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 a large, suspicious balloon spotted drifting over the inland northwest. (See the Region-Wide and Montana sections.)
Region-Wide
Greater Idaho Bill Introduced in Idaho Legislature: House Joint Memorial 1.
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Flight data: 3 military aircraft from Spokane went to Montana following discovery of Chinese balloon.
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From S2 Underground, posted February 3rd: Emergency Update: Chinese Spy Balloon.
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US may end protections for Yellowstone, Glacier grizzlies.
Idaho
Gun holster manufacturer moving into Post Falls outlet mall. JWR’s Comment: Sounds like a grand mall seizure, to me.
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This liberal editorial writer clearly has some serious “Sour Grapes” issues, over the conservative gains in the last election cycle: Opinion: What to watch as the Gem State enters another cycle.
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News outlets join together to fight scope of gag order in Moscow murder case.
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Idaho cobalt mine is a harbinger of what’s to come.
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I missed seeing this article that ran in the left-wing Inlander back in December: The far right is winning in North Idaho and stoking havoc at the local community college, with a little help from an alt-right filmmaker.
Montana
In Montana’s biggest city, Billings: Woman, 25, Uses Her Gun to Turn the Tables on Two Men Allegedly Attacking Her During Robbery. JWR’s Comments: Armed robbery is rare in the American Redoubt. This young lady illustrates the reason why. Heinlein said it best: “An armed society is a polite society.”
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Chinese surveillance balloon left Montana, drifting across middle of U.S., Pentagon confirms.
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Reported on February 3rd: “Massive Explosion”: Something Is Happening in the Skies of Montana. And here are some more details on the sighting: Billings woman describes purported explosion she captured on video.
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Ice jam causes 8-foot rise on Missouri River at Fort Benton.
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‘Dateline NBC’ will feature the tragic murder of Mason Moore.
Central & Eastern Oregon
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Real Estate: Central Oregon Market Report | February 1, 2023.
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Wallowa County Community Energy Strategic Plan Survey.
Central & Eastern Washington
Video: Richland Police release video of suspect fleeing arrest.
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Eastern Washington University changes COVID vaccine requirements.
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A look inside Pullman’s seed bank.
Wyoming
Bill To Make Child Sex Changes A Felony Passes Wyoming Senate.
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Wyoming bucks Biden on electric vehicles: Don’t ‘force this plan on us’.
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