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 cover a spate of Buffalo gorings, at Yellowstone park. (See the Wyoming section.)
Idaho
Two pilots die after firefighting helicopter crashes into Salmon River.
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Gov. Little orders flags to fly at half-staff for two fallen firefighters.
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Moose Fire near Salmon now burning 23,000+ acres.
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Reader A.K. sent us the link to this television news segment: Increasing hay prices force Boise rancher to sell cattle.
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North Idaho man sentenced for murdering woman with shot to the head while she was driving them 70mph.
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Montana
Flathead Lake: Two adults and a child retrieved from Wild Horse Island after they were unable to safely leave.
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Beartooth Pass reopens after flood damage.
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Two men arrested after manhunt in SW Montana.
Central & Eastern Oregon
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Deschutes River floater dies at hospital, day after being found in Bend Whitewater Park channel.
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Central & Eastern Washington
Matt Shea’s Patriot Radio podcasts can be heard via Podbean, Audible, Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, iHeart, and PodParadise. Also, on the air on Tuesday and Thursday at 4:00 PST with a replay at 9:00 PST on any of these stations:
106.5 FM Spokane
101.3 FM Tri-Cities/Walla Walla
93.9 FM Moses Lake
810 AM Wenatchee/Moses Lake
930 AM Yakima
630 AM Spokane
1050 AM Spokane and Far Beyond
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A found stolen car helped Richland police arrest two wanted suspects in nearby home.
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Yakima woman pleads guilty to obtaining over $59,000 in fraudulent COVID relief funds.
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Spokane man faces 47 criminal charges in identity theft scheme.
Wyoming
Pennsylvania woman gored by buffalo in Yellowstone, 2nd visitor this week.
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Poll: Biden’s Job Approval Rating Lower In Wyoming Than Anywhere Else.
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Wyoming Gov. Gordon certifies trigger abortion bill.
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Grizzly bear mauls hiker in Wyoming in ‘surprise encounter’.
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