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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Tuesday, July 2nd. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Presented by Cheyenne Frontier Days - starting July 19th, from sun-up to sun-down - there's something for everyone! Check it out at C-F-D RODEO DOT COM!

Dyno Nobel in Cheyenne made headlines last year when it lost 30 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate. While no official explanation has been offered, the company has posited the idea that the compound somehow leaked out of the rail cars between Cheyenne and Saltdale, California.

Cowboy State Daily's Pat Maio and two industry experts Monday observed railcars of the chemical the company is holding in the abandoned town of Saltdale - and Pat says the geologists he was with had concerns with the official story from the company.

"The words I heard were, something's wrong with the accounting system. Or secondly, there's no security. I mean, we're talking about tons and tons and tons of ammonium nitrate that's kept behind a barbed wire fence that I drove right into right after the padlock was opened up… the company - Dyno Nobel - the railroad that transported the ammonium nitrate, they're all being quiet about what happened."

The loss of the fertilizer is concerning to federal law enforcement authorities. Ammonium nitrate was a key chemical used in the bomb that terrorist Timothy McVeigh built to blow up a federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995.

Read the full story HERE.

A retired biologist took the only known video of a rare white bison calf born in Yellowstone on June 4 and he shared it with Cowboy State Daily on Sunday. But nobody has seen the white bison since, according to outdoors reporter Mark Heinz.

"Some Native Americans, some elders from the Sioux Nation did hold a ceremony on - I think it was last week - to commemorate this because it's as you know, Native American Christian tradition. That's a big deal. When a White Bison calf is born, they see it as both a blessing and a warning."

The odds of a white bison calf are about 1 in a million, according to the Park Service. The agency also stated that there hadn't been any confirmed sightings of the calf since that first day.

Read the full story HERE.

Wyoming residents can expect Mother Nature to rain on their parades - along with their barbecues and campouts - for this week's Fourth of July celebrations.

The Independence Day forecast is cool and damp across Wyoming, and it might last long enough to delay the evening fireworks in some parts on the Fourth, according to Cowboy State Daily's Andrew Rossi.

"Overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning, it's going to be rainy and cold - up to 15 degrees lower than average in northern Wyoming. And then that's going to shift towards southern Wyoming as we go through the day. So it should be gone in time for fireworks that evening, but there's no guarantees."

There might even be some snow flurries at the highest points of the Beartooth Highway and Bighorn Mountains on Thursday morning. Happy 4th of July, indeed.

Read the full story HERE.

Former President Donald Trump is largely immune from being prosecuted criminally for official acts he took during his tenure.

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