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 some tax cuts and some tax increases. (See the Region-Wide section and the Montana section.)
Region-Wide
Op-Ed: Montana, Idaho join the ‘record’ tax cut club while Washington imposes a ‘historic’ tax increase. The piece begins:
“If there was a theme for the 2025 Legislative Sessions in our region, it was major tax changes. On the negative side of the ledger are the “historic” tax increases rammed through in Washington state. On the positive side are the “record” tax cuts enacted in Idaho and Montana.”
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60-Day Extended Weather Forecast for Spokane and Intermountain West.
Idaho
New details released on crash near Yellowstone that killed 7.
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Horse owners urged to vaccinate as West Nile virus threat looms in southwest Idaho.
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World’s tallest and smallest dogs meet up for a playdate.
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North Idaho man sentenced under new AI-generated child porn law.
Montana
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Town of Pray hits the market again, this time with a price tag of $2.6 million.
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Reader M.K. sent this news: Trump signs executive order to expedite permitting of Lincoln County mine.
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Another to file under “Perpetrators from outside the Redoubt”: Wanted Florida airman arrested in Bozeman, under investigation for internet crimes against children.
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Montana mother upset with driver’s sentence in daughter’s fatal crash four years ago.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Remains of missing woman found in Harney County.
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8 feet of snow! Cascade Lakes Highway, Paulina Lake Road plowing begins.
Central & Eastern Washington
Bloomsday brings over 31,000 runners to Spokane streets.
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Franklin County sheriff defies court order amid security dispute.
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‘We used to love it here’; Spokane residents troubled by “Camp Dope”.
Wyoming
Former Cheyenne Frontier Days Champion Perishes In House Fire.
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BLM approves area’s Dry Creek Trona Mine Project.
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