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Summer Heat Returns, Smoke Moves Out
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - Things are pretty hot out there and we’ll have hotter temperatures coming in soon. Since things are dry and hot, we are under a Fire Weather Watch until tomorrow night. The watch includes many areas of Wyoming from central to eastern Wyoming and including the Nebraska panhandle. Be very careful with sources of ignition and with any burning out there as fire could be spread quickly. The air quality alert that we were under today has expired as the smoke is finally thinning and moving out of the area. A bit of smoke will stick around in a few areas but it’ll be much thinner and not nearly as prevalent.
Thief Caught Red-Handed After Trying to Outrun Wyoming Troopers
A woman is facing a felony theft charge after Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers reportedly caught her holding the keys to a stolen vehicle. According to a booking sheet, it all started at 1:34 p.m. on July 14, 2024, after a trooper was dispatched to a hazardous vehicle at milepost 4 on northbound Interstate 25, about three miles south of Cheyenne, and arrived to find an unoccupied vehicle parked along the west shoulder.
118 Wyoming Student-Athletes Honored on 2024 Spring Academic All-Mountain West Conference Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (7/23/24) – The Mountain West Conference released its 2024 Spring Academic All-Conference Team on Tuesday. A total of 1,241 student-athletes were honored and 118 of those hail from the University of Wyoming. Spring sports include women's swimming and diving, men's and women's basketball, women's gymnastics, men's...
U of Wyo asks for residents to share monarch butterfly observations
WYOMING — Wyomingites can help track Monarch butterflies as they fly through the state this summer and fall. In 2015, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute started a citizen scientist campaign called the Monarchs and Milkweeds program to better understand where, when and how monarchs travel through Wyoming.
Most contested state legislative primaries in Wyoming this year since at least 2010
Wyoming has 54 contested state legislative primaries on August 20, 2024, the most the state has had since Ballotpedia began tracking in 2010. All contested primaries are Republican primaries, marking a record high for Republicans and a record low for Democrats. About 35.1% of all possible state legislative primaries are...
Wyoming Legion Baseball Class ‘A’ All-Conference Awards for 2024
All-conference accolades were announced for Wyoming Legion Baseball’s Single-A teams on Tuesday. The lists include first-team and second-team honors for the 2024 season. The head coaches in each district (West and East) voted for the honors. The eight teams in the Northwest and Southwest conferences make up the West All-Conference selections. The nine teams in the East Conference comprise their All-League choices. Congratulations to all the players on the lists.
Wyoming has a Chance to See Northern Lights Tonight
The National Weather Service is saying there is a good chance Wyomingites will see the Northern Lights tonight, July 23. The best viewing times will be between midnight and 3:00 a.m. The best way to view them is by finding a dark place away from light pollution. Then look to...
Game and Fish Commission Approved $102 M Budget; Dubois man awarded EOY
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission met last week in Buffalo. The seven-member board approved the annual Wyoming Game and Fish Department budget — a regular task at July meetings. The standard operational budget, which supports the day-to-day work of the department, was approved at $102 million. Game and Fish doesn’t receive state general fund dollars. The bulk of the budget comes from sportspeople.
Wyoming Faces Monsoon Moisture and Fire Warnings: Cheyenne Braces for Extreme Weather
Cheyenne, WY – Residents of Cheyenne should prepare for a weekend of extreme weather as monsoon moisture and fire risks converge. According to the US National Weather Service in Cheyenne, monsoon moisture will return briefly on Friday and Saturday, bringing scattered to numerous storms during the afternoon and evening. These storms are expected to produce torrential rains, leading to potential flooding concerns on both days.
NorthWestern Energy crews work to fix power to 20,000+ customers in western Montana
UPDATE: July 25 at 6:55 a.m. NorthWestern Energy (NWE) crews worked overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning to restore power to more than 20,000 customers after a powerful storm hit western Montana. The following is a statement from NWE:. "Crews are working to restore service as quickly as possible, safely,...
Puget Sound Energy building two massive wind energy projects in Montana
RAPELJE — As Montana citizens and groups pressure the state’s largest public utility, NorthWestern Energy, to add more renewable energy to its portfolio while the company continues pushing a series of natural-gas power plants, a Washington-based utility is building an expansive wind farm that will send power to the Seattle area. Puget Sound Energy is also […]
Update: Hydrothermal explosion closes Biscuit Basin for season
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park officials have closed Biscuit Basin for the remainder of the 2024 season following a significant hydrothermal explosion on July 23. The incident, occurring just before 10 a.m., sent steam and debris hundreds of feet into the air and damaged a nearby boardwalk. National...
Check Out What’s On The Big Screen At Edness K
Summer is moving fast; before you know it, the kids will return to school. Take advantage of every moment that you can. There are great options for you to participate 6 miles east of Casper, at Edness K. Wilkins State Park. The park is having a great family movie night...
(PHOTOS) Cheyenne Day Block Party delivers on street fun and games
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Street vendors took to the Cheyenne Depot Plaza and 15th Street on Wednesday for the city’s annual block party. Games and attractions proliferated the street through much of the day. The Wyoming Dairy Goat Association held a makeshift petting zoo consisting of dairy goats, Colorado mountain dogs and chickens. In addition, kids lined up to climb a rock climbing wall, ride a mechanical bull or dunk one another at a water tank game.
Aerial Mosquito Control Spray Planned
The City of Laramie Mosquito Control has scheduled the aerial application of Dibrom for control of adult mosquitoes in rural areas adjacent to the City for Friday July 26th, 2024, starting around 6:30 pm. Backup dates have been set for Saturday the 27th through Monday the 29th if weather conditions arise delaying the application. This application is targeted to control both nuisance and vector mosquitoes, including Culex tarsalis, which can that transmit West Nile virus (WNV).
Jail deputies find over 1,000 fentanyl pills strapped to suspect’s leg
CASPER, Wyo. — State drug enforcement agents say a suspected distributor had over 1,000 fentanyl pills attached to his leg when he was booked into jail on Monday. Taylor Cole Few, 32, was arrested Monday, July 22 after a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper pulled him over near Casper. Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigations agents said Few became a person of interest after separate distribution investigations conducted in the last year.
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