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 examine electric vehicle charging. (See the Region-Wide section.)
Region-Wide
A hat tip to H.L. for sending this link: Interactive: EV Charging Stations Across the U.S. Mapped. JWR’s Comments: Note how few and far between these stations are in much of the American Redoubt. Someone simply wouldn’t make it, if they tried to drive an electric car across Montana’s “High Line” (U.S. Highway 2.) Ponder the absurdity of big city politicians dictating the end of internal combustion cars by some arbitrarily given date. This illustrates our lives in 21st Century America: We, the many, dragged along unwillingly into the consequences of policies dictated by the powerful, capricious, and unwitting few.
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Northwestern U.S. – Multiple Rounds of Snow & Wind.
Idaho
An interesting article and a great reply: Cobalt Mine Opens in Idaho – Behind the scenes, the Biden administration is not friendly to mines or mining.
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State of Idaho Receives $4 Million for EV Infrastructure.
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From Idaho Public Television: A Constitutional Question… — Oct. 21st, 2022
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Bogus Basin attempts to outpace growth with dozens of improvement projects.
Montana
Interstates, then US-2 and US-93, prioritized for electric vehicle charging station funding.
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Island in Montana With Wild Horses and Hiking Trails Sounds Like a Dream.
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Hundreds of pheasants released near Hardin to attract more hunters.
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Bear cub found in Deer Lodge chicken coop.
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Chronic wasting disease test sites open in north-central Montana.
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Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Oregon’s Measure 114 would require fingerprinting, training, and background checks, to obtain a permit to possess a firearm. It would also completely ban magazines holding more than 10 rounds, with no grandfather clause! Please vote against it. If this referendum passes (currently polling with 51% support, primarily in populous western Oregon), it will effectively negate the 2nd Amendment in Oregon. I predict that if enacted, this law will be considered “the last straw” for many central and eastern Oregon residents, thus cementing support for the Greater Idaho movement.
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Bend police shoot, kill cougar in NW Bend neighborhood after deer-kill site found in a backyard.
Central & Eastern Washington
In the left-wing Crosscut tabloid: Expansion of electric vehicle grid hits roadblocks in rural Washington.
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Here are the Five Reasons Eastern Washington Hates Seattle.
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Suspect arrested for shooting into crowd of people in downtown Spokane in August.
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State Of Wyoming Has No Plans To Switch To Electric Vehicles.
Wyoming
F.J. spotted this news: Hunter Shoots Himself in the Leg While Fighting Off Grizzly Bear.
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Yellowstone’s West, South, East Entrances to close Tuesday for winter season preparations.
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