Wyoming
Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Sunday, May 19, 2024
A chance of rain in parts of Wyoming on Sunday and mostly sunny in other areas. Breezy. Highs from the upper 50s to the lower 80s. Lows in the 30s and 40s.
Central:
Casper: There’s a slight chance of rain after 1 p.m. and overnight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly sunny and windy today with a high near 73 and wind gusts as high as 39 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 43 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Riverton: It should be sunny and breezy today with a high near 74 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and clouds should increase with a slight chance of rain after 4 a.m., a low near 43 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph.
Shoshoni: Expect it to be sunny and breezy today with a high near 74 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and clouds should increase with a low near 43 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.
Southwest:
Evanston: Expect it to be sunny and breezy today with a high near 62 and wind gusts as high as 37 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow after midnight, a low near 37 and wind from 12-17 mph.
Green River: It should be mostly sunny and breezy with a high near 67 today and wind gusts as high as 33 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a slight chance of rain after midnight, a low near 43 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.
South Pass: Look for it to be sunny and windy today with a high near 61 and wind gusts as high as 47 mph. Overnight it should be windy and clouds should increase with a chance of snow mainly after 1 a.m., a low near 36 and wind gusts as high as 41 mph.
Western Wyoming:
Pinedale: Look for it to be mostly sunny and windy today with a high near 56 and wind gusts as high as 36 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 31 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph.
Alpine: It should be mostly sunny today with a high near 58 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 33.
Big Piney: Expect it to be mostly sunny and windy today with a high near 60 and wind gusts as high as 36 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 30 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph.
Northwest:
Dubois: Expect it to be mostly sunny and windy today with a high near 56 and wind gusts as high as 44 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a slight chance of snow after 4 a.m., a low near 30 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph.
Jackson: 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 30 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: There’s a chance of snow today and overnight. Otherwise, look for it to become sunny today with a high near 48 and be mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 25.
Bighorn Basin:
Thermopolis: It should be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 72 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph. Overnight it should be breezy and clouds should increase with a low near 43 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Cody: Look for it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 57 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a slight chance of rain between 9 p.m. and midnight, a low near 40 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Worland: Expect it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 69 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 42 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.
North Central:
Buffalo: Look for it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 62 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 42 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph.
Sheridan: There’s a slight chance of rain after 3 p.m. today and before midnight tonight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly sunny today with a high near 68 and wind from 15-20 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 37 and wind from 15-20 mph.
Story: There’s a chance of rain after 3 p.m. today and mainly before midnight tonight. Otherwise, it should be mostly sunny today with a high near 65 and wind from 15-20 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 37 and wind from 16-21 mph.
Northeast:
Gillette: It should be mostly sunny and breezy with a high near 72 today and winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 33 mph.
Sundance: There’s a chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m. today and there’s a slight chance of rain overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly sunny today with a high near 71 and winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy with a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.
Hulett: There’s a slight chance of rain after noon today and overnight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly sunny today with a high near 76 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy with a low near 40 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Eastern Plains:
Torrington: There’s a slight chance of rain today and overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 83 and wind from 10-20 mph. It should be partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 45 and wind from 10-20 mph.
Lusk: There’s a chance of rain today and a slight chance overnight. Otherwise, it should be mostly sunny today with a high near 76 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 40.
Kaycee: There’s a flood advisory due to snowmelt in effect until 11 p.m. There’s a slight chance of rain after 1 p.m. today, otherwise look for it to be mostly sunny and breezy with a high near 68 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 43 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Southeast:
Cheyenne: There’s a chance of rain today and a slight chance overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 76 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a low near 41 and wind from 20-25 mph.
Laramie: There’s a chance of rain today and overnight. Otherwise, it should be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 70 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 39.
Pine Bluffs: There’s a chance of rain today and tonight before midnight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 80 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Overnight it should be partly cloudy and breezy with a low near 42 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
South Central:
Rawlins: There’s a chance of rain today and a slight chance overnight. Otherwise, look for it to be mostly sunny and windy today with a high near 69 and wind gusts as high as 40 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 38 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph.
Encampment: There’s a chance of rain today and overnight. Otherwise, expect it to be partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 66 and wind gusts as high as 35 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy with a low near 38.
Wamsutter: There’s a chance of rain mainly before 1 p.m. today and there’s a slight chance of rain after 11 p.m. overnight. Otherwise, it should be mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 64 and wind gusts as high as 32 mph. Overnight it should be mostly cloudy and breezy with a low near 38 and wind gusts as high as 29 mph.
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Two men were detained in Wyoming in connection with a fatal shooting at a downtown Salt Lake hotel that killed one man.
Carlos Chee, 23, and Chino Aguilar, 21, were both wanted for first-degree felony murder after the victim, identified as Christian Lee, 32, was found dead in a room at the Springhill Suites near 600 South and 300 West.
According to warrants issued for their arrest, Chee and Aguilar met with Lee and another woman at the hotel to sell marijuana. During the alleged drug deal, Aguilar allegedly shot and killed Lee after he tried to grab at his gun.
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Investigators said they found Lee dead in the room upon arrival, as well as a single shell casing on the floor and a small amount of marijuana on the television stand.
The woman told investigators she had met Chee on a dating app and that he agreed to come to the hotel to sell her marijuana. She had been hanging out with him in the room, which Lee rented for her to use, when Lee asked them to leave. Lee was then shot and killed following a brief confrontation.
Chee and Aguilar allegedly fled the scene in a 2013 Toyota Camry with a Texas license plate that was later found outside of Rock Springs, Wyoming just a few hours later.
The two men were taken into custody and detained at the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office.
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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.
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