Category: Retreat Locales

North Idaho Heat (Eden Acres, LLC) offers a great many self-sufficient and off-grid items including Blaze King Wood Stoves (which do not need electricity), Morso (a really great non-electric pellet stove), and The WiseWay among others. If you’re near downtown Bonners Ferry, check it out in the Old Creamery Building beside the post office. www.northidahoblaze.com. o o o Rhonda sent in this website to The Woodsman’s Shop, also located in Bonners Ferry. The primary focus is to stock quality items (mostly knives) rather than the barely functional import products. o o o Is Montana the Next Big Data Hub?. – …

Frank Limbs Hernandez, 94, of Eagle, Idaho, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 21, 2014. He, serving in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, gave over 30 years of service. He was the oldest living Marine in Idaho to have survived three combat theaters. A true hero. – D.H. o o o 3.8 quake in central Idaho, 2.5 in west Montana | KTVB.COM Boise. – RBS o o o Fourth graders kicked out of school after planning to make fireworks. – RBS o o o Thieves swipe fruit trees from Boise’s first urban orchard

Oil train shipments in Montana raise concern o o o Report: Idaho has highest payday loan interest rates o o o We’ve reported on this before when it happened. Now theIdaho State Police wants the license plate profiling case tossed. o o o Changing gun laws raise new questions on UI campus. – RBS

Western lawmakers gather in Utah to talk federal land takeover o o o The Northwest Preparedness Expo o o o Teacher who had chair thrown at her faces firing – RBS o o o Pastor Saeed Abedini writes an Easter message from prison: Idaho resident held in Iran. – R.C.

JWR, I would like to start by saying how much I truly appreciate what you have brought to the Preparedness community. Your insights through your blog, books, and on-air advice have been a godsend! Here is my dilemma: My wife has recently come to the realization that a strategic relocation is required, despite gentle encouragement from me for a few years. The problem is that she’s convinced the location should be The Dominican Republic! My wife, through a friend, met a group who live in the Dominican Republic full time that help expats from the USA explore the DR (as …

Montana school considers arming teachers o o o Sheriff expands ‘Man Up Crusade’ to rodeos throughout the West o o o Girl’s bad dreams help save family from carbon monoxide o o o Dashcam from traffic stop of driver from legalized marijuana state. – RBS Note: This video is over 1.5 hours long. The driver is claiming he was profiled based upon his licence plate. o o o 4.9-magnitude earthquake rattles central Idaho – H.L. HJL Notes: See also today’s Odds ‘n Sods column for an interesting video from the NY Times on earthquake readiness.

Wyoming Candidate for Governor Runs on Nullification Platform – B.B. o o o More Idahoans carrying concealed thanks to enhanced permit – The primary advantage is that this permit is recognized by more states for those that travel. – RBS o o o He is an advocate of less government and less taxes. So he is being targeted for recall… Kuna school trustee target of recall petition – B.L. o o o Cassia County sheriff offers free concealed carry course

Sirs: Although the “retreat location” criteria has a sound basis and the stated criteria are good, just like buying a ticket on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, there is a serious overlooked flaw in the plan, which is the nearness to locals that are potential missile targets, such as Whiteman AFB in Missouri and Malmstrom AFB in Montana. One should not evacuate/relocate to an otherwise good area then find yourself downwind of a potential NUDET. As a former SAC pilot during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, I well know that things can get out of hand rather quickly, …

After 75% of the accidents in the last two years have been wildlife related, a Wildlife detection system installed on dangerous stretch of Hwy 95 o o o Can you spell “Selective Enforcement”? Montana ammo casing processor raid recalls warnings of anti-gun agenda at OSHA o o o A New Kid on the Block in Oregon. Eastern Oregon Tactical LLC o o o Idaho mental health records added to FBI gun check – RBS o o o Idaho rancher says he shot colt-killing wolf . The rancher killed the wolf, after it returned to attack his two border collies.

My family and I first became serious about prepping around 2006. It wasn’t one event that pushed us into it but the incremental deterioration of our society, including natural disasters, terrorism, weather, erosion of the Constitution, developing police state, corrupt politics, elimination of liberty. It seems every topic is something to shake our head at. We began to plan, and we began to research. As everyone reading this blog knows, prepping is a life-long quest. Rather than start with the immediate needs, we thought it prudent to plan our long-term goals up front. First, we contemplated how we wanted to …

Year-round wolf hunting on private land approved – RBS o o o GOA Praises Idaho for Becoming the Next State to Nullify Obama Gun Control. – M.B. o o o Lawmakers pass resolution to amend Idaho Constitution. o o o Vandals destroy everything of value in Caldwell home.

A lot of us, in the prepper community, are eager to get out of town, establish ourselves in the redoubt, and hunker down for the coming storm. Too often we put little thought in how the locals will receive us upon our arrival. Everyone knows that being integrated with your new neighborhood is important, but how you go about this integration can be the make or break point of your preps. As an educational guide, I offer the following conversation that occurred between my cousin and I over chat recently. First, here’s a little background on my cousin. He is …

Crews to begin removing trees on I-5 to put in new traffic cameras – RBS o o o The Idaho is now struggling with how far should police be allowed to go to get your DNA in legislation. o o o Idaho bill effectively nullifies new federal gun control measures. – C.J. The bill has passed both the house and the senate at this point. o o o Last week, we ran a link to an article about “How Wolves Change Rivers”. D.H. sent this in as a response: Rethinking predators: Legend of the wolf o o o The Nampa …

Now this is worth drooling over! – Colt M2012 Bolt Rifle – Cooper Arms of Montana o o o H.L. spotted this evidence that attitudes are different west of the Cascades: An Oregon man riding a public bus was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail Tuesday for allegedly mentioning firearms during a conversation. Man Arrested For Talking About Guns o o o An interstate highway through the middle of the Redoubt! I-11 & Intermountain West Corridor Study o o o Two links from opposite sides of the “wolf” story: How Wolves Change Rivers -and- Idaho Fish and Game …

A controversial bill allowing Guns on campus bill passes House committee in Boise Idaho. At the same time, A Boise State University professor makes a public statement: When May I Shoot a Student?. It’s absurdity at its best. – RBS o o o M.J. sent in this article about local folks having access to public roads: Judge rules against Forest Service travel plan o o o Adding to the already contentious issue – THE WOLF EFFECT: Why Anti-Hunters are Dead Wrong about Wolves – K.F. o o o This isn’t a small crack either. It is apparently large enough to …