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, a news story that described the use of thermal imaging. (See the Idaho section.)
Idaho
Thermal imaging drone helps police locate suspect hiding in darkness by riverbank.
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The future of the death penalty hangs in the balance in Idaho.
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Einkorn.com has announced that they are moving their operations to Sugar City, Idaho. The company is a source for ancient Einkorn wheat and nt Einkorn wheat flour. Einkorn is much easier to digest, for folks with sensitivity to modern wheat varieties. From their website: “Einkorn is the most primitive form of wheat on Earth. It contains only 14 chromosomes, whereas modern wheat contains 42. Einkorn does not have the D chromosome, which seems to be connected with wheat intolerance in many humans.”
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This made national news: Idaho woman forcibly dragged from local Republican town hall by private security.
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Idaho school choice tax bill heads to governor’s desk.
Montana
AG Knudsen seeks $10M for gun range at Montana Law Enforcement Academy.
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Skijoring returns to two Montana towns this weekend.
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New Amazon distribution center in Belgrade now hiring, staffing up for opening.
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Montana law defining sex as binary ruled unconstitutional.
Central & Eastern Oregon
DCSO: Sunriver woman, parents wanted in child abuse case found at Oregon coast hotel, arrested.
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Family, witnesses react after man killed in Madras officer-involved shooting.
Central & Eastern Washington
Pullman man arrested for murder on WSU’s Greek Row.
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Two men sentenced for one of the largest drug busts in eastern Washington’s history. JWR’s Comment: Surprise, surprise, they were both illegal aliens.
Wyoming
Repeal of Wyoming’s Gun-Free Zones Clear Major Hurdle, Headed To Senate.
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Accident at Glendo Reservoir claims two.
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Jackson Newspaper Gives Community A Heads-Up During Active ICE Investigation.
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Victims identified in deadly Green River tunnel wreck.
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