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, news about several pieces of legislation now pending in the Idaho state legislature. (See the Idaho section.)
Idaho
Bills on guns, militias and immigration introduced in committee.
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Drag performance bill heads to House floor.
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Idaho lawmakers introduce bill to make it a misdemeanor to administer mRNA vaccines.
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Video: Moose charges snowmobile in eastern Idaho.
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Montana
Legislators at odds with Missoula over housing as wealthy move in. JWR’s Comment: The great unspoken element of this news story is that the majority of those moving into Montana are conservatives, and they have larger families than the smaller liberal contingent. Demographically, this is a win for the American Redoubt movement.
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Montana May Make it illegal for Vaccinated Donors to Give Blood. (A hat tip to D.S.V. for the link.)
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Some drone footage eye candy for our readers: Soaring Over the Snow-Covered Flathead Valley: An Aerial Adventure.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Bend backcountry skier struck, killed by avalanche at Black Crater; SAR crews complete recovery.
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At The Gateway Pundit: Greater Idaho: Movement to Make Several Oregon Counties Part of Idaho Gains Steam.
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Central & Eastern Washington
An alert for Washington residents: Contact your legislators! HB11434 and HB1240 have progressed and are headed to a vote in the House this week.
Man sentenced for unlawful possession after shooting in downtown Spokane.
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Lisa Brown announces run for Spokane Mayor. JWR’s Comment: Brown is another Democrat who has been defeated at the congressional district level. She is now only able to garner sufficient votes in a liberal enclave like Spokane.
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First hydrogen-powered airplane takes flight in Moses Lake.
Wyoming
Wyoming Governor Signs Peer Support Confidentiality Bill.
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To file under “Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.”: Liz Cheney Lands on Her Feet With Gig at University of Virginia. JWR’s Comment: The University of Virginia should establish a “School of RINO Studies” with Cheney at the helm.
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Wyoming Snowmobiler Dead After T-Boning SUV.
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