This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. [1] (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 an accident at Shoshone Ice Caves [2]. (See the Idaho section.)
Idaho
Three injured during walkway collapse at the Shoshone Ice Caves [2].
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A television news segment: Gun ban sparks Idaho Caldwell Night rodeo controversy [3].
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Idaho 2nd Amendment Alliance wants to ban ‘gun-free school zones’ [4].
Montana
A television news segment: Medical helicopter crashes in Lincoln, Montana [5].
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Best of Montana Moment: Seeley Lake’s 1,000-year-old Gus is world’s largest Western Larch [6].
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Woman dies after falling from Highline Trail in Glacier National Park [7].
Central & Eastern Oregon
Red Line Rally returns to Mt. Bachelor [8].
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Welding leak and freezer spark blamed for blast that shook Bend, damaged buildings [9].
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From flatbeds to fast horses – the 101st Harney County Fair is here [10].
Central & Eastern Washington
FBI search intensifies for Travis Decker near Leavenworth, public urged to avoid area [11]. JWR’s Comment: Reading between the lines, I presume that they are using thermal imaging to try to spot this presumed murderer, and they want to minimize any false signatures.
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Video: Spokane River runs dry along multiple sections [12].
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Tiny home village for homeless coming to Spokane’s West Hills neighborhood [13].
Wyoming
Meet The Frontier Stable Token, Wyoming’s Bold Financial Move [14]. An excerpt:
“Wyoming is the only state that has an official stable token. FRNT very likely could be the model for how governments modernize payments, settlements and public finance infrastructure in the future.”
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Missing person Grant Gardner update [15].
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BLM moves forward with major coal project in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin [16].
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