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 focus on the Snake River dams. (See the Region-Wide section.)
Region-Wide
Reader A.K. spotted this slanted opinion piece from the hard-left Idaho Capital [sic] Sun newspaper-lookalike website): Rewilding the Lower Snake : How cultural values of a free flowing river exceed those of a reservoir. (According to LeftistAgendaPedia: “States Newsroom is a U.S. tax-exempt organization that serves as an umbrella organization for state-focused news outlets with progressive editorial outlooks. Launched in 2019, it began as a sponsored project of the Hopewell Fund, a left-leaning nonprofit that does not disclose its donors. It grew out of NC Policy Watch, a progressive think tank in North Carolina founded by Chris Fitzsimon.”)
Idaho
Resolution calls for suppressors to be regulated like guns. It now heads to the Idaho House.
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Two more earthquakes hit near Smiths Ferry Friday morning. A pericope:
“This comes after a series of quakes hit the area on Monday. Friday’s first quake, a 3.5 magnitude, hit at 6:16 a.m., followed by a 2.6 magnitude at 6:51 a.m.
It’s been a busy week for the area, on Monday the area was hit by a 4.9 magnitude earthquake, a 2.7, a 2.5, and a 2.8 with trembling as far south as Mountain Home, Idaho.”
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Post Falls Library asking for volunteers to help clean-up severe damage.
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Reader C.B. sent this expected news: Donald Trump defeats Nikki Haley in Idaho’s Republican Caucus.
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Idaho Falls: MacKenzie River Pizza still in operation after settling civil suit.
Montana
Montana judge declares 3 laws restricting abortion unconstitutional, including a 20-week limit.
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Reader C.B. sent this: Man to plead guilty in ‘killing spree’ of eagles and other birds for feathers prized by tribes.
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Out and About: Taking in winter’s beauty at Glacier National Park.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Snow survey finds below average snowpack in Cascades west of Bend.
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Central & Eastern Washington
No Bueno: High-speed pursuit ends in arrest of woman wanted for Kennewick murder.
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Just as we warned you: Washington lawmakers pass bill tightening restrictions on gun shops. JWR’s Comment: If enacted, this law would drive 90% of FFLs out of business. Given Washington’s Democrat supermajority, this will probably be signed by Democrat Governor Jay Inslee.
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Pasco paraeducator accused of child rape.
Wyoming
‘Unrestricted hunting’ out, market value in, as elk damage payments bill advances. JWR’s Comment: Something tells me that your average Eastern non-hunter urbanite has no frame of reference for understanding this article.
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Large grass fire burning near Cheyenne in Wyoming threatening homes.
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