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’s column has an emphasis on some news coverage of the recent ARRL ham radio Field Day gatherings in the American Redoubt.
Idaho
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Snake River Amateur Radio Club.
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Buck Knives Reopens Company Store. Here is a quote:
“Buck Knives, a family-owned American knife and tool manufacturer for more than 120 years, recently celebrated the grand re-opening of its factory store. The 1,600-sq.-ft. outlet is located at the company’s manufacturing facility and headquarters in Post Falls, Idaho.”
Full disclosure: Buck Knives is an affiliate advertiser on SurvivalBlog.
Montana
Yellowstone Radio Clubs camps out at Zoo Montana to connect with radio users all across the globe.
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Is anybody out there? Radio operators use field day to test equipment.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Union County radio club makes 866 contacts on Field Day.
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Local HAM radio enthusiasts prepare for Field Day this weekend.
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‘This fire grew very quickly’: Darlene 3 Fire held at just under 4,000 acres, 50% contained. A pericope:
“It’s been four days since hundreds of La Pine area residents evacuated their homes. The Darlene 3 Fire has been held by crews at just under 4,000 acres, and 50 percent contained, as of Saturday.
“This fire grew very quickly,” Stacy Long, a U.S. Forest Service wildfire prevention, mitigation and education specialist, said Saturday. “It was all because the temperatures were high that day. The wind was very strong out of the west that day.'”
Central & Eastern Washington
As mentioned on the Kamiak Butte Amateur Repeater Association website: The IE VHF Club Field Day was held at Valleyford Park, Valleyford, Washington on – June 22-23.
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A decade ago: Field Day Ham Radio Story on KHQ-TV Spokane.
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Rainforest animal called a kinkajou rescued from dusty highway rest stop in Washington state.
Wyoming
This Western State Is Leading the ‘Relocation Wave’ in the U.S. — Here’s Where Everyone Is Moving.
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Field day in Northeastern Wyoming: NEWARA.
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Teton Pass re-opens to traffic after completion of detour. Here is a quote:
“The Wyoming Department of Transportation reopened Wyoming Highway 22/Teton Pass to live traffic at noon today, just three weeks after the Big Fill landslide severed the Teton Valley.
‘While temporary, this detour safely reconnects communities and gives commuting families their valuable personal time back,” said WYDOT Director Darin Westby. “This process underscores the vital importance of infrastructure like mountain passes that connect people to work, family, medical care, affordable housing and other necessities.’
WYDOT wants to reassure highway users that the slide area will be continually monitored as engineers and other professionals now look to designing and planning the reconstruction of the section of highway impacted by the slide. The goal is to have Teton Pass completely rebuilt before the worst of winter arrives.”
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