A High Wind Warning and Winter Storm Warnings have been posted for southeast Wyoming today.
A dense fog advisory also is in effect for some areas, and parts of the Nebraska Panhandle are facing a Winter Weather Advisory.
That’s according to the Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service.
”We have issued a Winter Weather Advisory beginning later this afternoon for the northern sections of the Nebraska Panhandle. Northern Sioux, Box Butte, and Dawes County are expected to see a small window for accumulating light snowfall. Highest accumulations will be confined to the Pine Ridge, and adjacent surrounding areas. Localized higher amounts greater than 4 inches possible where persistent snow showers occur. Dense fog is expected to persist through later this morning, before eroding away. Expect the gradual dissipation of the patchy, dense fog from west to east. Accumulating snowfall and gusty winds are still expected for the higher terrain west of Laramie.”
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Forecasts For Cheyenne and Laramie
Cheyenne Forecast
Today
Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 44. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
A chance of flurries after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
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Friday
Snow showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Friday Night
A 50 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Saturday
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Sunny, with a high near 39. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 17.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
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Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.
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Sunny, with a high near 50.
Monday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy.
Tuesday Night
A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.
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Wednesday
A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.
Laramie Forecast
Today
A chance of sprinkles between 11am and 2pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Windy, with a southwest wind 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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Tonight
A chance of flurries before 2am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday
Snow showers likely, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Friday Night
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A 40 percent chance of snow showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. East wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 33. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 11.
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Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 42.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
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Sunny, with a high near 45.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
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Tuesday Night
A slight chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.
Wednesday
A chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.
Historic Wyoming Hotels
Wyoming’s once wild west also incorporated a little luxury. Several fine hotels dotted the state, along trade routes and railroad lines. They have rich histories, and of course, ghost legends.
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Wyoming Black History in Pictures
Some of these pictures are part of a collection of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs serve to document “events in our own lives, events in our own history.” Others come from a collection of photographs of people who lived in Casper’s Sand Bar as found in the Walter R. Jones Papers available in and through the repository. Many others came from the Casper College Western History Center and the Wyoming State Archives from a wide-variety of original sources.
This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state.
The former director of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) agency is joining Wyoming’s Game and Fish Department.
9-News reported that Jeff Davis was hired as the department’s deputy director in late December. That’s after Doug Brimeyer retired.
He starts the job in February.
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Davis resigned from CPW last year instead of being fired as part of a settlement agreement. The settlement agreement Davis signed did not directly cite a reason for his termination.
Davis joined CPW as the state reintroduced wolves. His resignation came shortly after Washington state said it would not provide wolves to Colorado’s reintroduction program.
Before joining CPW in 2023, Davis had a long career in the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. While there, he focused on coordinating conservation initiatives involving interdisciplinary teams and salmon recovery.
BILLINGS— Activists on both sides praised and criticized the Wyoming Supreme Court’s ruling of abortion bans as unconstitutional on Tuesday in a 4-1 majority.
The ruling marks the end of a four-year legal battle in Wyoming since the state’s 2022 abortion ban went in place with the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which overturned abortion rights on a federal level.
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Activists react after Wyoming high court rules abortion ban unconstitutional
The ban was put on hold after Wyoming’s only abortion clinic, Wellspring Health Access in Casper, led a suit against the state.
“I was holding my breath as I opened it and read it. But soon that turned to being rather elated. We couldn’t be more pleased with the opinion,” said Julie Burkhart, the clinic’s president.
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Julie Burkhart
The decision comes after a years-long fight and setbacks, including an arsonist who set the clinic on fire in May of 2022.
“We were set to open that next month, but unfortunately that arson set us back by 11 months. We weren’t able to open that until 2023. It was quite devastating,” said Burkhart.
“I don’t think it’s moral, ethical, appropriate for anyone to tell another person what they can or cannot do with their own body,” she added.
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Wellspring Health Access after 2022 fire
For a Montana advocacy group, it was a different story.
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“I was very disappointed,” said Amy Seymour, president of Yellowstone Valley Christians for Life, an anti-abortion advocacy group.
“These pre-born children who are unique, complete, living, individual human beings from the moment of their conception, they can be protected if Wyoming decides to have a constitutional amendment to that degree,” she added.
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Wyoming state Speaker of the House Chip Neiman, a Republican, echoed Seymour’s sentiments with a written statement.
“Today’s decision is an abomination. Four unelected justices thwarted the will of the people to establish a ‘right’ to kill an innocent baby. Thanks to these justices, Wyoming has some of the most radical abortion laws in America. I will not stand for that, and will continue fighting for innocent unborn babies,” said Neiman.
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Wyoming Supreme Court strikes down abortion bans, keeping procedure legal
GLENROCK, Wyo. — A 55-year-old Wyoming man died Monday night after his vehicle went over a bridge rail and caught fire on Interstate 25 near Glenrock.
Gavin Stanek was traveling north in a Cadillac Escalade around 9:13 p.m. when the vehicle drifted into the median near milepost 156, according to a Wyoming Highway Patrol report. The vehicle continued through the median until it struck a bridge retaining wall.
The driver’s side of the Escalade scraped along the rail before the vehicle went over the edge toward the river. The Cadillac rolled toward the passenger side and landed on its roof on the river embankment, where it was engulfed in flames, the report states.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol identified driver fatigue or the driver falling asleep as a possible contributing factor in the crash. Road conditions were dry and the weather was clear at the time of the incident.
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This story contains preliminary information as provided by the Wyoming Highway Patrol via the Wyoming Department of Transportation Fatal Crash Summary map. The agency advises that information may be subject to change.
