Power Outage

Casper College has sent out an alert to students saying that their phone lines are currently down.

Wind-chill warnings extended Tuesday from Canada into Mexico. In all, at least 20 deaths were reported.

Black Hills Energy says it could be several hours before power is restored to roughly 300 customers in north Cheyenne.

Winds hit 86 mph at roughly 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to the weather service website.

More than 2,000 are without power as of 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to Rocky Mountain Power.

High winds are in the forecast for at least the next day.

The outages come as Casper's still-green trees are laden with snow from a winter storm that's moving through Wyoming.

Rocky Mountain Power is currently investigating the cause of the outage.

Rocky Mountain Power reports, as of 7:22 AM that they have crews in the field and are making repairs.

As of Thursday morning, virtually all residential members have had their power restored, the cooperative said.