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, another look at the Greater Idaho project, which is up for votes today in two Oregon counties. (See the Region-Wide section.)
Region-Wide
Published in February: Greater Idaho idea gaining traction.
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Josephine County will vote in May on question of leaving Oregon to join Idaho. Editor’s Note: That election will be held today: May 17, 2022.
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Greater Idaho qualifies for ballot in Klamath County; petition pending in Douglas County.
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Warmer weather means more pollen in the Inland Northwest.
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COVID case reporting changing in Inland Northwest.
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The American Redoubt region now even more solidly conservative: Most Conservative States 2022. The county-level election tally maps prove it, for eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon: An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election.
Idaho
Recently, a tally of the party registrations of voters in Bonner County (which includes the relatively liberal city of Sandpoint) listed 18,563 registered Republicans; 3,608 registered Democrats; and 8,556 unaffiliated voters. Many of the latter also lean toward conservative voting. It is gratifying to see that we are looking at a conservative “Red State” that is turning crimson red — that is, toward small government.
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Idaho angler lands largest catch-and-release smallmouth bass on record.
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Nampa School Board OKs removal of 24 ‘challenged books’.
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Idaho agrees to $119 million opioid crisis settlement.
Montana
Montana’s foraging scene growing thanks to social media.
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Avian Influenza confirmed in more birds in and around Great Falls.
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‘My next-door neighbor was the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski’.
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Out and About: Relieve some stress at Billings rage room.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Have you seen him? Redmond pursuit, possible gunfire leads to search.
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Wanted Bend man arrested at storage unit; detectives seize 2 lbs. of methamphetamine, hash oil lab.
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You can watch a pair of nesting golden eagles, and their eaglet, live at Whychus Creek in Sisters.
Central & Eastern Washington
Report shows Spokane’s homeless population has grown 13 percent in two years.
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Judge tosses COVID-19 vaccine objections of Hanford workers.
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Bird flu confirmed in Okanogan and Whatcom counties.
Wyoming
Conservative Group Plasters Anti-Liz Cheney Billboards Across Wyoming.
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Wyoming Woman Fined $5 for Destruction of Property After Smearing Honey on Son’s Doorknob.
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WYDOT, Game And Fish Begin Work On $15M Wildlife Crossing Project. Here is a quote:
“According to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, there are an average of 6,000 collisions between vehicles and big game in Wyoming every year, which result in $20 million to $23 million in wildlife losses and $24 million to $29 million in personal injury costs.
Eighty-five percent of the wildlife collisions in the state involve mule deer. Fifteen percent of all Wyoming crashes involve wildlife.”
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