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Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Monday, June 3, 2024

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June 3, 2024

Sunny in some areas, but a chance for rain and/or cloudy in much of Wyoming on Monday. Breezy in some locations. Highs range from near 60 to the upper 80s. Lows from the upper 30s to the upper 50s.

Central:

Casper: There’s a slight chance of rain after 5 p.m. today and before 10 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and windy today with a high near 79 and wind gusts as high as 36 mph. Overnight it should be windy and gradually become mostly clear with a low near 52 and wind gusts as high as 37 mph.

Lander: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 1 p.m. today and before 11 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 71 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.

Shoshoni: Look for it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 78 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph. It should gradually become partly cloudy overnight and be breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.

Southwest:

Evanston: There’s a chance of rain after noon today and a slight chance before midnight tonight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 67 and wind gusts as high as 37 mph. It should be mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 45 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

Rock Springs: There’s a slight chance of rain after 3 p.m. today and a chance of rain before 11 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, expect increasing clouds and it to be breezy today with a high near 74 and wind gusts as high as 32 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy with a low near 46 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.

Kemmerer: There’s a chance of rain today and tonight before 11 p.m. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy and windy today with a high near 66 and wind gusts as high as 38 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and windy with a low near 41 and wind gusts as high as 34 mph.

Western Wyoming:

Pinedale: There’s a chance of rain today and a chance of rain tonight mainly before 11 p.m. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 59 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 38 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.

Afton: Rain is near certain today and likely before midnight tonight. Otherwise, the high today should be near 60 and the low overnight near 41.

La Barge: There’s a chance of rain today and a chance tonight before 11 p.m. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly cloudy and windy today with a high near 64 and wind gusts as high as 36 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.

Northwest:

Dubois: Rain is likely today and there’s a chance of rain before midnight tonight. Otherwise, it should be breezy today with a high near 60 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and windy with a low near 41 and wind gusts as high as 39 mph.

Jackson: Rain is near certain today and likely overnight. Otherwise, the high today should be near 59 and it should be mostly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 40 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.

Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: Rain is near certain today and overnight. Otherwise, the high today should be near 52 and the low overnight should be near 35.

Bighorn Basin:

Thermopolis: There’s a slight chance of rain after 5 p.m. today and before 10 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 77 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. It should gradually become partly cloudy overnight and be breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.

Cody: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m. today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, it should be mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 71 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.

Worland: There’s a slight chance of rain after 4 p.m. today and before 9 p.m. tonight. Otherwise, look for clouds to increase and it to be breezy today with a high near 78 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a low near 47 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.

North Central:

Buffalo: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 5 p.m. today and mainly before midnight tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 76 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a low near 46 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph.

Sheridan: It should be partly sunny today with a high near 81 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 45.

Story: There’s a slight chance of rain after 3 p.m. today and a chance of rain overnight. Otherwise, look for increasing clouds today with a high near 75 and it should be mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 43.

Northeast:

Gillette: Look for increasing clouds today with a high near 80 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. It should be mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.

Newcastle: Expect it to be sunny today with a high near 81 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Overnight it should gradually become partly cloudy and there’s a chance of rain. The low should be near 50 and winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Hulett: It should be sunny today with a high near 82 and wind gusts as high as 18 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, a low near 47 and wind gusts as high as 17 mph.

Eastern Plains:

Torrington: Clouds should increase today with a high near 87 and it should gradually become mostly clear overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 58.

Lusk: Look for it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 81 and wind from 15-20 mph in the afternoon. It should be breezy and gradually become mostly clear overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, a low near 51 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wright: Expect it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 79 and wind gusts as high as 32 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.

Southeast:

Cheyenne: Clouds should increase today with a high near 81 and it should gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 54.

Laramie: Look for it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 75 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight, a low near 50 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

Pine Bluffs: Expect it to be mostly sunny today with a high near 86 and it should gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 54.

South Central:

Rawlins: Clouds should increase and it should be breezy today with a high near 74 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy with a chance of rain before midnight, a low near 49 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph.

Saratoga: Look for it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 75 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. It should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight, a low near 48 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wamsutter: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 5 p.m. today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 72 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and gradually become partly cloudy with a low near 47 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph.

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Wyoming State Parks surpasses five million visitors in 2025

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February 28, 2026

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Wyoming State Parks surpasses five million visitors in 2025

Wyoming State Parks is thrilled to announce that system-wide visitation surpassed the 5-million-visitor milestone in 2025. With an estimated 5,048,419 total visitors, the agency saw a 5% increase over 2024, marking its highest visitation levels since the 2020-21 recreation surge. This continued growth reaffirms Wyoming’s reputation as a premier destination for recreation, history, and culture. […]

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University Of Wyoming Budget Spared (For Now), Biz Council Reined In

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February 28, 2026

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University Of Wyoming Budget Spared (For Now), Biz Council Reined In

If the Wyoming House and Senate approve its budget changes, then the chambers’ Joint Conference Committee will have helped the University of Wyoming dodge a $40 million cut, while also limiting the Wyoming Business Council to one year’s funding instead of the standard two.

The Joint Conference Committee adopted numerous changes to the state’s two-year budget draft, but didn’t formally advance the document to the House and Senate chambers. The committee meets again Monday and may do so at that time.

Then, the House and Senate can vote on whether to adopt that draft by a simple majority.

First, UW

Starting in January, the Joint Appropriations Committee majority had sought to deny around $20 million in exception requests the University of Wyoming made, while imposing a $40 million cut to the university’s block grant.

That’s about 10% of the state’s grant to UW but a lesser proportion of the school’s overall operating budget.

The Senate sought to restore the $60 million.

The House sought to keep the denials and cuts, ultimately settling on a bargain to cut $20 million, and hinge UW’s retention of the remaining $20 million on its finding and reporting $5 million in savings.

The Joint Conference Committee the House and Senate sent into a Friday meeting to negotiate those two stances chose to fund UW “fully,” Senate Majority Floor Leader Tara Nethercott, R-Cheyenne, told Cowboy State Daily in the state Capitol after the meeting.

But, $10 million of UW’s $40 million block grant won’t reach it until the school charts a “road map” of how it could save $5 million, and reports that to the Joint Appropriations Committee, she added.

“A healthy exercise, I think, for them to participate in, while the Legislature still allows them to receive full grant funding,” Nethercott said.

“I’m hopeful people feel confident the University is fully funded,” she continued, as it’s “on the brink of receiving a new president, having the resources he or she may need to continue to steer the leadership of the University, our state’s flagship school into the future.”

Hours earlier in a press conference, House Speaker Chip Neiman, R-Hulett, said the Legislature has been clear that UW should avoid “diversity, equity, and inclusion” or DEI programming, and that it’s the position of the House majority that the school should tailor its programming to Wyoming’s true business needs – so UW graduates will stay in the state.

Within an earlier draft of the budget sat a footnote blocking money for Wyoming Public Media — a publicly funded media and radio entity funded through UW’s budget.

That footnote is gone from the JCC’s draft, said Nethercott.

Wyoming Business Council

The Wyoming Business Council is set to receive roughly $14 million, confined to one year, for its internal operations, said Nethercott.

“Both chambers have decided to only fund the operations,” Nethercott said, “not all the grant programs.”

She said that’s to compel the Legislature to revisit the concerns it has with the agency, then return in the 2027 legislative session with a vision for its future.

The Business Ready Communities program is “eliminated,” she said.

JCC member Rep. Ken Pendergraft, R-Sheridan, elaborated further.

Of the appropriation, $12 million is from the state’s checking account, plus the state is authorizing WBC to use $157,787 in federal funds and nearly $1 million from other sources.

“We’re going to take it up as an interim topic in appropriations (committee) and how to rebuild it and make it work the way we think it should work,” said Pendergraft. But the JCC opted to fund the Small Business Development Center for two years, along with Economic Diversification Division for Manufacturing Works, and the Wyoming Women’s Business Center, Pendergraft noted, pointing to that language on his draft budget sheet.

Pendergraft made headlines last year by saying he wanted to eliminate the Wyoming Business Council altogether.

But Nethercott told the Senate earlier this month, legislators have complained of that agency her entire nine-year tenure.

She attributed this to what she called communications shortfalls that may not be intentional. She cosponsored a now-stalled bill this year that had sought to adopt a task force to evaluate WBC.

The Wyoming Business Council’s functions range from less controversial, like helping communities build infrastructure, to more controversial, like awarding tax-funded grants to certain businesses on a competitive application process.

Wyoming Public Television

Wyoming Public Television, which is not the same as Wyoming Public Media, is slated to receive the $3 million it lost when Congress defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Nethercott said.

It will also receive its usual $3 million from Wyoming.

The entity will not receive another $3 million it had sought to upgrade its emergency-alert towers, said Nethercott, “because we received information from them… they have another source to pay for the replacement and maintenance of the towers.”

Like the Wyoming Business Council, the Wyoming Public TV’s functions range from less controversial to more controversial.

The entity operates, maintains and staffs emergency alert towers throughout Wyoming.

Wyoming Public TV also produces entertainment and informational movies. Its state grants run through the community colleges’ budget.

State Employees

Nethercott noted that the JCC advanced to both chambers an agreement to pay $111 million from the state’s checking account to give state employees raises.

Those raises would bring them to 2024 market values for their work, she noted.

Because that money is coming from the state’s checking account, or “general fund,” and not its severance tax pool as the House had envisioned, then $111 million won’t impact the $105 million investment another still-viable bill seeking to build an “energy dominance fund” envisions.

That bill, sponsored by Senate President Bo Biteman, R-Ranchester, seeks to lend to large energy-sector projects.

Biteman told Cowboy State Daily in an interview days before the session convened that its purpose is to counteract “green” compacts investors have adopted, and which have bottlenecked energy projects.

Wyoming’s executive branch is currently suing BlackRock and other investors on that same assertion.

Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.

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Casper veteran David Giralt joins race for Wyoming U.S. House seat

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February 27, 2026

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Casper veteran David Giralt joins race for Wyoming U.S. House seat

CASPER, Wyo. — David Giralt, a Casper-raised military veteran and conservative Republican, has announced his candidacy for Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. The congressional seat is being vacated by Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman, who launched a campaign in December for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by retiring Sen. Cynthia Lummis. […]

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