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 located in the American Redoubt region that are of interest to preppers and survivalists. Today, news about the pending Idaho immigration bill. (See the Idaho section.)
Idaho
Idaho House rejects bids to apply to amend U.S. Constitution through convention of states. JWR’s Comments: A Federal Constitutional Convention (“Con-Con”) could be dangerous, since the delegates would be re-writing all of the key terms of the machinations of government on the fly. They could even grant themselves unlimited power. Initiating a Con-Con is something akin to opening Pandora’s Box.
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Honduran national sentenced to over 21 years for meth distribution in Idaho.
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Idaho immigration bill awaits Governor Brad Little’s signature.
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U.S. Marshals Service arrests Bonners Ferry fugitive in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Montana
Two shot in Dixon, suspect in custody.
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Bigfork operation uncovers 17 undocumented workers, sparking workforce debate.
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Skier dies after fall from Red Lodge Mountain ski lift.
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Woman pleads guilty in 2024 stabbing death of her boyfriend in Anaconda.
Central & Eastern Oregon
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Witness video shows intense encounter between armed woman, police in Madras standoff.
Central & Eastern Washington
Hanford subcontractor fined $1.1M for COVID-19 relief fraud.
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Spokane Valley man arrested by SWAT for pointing replica gun at law enforcement.
Wyoming
Some sad news: Former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson dies at age 93.
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Reader D.S.V. flagged this: The Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite In Wyoming Is A National Treasure.
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Man arrested with over 1,100 fentanyl pills strapped to his leg gets 3- to 5-year sentence.
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Six takeaways from the just finished Wyoming legislative session.
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