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 mention the touristy town of Leavenworth, Washington as well as some more about political migration in general, and the Greater Idaho movement, in particular. (See the Central & Eastern Washington section and the Region-Wide section.)
Region-Wide
Video: What’s Driving Greater Idaho? — December 1, 2023 — Idaho Reports. JWR’s Comments: This was a pleasant surprise. A discussion hosted by a PBS affiliate — between three liberals — that was remarkably well-balanced and treated the Move Oregon’s Borders position seriously. Usually, when liberals say that they want “a discussion”, they really mean that they want to give you a lecture, to chide you for any political incorrectness. But in this case, they treated the topic fairly. Kudos.
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‘Escape liberal hell’: Republicans really are fleeing Washington.
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From USN&WR: Conservatives Go to Red States and Liberals Go to Blue as the Country Grows More Polarized.
Idaho
Escape to Idaho: GOP state says two thirds of the 119,000 people who’ve relocated there in recent years are Republican, as conservatives flee nearby Seattle, Portland and San Francisco. JWR’s Comments: That British headline writer needs a little geography lesson… Seattle and Portland are both at least a six-hour drive from Idaho. And San Francisco is certainly not “nearby” Idaho. It is at least a 9-hour drive. (For comparison: The distance from London, England to Edinburgh, Scotland is about 400 miles by car, and the drive time is around 8 hours.)
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An arrest made related to double-homicide in Twin Falls. JWR’s Comment: Gosh, if they want to solve a murder case, then it would be helpful to post photos of the suspects, or at least their names.
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Lightning Creek Road near Clark Fork temporarily closed due to flooding.
Montana
Flights from Missoula to Portland, Oakland, and Orange County returning.
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Food sovereignty movement sprouts as bison return to Indigenous communities.
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Billings musician relieved of temporary block of TikTok ban.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Prineville posts new Bend billboard, but makes fun of its ‘Prinevelle’ typo.
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Bend Rock Gym Hosts First Competition Since 2020: The Open Series.
Central & Eastern Washington
Washington town crowned the ‘coziest winter destination’ in America. Here’s why it’s magic. JWR Adds: Leavenworth, Washington has its own Live Cam. Apparently, they turned the “Quaintness” knob up to 11. As the late Memsahib once said: “Walking through downtown Leavenworth is like touring the Kathe Wohlfahrt Christmas Village in Rothenburg.”
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New details released in death of 41-year-old inmate at Yakima County jail.
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Leaked document says US is willing to build energy projects in case Snake River dams are breached.
Wyoming
Thunderbirds Flying Team Returning to Wyoming in 2024.
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Wyoming Cop Assaulted a Disabled 8-Year-Old, Then Deleted the Body Camera Footage, Lawsuit Claims.
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Cheyenne Man Gets 7-14 Years in Prison for Deadly 2021 DUI Crash.
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