This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the American Redoubt region. Today, we focus on some recent skiing accidents. (See the Idaho and Oregon sections.)
Region-Wide
Moving Grain: Inland Waterways Users Board Reactivated After Long Wait
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NPR (aka National Pravda Radio) is once again bashing The American Redoubt movement. This echoes a British journalist’s recent tirade. Both are mistakenly labeling the movement as theocratic.
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Federal judge reverses Trump era wildlife decision, restoring protections for the gray wolf.
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More bison removed than usual from Yellowstone.
Idaho
Two people, including child, Life Flighted off Silver Mountain with serious injuries.
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Are you interested in a conservative charter school that has minimal government entanglement? If so, then see the Redoubt News report on the nascent Selkirk Classical Academy, in Bonners Ferry. They plan to use Hillsdale College curricula. They have a “meet and greet” Open House scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, February 19th, 2022.
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H.B. 475, a bill now before the Idaho legislature would make private militias once again legal, by repealing Idaho Statute 46-802.
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Meet the Pattersons: brother and sister from McCall in second Winter Olympics.
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Fatal crash on Highway 95 north of Riggins. JWR Asks: How do you get into a one-car wreck on 95 in Lucille? This must be one of the safest and best-engineered stretches of 4-lane highway in the state. I suspect that the driver was either drunk, or asleep at the wheel.
Montana
Coutts port of entry remains closed Monday morning.
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Meanwhile, farther west in Montana; Nearly 300 vehicles ride in freedom rally at border.
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Skijoring the Big Rock: Where they treat you like family.
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Race to the Sky races return after pandemic break.
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I just heard about a new gun shop that opened in Libby, Montana: Eagle Outfitters. They are located at 214 Mineral Avenue, in Libby. Their phone number is: (406) 283-5005. The store is owned by LTC Buddy Howell, a retired US Army Special Forces officer, who also owns a gun shop in Texas. He is now moving back to Montana. I was told that their current inventory is small, but growing rapidly. They already have a good selection of ammunition. And, “Guns are arriving soon.”
Central & Eastern Oregon
Geologists ‘closely monitoring’ rising magma under Three Sisters volcanic region.
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Skier dies on Mt. Bachelor; 2nd death in 2 days at the resort.
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Lack of notice, ODOT purchase leaves Bend storage tenants scrambling. JWR’s Comment: Eminent Disdain?
Central & Eastern Washington
What’s the future of growth in Spokane County?
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Moses Lake PD arrests two men who robbed Carl’s Jr. at gunpoint earlier this month.
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Prisoner on the run; escapes from Coyote Ridge Corrections Center.
Wyoming
Wyoming Bill To Ban Critical Race Theory In Schools or Training.
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New TSA baggage screening equipment installed at local airport.
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Casper: Wyoming Gun Company hosts pistol safety classes.
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