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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Friday, October 18th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - brought to you by the Cowboy State Daily Morning Show with Jake! From 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, Cowboy State Daily's Jake Nichols brings to life the latest news, weather, sports and in-depth conversations that matter to you.

After weeks of "perfect fire weather" that has fueled two massive wildfires in the state, Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day says a much-needed cold spell has finally arrived in Wyoming with the potential to blanket much of the state with snow.

Wyoming is a large state with varied terrain, so the impact of the winter weather pattern moving across the state Thursday and Friday won't be the same everywhere, reports Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi.

"What Wyomingites can expect broadly across the board is that there's going to be a lot of snow in the mountains. We're talking a foot or more in most of the mountain ranges. There's going to be enough snow and enough strength in this cold weather system for snow to fall in the lower elevations. But it's not anything that's going to stick and not anything that's going to be shovel-able, as Don puts it."

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The cold temperatures and snowfall are answered prayers for hundreds of people who have been fighting the Elk Fire in the Bighorn Mountains, which has consumed 96,000 acres so far. But Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that the Thursday morning raindrops - which turned to snow - has only stalled the fire, not stopped it altogether.

"I'm told by both the meteorologists I've talked to and the elk fire officials, it's probably not going to end the fire. It's burning too hot. There's not going to be enough precipitation, and it's not going to last long enough before a warming trend comes through and kind of dries everything out again. But so it's not going to be the fire Ender that we're all hoping for, but it's definitely going to give these firefighters a big shot in the arm when it comes to containing this fire and keeping it under control."

Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day did say this is the beginning of the end of the fire season.

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A Weston County effort to add two seats to solely represent their county in the Wyoming Legislature is moving forward.

The Weston County Republican Party on Wednesday selected three candidates each for a new state Senate and a House seat that the Weston County commission is attempting to create for the upcoming 2025 legislative session. Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson reports that the commission is making its play based on a clause in the Wyoming Constitution, which Weston County leaders say entitles every county to its own senators and representatives.

"The Weston county commissioners, or a majority of them, believe that the current state law for deciding legislative districts violates the Wyoming co