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Cross Country Trek

The Wyoming Office of Tourism announced today in a press release the negative economic impact 2020 had on tourism.

While the sun is shining and the snow has since ceased falling, area roadways in places still have some slick spots of ice and snow.

The U.S. Travel Association estimates that domestic trips will drop by around a third for 2020.

Southwestern Wyoming is a hub of trona mining and natural gas drilling.

For the latest information on Wyoming road conditions and closures, visit WyoRoad.info, call 511 or download the Wyoming 511 app.

Advocacy groups fear the park service is moving too fast and urge extreme caution.

In addition, US 30/287 was closed between WY 34 north of Laramie and I-80 at Walcott Junction.

The College National Finals Rodeo announced the cancelation on Wednesday.

Gov. Mark Gordon's April 3 directive about the pandemic dealt with people coming to Wyoming and self-quarantining.