The University of Wyoming canceled classes and business services Tuesday after heavy snowfall and a continued power outage.
Despite what some consider harsh winter conditions, it is unusual for the University of Wyoming to cancel its operations. Chad Baldwin, a UW spokesman, says the University originally decided on a delayed start to operations, but after the power outage continued along with the snowfall, the decision was made to close for the remainder of the day.
Margaret Oler is a spokeswoman for Rocky Mountain Power. Oler says crews worked through Monday night to fix a damaged pole that resulted in lost power for over 4,000 customers in the Laramie area.
“Under the best of conditions, it takes usually hours to replace a pole—to take the old, damaged pole out and put the new pole in and they have been hampered with the weather conditions.