Wyoming
Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Sunday, October 20, 2024
Mostly sunny in Wyoming on Sunday with a few rain chances in southern Wyoming. Frost in some areas. Highs from the upper 50s to the mid 70s. Lows from the low 20s to the mid 40s.
Central:
Casper: Sunny today with a high near 67 and partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 41 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.
Riverton: Frost before 8 a.m., sunny today with a high near 64 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 34.
Jeffrey City: Frost mainly before 9 a.m., sunny today with a high near 64 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 33.
Southwest:
Evanston: Slight chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 58 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 30.
Green River: Areas of frost before 10 a.m., mostly sunny today with a high near 58 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 36.
Lyman: Partly sunny today with a high near 59 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 35.
Western Wyoming:
Pinedale: Frost before 9 a.m., sunny today with a high near 61 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 30.
Alpine: Frost before 10 a.m., sunny today with a high near 65 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 31.
Big Piney: Frost before 10 a.m., sunny today with a high near 62 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 24.
Northwest:
Dubois: Sunny today with a high near 63 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 35 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Jackson: Frost before 10 a.m., sunny today with a high near 64 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 27.
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: Frost before 10 a.m., sunny today with a high near 59 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 26.
Bighorn Basin:
Thermopolis: Sunny today with a high near 68 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 37.
Cody: Sunny today with a high near 69 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 45.
Lovell: Frost mainly before 7 a.m., sunny today with a high near 69 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 37.
North Central:
Buffalo: Sunny today with a high near 69 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 47.
Sheridan: Sunny today with a high near 75 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 38.
Clearmont: Sunny today with a high near 72 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 38.
Northeast:
Gillette: Sunny today with a high near 68 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 39.
Newcastle: Sunny today with a high near 70 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 43.
Moorcroft: Sunny today with a high near 70 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 35.
Eastern Plains:
Torrington: Patchy fog before 11 a.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 69 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 39.
Lusk: Sunny today with a high near 68 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 38.
Midwest: Areas of frost before 7 a.m., sunny today with a high near 67 and mostly clear overnight with a low near 40.
Southeast:
Cheyenne: Patchy fog before 9 a.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 67 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 42.
Laramie: Areas of frost before 9 a.m., slight chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 65 and partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 36.
Chugwater: Mostly sunny today with a high near 67 and partly cloudy overnight with a low near 45.
South Central:
Rawlins: Frost before 9 a.m., slight chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 62 and partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, a low near 39 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Encampment: Areas of frost before 9 a.m., chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 62 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 34.
Hanna: Frost before 9 a.m., slight chance of rain after noon, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 61 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain, a low near 38 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
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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