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Montana Real Estate Market Still Sky Rocketing
BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Gallatin County residential real estate market saw continued strong demand in June, with homes selling quickly and sellers receiving nearly all of their asking price. Median sales prices increased slightly in the single-family market and decreased in the condo/townhome market, while the months supply of inventory in both markets is still in seller’s market territory.
“Over the past two months, we’ve seen homes selling faster than at any point in the past year,” said Jim. “While the inventory of available homes has trended upward in recent months, it is still well within seller’s market territory.”
Single Family Market – Gallatin County
According to statistics published on July 13, median sales prices in the single-family market increased slightly by 2% in June compared to last year, from $752,500 to $767,500. Closed sales fell 1.4%, from 138 to 136. The median number of days homes spent on the market remained unchanged at 8 days. The average percent of list price received by sellers decreased 1.1%, from 100.5% to 99.3%. The median price per square foot sold dropped 4.7%, from $380 to $362. Pending sales increased 33.7%, from 92 to 123. The number of new listings decreased 10.1%, from 238 to 214. End-of-month inventory decreased 10.7%, from 366 to 327. The months supply of inventory, which is an estimate of the time it would take to sell off the existing inventory, decreased 9.3%, from 2.65 to 2.4 months.
Condo/Townhouse Market – Gallatin County
Median Sales prices in the condo/townhouse market dropped 15.1%, from $595,000 to $505,000. The number of closed sales fell 3.2%, from 63 to 61. The median number of days homes spent on the market increased 78.6%, from 7 to 13. The average percent of list price received dropped 2.1%, from 100.6% to 98.5%. The median price per square foot sold decreased 0.9%, from $351 to $348. The number of pending listings rose 12.7% from 55 to 62. The number of new listings dropped 30.6%, from 121 to 84. End-of-month inventory rose 4.8%, from 165 to 173. The months supply of inventory increased 8.3%, from 2.62 to 2.84 months.
Cheyenne Transient Suspected In Series Of Thefts and Robberies
The Cheyenne Police Department responded to a 911 call this Tuesday, June 13th, at approximately T 6:35 p.m. and described to dispatch as a robbery with a knife wielded at the Maverick gas station at 3315 NBorth College Drive.
Once CPD officers arrived, they discovered that the 911 caller was incorrect and that it was a shoplifting case, not a robbery, as was called in.
After searching the area, Officers located 22-year-old Kegan Dawdy, listed as a transient. Dawdy was walking near the Cleveland Ave and Bevans Street intersection when officers were able to detain him. Dawdy was booked into the Laramie County Jail on theft charges.
The City of Cheyenne has been plagued with thefts and robberies at gas stations over the past 30-60 days.
City of Minot Employs Ohio Air National Guard To Spray For Mosquitos
The Wyoming News has discovered that the City of Minot, North Dakota, uses the Ohio Air National Guard to spray their town with mosquito spray instead of local pest control companies.
The City of Minot has gone to another state instead of their state, the Ohio, Air National Guard, and employed a C-130 crew to conduct aerial spray of mosquito poison called “Naled.”
The Wyoming News reporter contacted the Ohio Air National Guard for comment and was told, ” We are working in conjunction with the Minot North Dakota Air Force Base for this mosquito operation.”
“Naled” is a poison that can harm and kill Butterflies and Bees and wipe out hives and nests of these flying insects. However, according to the Ohio Air National Guard, ” We conduct these spray missions at night or the late evening so that any harm to Bees and BUtterflies is minimal.”
The city of Minot is spraying because the mosquitos have gotten really bad. According to a Minot resident who is a teenager, so the Wyoming News will not publish the young man’s name, he stated, “I can not go out and play outside with my buddies because the mosquitoes are so bad that I will come back in the house with bite bumps all over my body.”
The “mosquito mission” will be completed by the 910th Airlift Wing’s Air Force Spray Squadron from the Youngstown Air Reserve Station located in Ohio. They will be using a C-130 cargo aircraft equipped with spray apparatus.
$347.9 Million Allocated For Wyoming High-Speed Internet Infrastructure
WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that Wyoming will receive $347,877,921.27 to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service. Right now, 39,215 homes and small businesses in Wyoming lack access to a high-speed Internet connection.
As part of the “Internet for All” initiative, a key component of President Biden’s “Investing in America” agenda, the President, Vice President, and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced how much funding from the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five territories will receive.
“Bringing high-speed Internet to Wyoming’s rural communities is going to be life-changing for families across the state,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. “Thanks to President Biden’s leadership and with the work of Governor Gordon, this investment will ensure everyone in Wyoming has access to quality, affordable Internet, create jobs and boost the state’s economy.”
States, D.C., and territories (“Eligible Entities”) will use funding from the BEAD program from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to administer grant programs within their borders.
The BEAD funding will be used to deploy or upgrade broadband networks to ensure that everyone has access to reliable, affordable, high-speed Internet service. Once deployment goals are met, any remaining funding can be used on broadband adoption, training, and workforce development efforts, among other eligible uses.
Details related to the allocation for the states, D.C., and territories are available on InternetForAll.Gov.
Eligible Entities will receive their formal notice of allocation on June 30, 2023. Under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Eligible Entities have 180 days from the date of that formal notice to submit their Initial Proposals for how they will run their grant programs. Eligible Entities can begin submitting their Initial Proposals starting July 1, 2023. Once NTIA approves an Initial Proposal, which will occur on a rolling basis, Eligible Entities will be able to access at least 20 percent of their allocated funds.
About the National Telecommunications and Information Administration
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch agency that advises the President on telecommunications and information policy issues. NTIA’s programs and policymaking focus largely on expanding broadband Internet access and adoption in America, expanding the use of spectrum by all users, advancing public safety communications, and ensuring that the Internet remains an engine for innovation and economic growth.
Judge Links Evidence To Potentially “Millions Of Free Speech Violations”
| MONROE, LA – A federal judge issued a historic, 155-page ruling on Independence Day citing “substantial evidence” the federal government engaged in large-scale censorship efforts targeting social media content that questioned or countered its “official” narratives. The 86-pages of background facts detail a shocking pattern of consistent pressure and threats exerted by the Biden administration demanding that social media platforms censor protected speech. In the lawsuit, attorneys general from Louisiana and Missouri presented 1,432 factsshowing top government officials and agencies “colluded” with social media companies in a “censorship-by-proxy” scheme to suppress and censor opposition to COVID-19 policies, Biden administration policies, validity of both the 2020 election and Hunter Biden laptop story, and more. In response to the evidence, Chief U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty for the Western District of Louisiana concluded, “the alleged suppression has potentially resulted in millions of free speech violations.” |
| Judge Doughty reviewed evidence derived from thousands of internal federal recordsrevealing correspondence between officials and technology companies in their exact words. Judge Doughty’s ruling contains 86-pages summarizing the involvement of the White House, the Departments of Justice, State, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, FBI, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) in “pressuring” or “encouraging” the censoring of social media content. Excerpts from Judge Doughty’s ruling include: White House Defendants – Clarke Humphrey, former Digital Director for the COVID-19 Response Team, urged Twitter in January 2021 in emails to remove a COVID-19 shot hesitancy post by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Humphrey wrote, “…we can keep an eye out for tweets that fall in this same genre.” Another email read, “Hey folks, wanted to flag the below tweet and am wondering if we can get moving on the process of having it removed ASAP.” – Rob Flaherty, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Digital Strategy, chastised Facebook in an email for perpetuating certain threads about COVID-19. Flaherty wrote, “Not to sound like a broken record, but how much content is being demoted, and how effective are you at mitigating reach, and how quickly?” CISA Defendants– Judge Doughty wrote, “CISA engaged with Stanford University and the University of Washington to form the Election Integrity Partnership whose purpose was to allow state and local officials to report alleged election misinformation so it could be forwarded to the social media platforms to review… According to [Renee] DiResta [at Stanford, a frequent collaborator with Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy], EIP was designed ‘to get around unclear legal authorities, including very real First Amendment questions’ that would arise if CISA or the other government agencies were to monitor and flag information for censorship on social media. Therefore, the CISA Defendants aligned themselves with and partnered with an organization that was designed to avoid Government involvement with free speech in monitoring and flagging content for censorship on social-media platforms.” FBI Defendants– “According to the Plaintiffs…the FBI had a 50% success rate regarding social media’s suppression of alleged misinformation.” Judge Doughty stated, “…the FBI participated in Industry meetings and bilateral meetings, received and forwarded alleged misinformation to social media companies, and actually misled social media companies in regard to the Hunter Biden laptop story…Even after Facebook specifically asked whether the Hunter Biden laptop story was Russian disinformation…the FBI refused to comment, resulting in the social media companies’ suppression of the story.” Judge Doughty said the evidence presented in the case paints the federal government as an “Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.’” Judge Doughty wrote, “…the present case arguably involves the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history. In their attempts to suppress alleged disinformation, the Federal Government, and particularly the Defendants named here, are alleged to have blatantly ignored the First Amendment’s right to free speech.” “This seemingly unrelenting pressure by [the] Defendants had the intended result of suppressing millions of protected free speech postings by American citizens,” Judge Doughty noted. In a section of the ruling titled “Irreparable Harm,” Judge Doughty stated the plaintiffs have shown there is “substantial risk” of sustained harm to the American people if this censorship is allowed to continue. “Although the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer an emergency, it is not imaginary or speculative to believe that in the event of any other real or perceived emergency event, the Defendants would once again use their power over social media companies to suppress alternative views…[and] use their power over millions of people to suppress alternative views or moderate content they do not agree with in the upcoming 2024 national election,” said Judge Doughty. While the case continues, Judge Doughty’s preliminary injunction orders the federal government and thousands of federal employees from corresponding or engaging “with social media companies for the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring, or inducing in any manner the removal, deletion, suppression, or reduction of content containing protected free speech posted on social media platforms.” The injunction lists “Facebook/Meta, Twitter, YouTube/Google, WhatsApp, Instagram, WeChat, TikTok, Sina Weibo, QQ, Telegram, Snapchat, Kuaishou, Qzone, Pinterest, Reddit, LinkedIn, Quora, Discord, Twitch, Tumblr, Mastodon, and like companies” as being restricted to the federal government when dealing on matters of protected speech. The Biden administration has appealed the injunction to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “Reading the factual findings of the disturbing pattern of censorship one would assume this is China or a dystopian novel. Sadly, this government-coordinated censorship occurred in America at the highest levels of government. The Biden administration and government agencies intentionally and knowingly deceived the public. Everyone involved must be held accountable.” |
LA Detectives Seek Additional Victims of Sexual Assault Allegedly Perpetrated By Peter Abraham Shure
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD) Juvenile Division Abused Child Section is seeking the public’s help to identify additional victims after arresting a 29-year-old man on suspicion of Sexual Assault.
On Thursday June 28, 2023, LAPD detectives arrested Peter Avraham Shure (a resident of the Westchester neighborhood in Los Angeles) for 261.5(A) PC – Unlawful sexual intercourse with a Minor Under 18-Years-Old (Booking No. 6631955), after receiving two separate reports of forced Sexual Assault of two female victims. The Suspect convinced the victims to go to his residence where he allegedly sexually assaulted them. Detectives believe there may be additional victims.
The investigation was presented to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. Upon reviewing the cases, the District Attorney’s Office filed two counts against Peter Shure; Penal Code §261(A)(2) – Rape and (1) count of Penal Code §288(C)(1) – Lewd Acts Against a Child 14-years-old or Younger
Bail was set at $320,000.00 and as of July 3, 2023, Shure posted bail and was released from custody.
Detectives from Juvenile Division are releasing the suspect’s booking photo because they believe the suspect is responsible for additional, unreported sexual assaults and they are asking for anyone that was victimized by this suspect to immediately contact the LAPD. In addition, Detectives are seeking the public’s assistance for information regarding this crime.
