While relatively cool, wet weather is expected in most areas of southeast Wyoming today a blast of much hotter weather is on the way this week.
That’s according to the Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service. The agency posted the following on its website:
Week ahead forecast for southeast Wyoming and Nebraska Panhandle. Strong to severe thunderstorms expected across areas east of the Laramie Range, into the Nebraska Panhandle Monday afternoon and evening. Drier and warmer Tuesday through Thursday, with the warmest day Wednesday. Showers and storms return Friday with most areas seeing at least a chance of getting measurable rainfall. Stay tuned!
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Forecast For Cheyenne, Laramie
Cheyenne Forecast
Today
Showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could be severe. High near 80. West southwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.
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Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 82. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east southeast in the morning.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 54. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.
Wednesday
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Sunny, with a high near 88. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny and hot, with a high near 90.
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Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Friday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82.
Friday Night
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81.
Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.
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Sunday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 84.
Laramie Forecast
Today
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 69 by 5pm. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
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Tonight
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph becoming south southwest 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 75. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
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Thursday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Sunny, with a high near 79.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Friday
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.
Friday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Saturday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.
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Saturday Night
A slight chance of showers. Mostly clear, with a low around 51.
Sunday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 73.
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.
Wellspring Health Access
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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Amy Seymour
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.
