Power Outage

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.

A power outage in West Laramie has been reported at 4 p.m. in the area of West Madison, North Pierce, and Van Buren Streets.

Most customers had power restored within a couple of hours.

LARAMIE -- Rocky Mountain Power reported an isolated power outage due to an accident at around 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.