Regional Tournament will be played at Rock Springs.
North Regional Tournament at Gillette:
Checking record vs. highest team in the quadrant not involved in the tie, Thunder Basin gets the #1 Northeast seed over Campbell County, because the Lady Bolts went 3-1 vs. Sheridan, whereas the Lady Camels went 2-2.
Friday, May 15th:
(#1 NE) Thunder Basin vs. (#4 NW) Jackson – 11am
(#2 NW) Natrona County vs. (#3 NE) Sheridan – 11am
(#2 NE) Campbell County vs. (#3 NW) Kelly Walsh – 1pm
(#1 NW) Cody vs. (#4 NE) Worland – 1pm
Semi-Finals:
Thunder Basin/Jackson winner vs. Natrona County/Sheridan winner – 3pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Campbell County/Kelly Walsh winner vs. Cody/Worland winner – 5pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Consolation Round:
Thunder Basin/Jackson loser vs. Natrona County/Sheridan loser – 3pm LOSER OUT!
Campbell County/Kelly Walsh loser vs. Cody/Worland loser – 5pm LOSER OUT!
Saturday, May 16th:
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
2 10am winners vs. each other – 1pm 3rd Place
TBA vs. TBA – 1pm 1st Place
South Regional Tournament at Rock Springs:
Friday, May 15th:
(#1 SW) Laramie vs. (#4 SE) Torrington – 11am
(#2 SE) Cheyenne East vs. (#3 SW) Green River – 11am
(#2 SW) Rock Springs vs. (#3 SE) Wheatland – 1pm
(#1 SE) Cheyenne Central vs. (#4 SW) Cheyenne South – 1pm
Semi-Finals:
Laramie/Torrington winner vs. Cheyenne East/Green River winner – 3pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Rock Springs/Wheatland winner vs. Cheyenne Central/Cheyenne South winner – 5pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Consolation Round:
Laramie/Torrington loser vs. Cheyenne East/Green River loser – 3pm LOSER OUT!
Rock Springs/Wheatland loser vs. Cheyenne Central/Cheyenne South loser – 5pm LOSER OUT!
Saturday, May 16th:
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
2 10am winners vs. each other – 1pm 3rd Place
TBA vs. TBA – 1pm 1st Place
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