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 demographic statistics and trends.
Region-Wide
Snake River dam agreement challenged in court over electric rates, reliability worries. (Our thanks to reader A.K. for the link.)
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Greater Idaho on the Ballot in Crook County.
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Wikipedia: Inland Northwest Geography and Demographics.
Idaho
The Idaho Anti-Swatting Bill (SB1343) was scheduled to be heard on February 26th in the Senate Judiciary Rules Committee. I believe it deserves support from Idaho constituents so that it will reach the Idaho State Senate floor, for a full vote.
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‘Reimagining’ Old Idaho Penitentiary puts historic gun collection in limbo. JWR’s Comments: The length of this article and its tone are surprising, coming from a journalist who is a transplanted liberal Easterner. I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, and I have fond memories of seeing J. Curtis Earl machinegun advertisements in the back of The American Rifleman magazine. The amazing collection from Earl’s estate does indeed deserve to be on public display more prominently.
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2024 Idaho Real Estate Market Predictions.
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Idaho population could hit 2 million any day now, passing Nebraska. Thanks, California! JWR’s Comments: Thankfully, the newcomers on average are actually more conservative than Idaho natives. The same trend can be seen throughout the Redoubt region.
Montana
Montana’s Changing Demographics: 2024 Update. An excerpt:
“The proportion of children is projected to shrink slightly over the next 20 years while the working-age population proportion is projected to remain relatively flat. This is a change from the last version of this report (2021), in which the proportion of children was projected to remain flat while the working-age population was projected to shrink. Finally, the retirement age proportion is projected to continue to grow into 2030, and then flatten out into 2040. Montana currently has the 6th highest percentage of population over age 65: about 19.7% in 2020. The oldest state by this metric is Maine at 21.8%, and none of Montana’s neighboring states are over 18.0% as of 2020.”
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Republicans Have a Plan to Take the Senate. A Hard-Right Montana Lawmaker Could Crash the Party.
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Mexican drug cartels are targeting America’s ‘last best place’. (A hat tip to D.S.V. fro the link.)
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Judge hears arguments on Flathead forest roads, grizzlies.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Population estimates for Oregon and Eastern Oregon counties.
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Police investigating illegal shooting of moose near Ontario, Oregon.
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Central & Eastern Washington
Spokane realtors: 2024 Projection – Housing supply low, Prices to remain stable.
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Norada: Spokane Housing Market: Prices, Trends, Forecast 2024.
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Our Changing Population: Washington.
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Spokane Councilman, former Matt Shea aide running for McMorris Rodgers’ Congress seat.
Wyoming
Blockbuster Bill Would Eliminate Most Wyoming Property Tax, Hike Sales Tax 2%.
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From Governor Mark Gordon: Wyoming Gets a Big Win in Court for Coal.
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Rare Earths Discovery Near Wheatland So Big It Could Be World Leader.
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Population and Demography of Wyoming. JWR’s Comments: The demographic figures for Washington are horribly skewed. It is essentially two states! The eastern “dry side” of the state is very lightly populated, ethnically more homogeneous, and much more conservative! A quite similar situation exists in Oregon.
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Wyoming Is The Epicenter Of America’s Fake ‘Red State’ Problem. (As reported by the leftwing The Columbian newspaper. The bias shows, in the phrasing of the article, and its choice of quotes.)
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