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Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices
Read full article: Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium pricesThe owner of two a south-central Montana precious metals mines is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year.
UT Austin researchers rediscover species of ancient beaver, name it after Buc-eeās
Read full article: UT Austin researchers rediscover species of ancient beaver, name it after Buc-eeāsThe Buc-eeās beaver may rule Texas interstates, but the state has been ābeaver countryā for millions of years, researchers by the University of Texas at Austin recently proved.
Montana to allow transgender people to change birth record
Read full article: Montana to allow transgender people to change birth recordAfter months of defiance, Montanaās health department said it will follow a judgeās ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates.
Census ponders producing less granular data in next release
Read full article: Census ponders producing less granular data in next releaseU.S. Census Bureau officials are pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next release of 2020 census data, dealing with housing and family relationships.
Forest Service maxed out as wildfires break across US West
Read full article: Forest Service maxed out as wildfires break across US WestThe U.S. Forest Service said Friday itās operating in crisis mode, fully deploying firefighters and maxing out its support system as wildfires continue to break out across the U.S. West.
Teenager critically wounded in possible accidental shooting on South Side
Read full article: Teenager critically wounded in possible accidental shooting on South SideSAN ANTONIO ā A teenage boy was rushed to University Hospital in critical condition Tuesday morning after being shot in the head in what appears to be an accidental shooting at the hands of his teenage cousin. San Antonio police were called to the Garden Valley Mobile Home Park in the 8600 block of South Zarzamora Street around 11:35 a.m., said SAPD spokesman Sgt. One of the teens had been showing the other a handgun when he told police he had an āaccidental discharge,ā Brown said. At the time, they were in a home with four other juveniles, ages 5, 7, 11, and 16. Police are investigating the shooting and trying to determine where the teens got the gun.
SAPD looking for 10 men with guns after apparent shootout at Northwest Side San Antonio apartment complex
Read full article: SAPD looking for 10 men with guns after apparent shootout at Northwest Side San Antonio apartment complexSAN ANTONIO, TEXAS ā San Antonio police declared an entire Northwest Side apartment a crime scene Thursday morning following what sounded like a shootout. He said trouble that started inside one unit at the complex, located in the 12300 block of Vance Jackson Road, spilled outside. This car, with its window shattered, was one of several that were hit in the crossfire in the parking lot. āWe did get some stray bullets that went inside an apartment. (KSAT 12 News)At one point during the investigation, Brown said the entire apartment complex was considered a crime scene.
Neighbor stunned by shooting death of man inside southeast side San Antonio home
Read full article: Neighbor stunned by shooting death of man inside southeast side San Antonio homeSAN ANTONIO ā People in a Southeast Side neighborhood are still reeling after waking up to the sight of a crime scene. San Antonio police said someone shot and killed a man early Wednesday inside his home in the 2900 block of Lasses Boulevard. Police said it appeared he may have been sleeping when the first shot hit, then collapsed on the floor after getting out of bed. Police said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that two people were taken to Public Safety Headquarters for questioning. Early on investigators said the person who they were looking for is the boyfriend of the victimās sister.