Wyoming
Southeast Wyoming gets warm, windy conditions ahead of cooler weather next week
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Southeastern Wyoming, including Laramie County, will experience seasonably warm temperatures through the week, punctuated by windy conditions and a potential for snow next week, according to the National Weather Service in Cheyenne.
Daytime highs are expected to reach the 50s and 60s, with a brief cooldown Wednesday. Wednesday’s high is forecast in the upper 30s to upper 40s for most areas, and around 50 degrees for locations below 4,000 feet.
Winds are expected to pick up Thursday and into Friday, particularly in wind-prone areas, with calmer conditions returning over the weekend. Gusts could approach high wind criteria in areas like Arlington, Bordeaux and the Interstate 80 summit late Thursday and early Friday, though confidence is limited and a high wind watch has not been issued.
“In-house wind guidance is flirting with high wind criteria for a few of our wind-prone areas for a time late Thursday evening through the early morning hours of Friday prior to sunrise,” the NWS in Cheyenne said in its area forecast discussion.
Friday’s forecast includes concerns for fire weather along the Interstate 25 corridor from Cheyenne to Douglas and along Interstate 80 from Cheyenne to Kimball, with low humidity and west/northwest winds. However, near-surface winds are expected to remain light, precluding red flag conditions.
The weekend will see continued mild and dry conditions, with a potential for high winds in wind-prone areas Sunday.
Next week, a cold front is expected to bring cooler and wetter weather. Rain and snow showers are likely Monday, with snow showers expected Tuesday. The heaviest snow accumulations are expected in the mountains, but lighter accumulations are possible in the Wyoming plains and Nebraska Panhandle.
“The next shot at widespread and/or accumulating precip comes Monday into Tuesday with the upper trough and surface cold front,” the NWS in Cheyenne said.
For Wednesday, the forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, a high near 43 degrees and northwest winds gusting at up to 30 mph.
Detailed Forecast
- Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northwest wind at 15–20 mph and gusts as high as 30 mph.
- Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. West-northwest wind at around 10 mph.
- Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 56. West wind at 10–15 mph.
- Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a west wind at 15–20 mph.
- Friday: Sunny, with a high near 59. West-northwest wind at 10–15 mph.
- Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.
- Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 55.
- Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.
- Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
- Monday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54.
- Monday Night: Rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.
- Tuesday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy.
More on the weather is available from the NWS in Cheyenne.
NOTE: AI tools assisted in the publication of this report.
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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