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, a couple of updates on the Moscow college student murders. (See the Idaho section.)
Region-Wide
A video news segment from The Epoch Times: 30% of Counties Vote to Secede From Oregon.
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Idaho House passed the “Greater Idaho” intrastate discussions bill. From a press release:
The Idaho House of Representatives voted in favor of the “Greater Idaho” bill today. The bill, numbered HJM 1, authorizes Idaho legislators to begin talks with Oregon about relocating the state line they share.
During debate on the floor of the House, proponents of the bill cited the desirability of applying Idaho law to eastern Oregon as a way to push Oregon drug laws farther away from Idaho’s current population. They also cited an economic analysis published last week for the Claremont Institute which shows that rural Oregon counties would be a net benefit to Idaho financially.
A press release on the Greater Idaho movement’s website, greateridaho.org, said, “we are asking Oregon Legislature leaders to give this idea a hearing in Oregon. Unlike any other bill, our Oregon bill SJM 2 is supported by the votes of 11 counties, and a poll a year ago showed that 68% of northwestern Oregonian voters want their officials to look into the idea. Eastern Oregon deserves a chance to present this proposal to Oregon state leaders.”
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Study: Oregon subsidizes eastern & southern Oregon, but Idaho wouldn’t have to.
Idaho
New legislature bill would allow parents to teach Driver’s Ed in Idaho.
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Here’s how much Idaho State Police have spent on the Moscow murders investigation.
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Latah, Kootenai counties enter agreement for defense attorney in Moscow murders case. The key line in the article:
“The murders of the four University of Idaho students took place in Latah County. Taylor is a public defender in Kootenai County but is qualified to represent suspects in capital cases. Latah County does not have a public defender who is qualified to do so.”
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Idaho lawmakers introduce bill to make it a misdemeanor to administer mRNA vaccines.
Montana
‘Bullets are flying, and I’m ducking’: Yellowstone bison hunt worries residents near park.
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Expansion work continuing at Missoula Montana Airport.
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Montana “right-to-work” bill hearing draws large crowd.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Oregon judge rules against local Second Amendment sanctuary laws, calling sheriffs who allow them ‘racist’. JWRs Comments: This news article illustrates how wildly radicalized the gun grabbers have become. Ironically, the “gun control” movement has its roots in racism. Those who oppose the gun prohibitionists are the heroes, here. For Oregon’s leftist gun-haters to label those who stand up for Constitutional rights as “racists” is the height of hypocrisy.
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Oh, and if you have any doubt about who the real racists are in Oregon, then read this: Pacific University Oregon Faces Civil Rights Complaint for ‘BIPOC-Only’ Events. Any guesses on their political party affiliation?
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Another mass media hatchet job: Oregon, a hotbed of extremism, seeks to curb paramilitaries. JWR’s Comment: Take note of the way this article is phrased. Sometimes, media bias is obvious.
Central & Eastern Washington
County’s Oldest Voter Honored on Valentine’s Day. JWR’s Comment: That is admirable, but we can’t beat Illinois, for longevity. In Chicago, they have much older folks still voting.
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Hit-and-run suspect caught in Medical Lake thanks to help from community.
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Pullman businessman sentenced to life in prison for child molestation. JWR’s Comments: This illustrates how judges and juries are, in The American Redoubt. By contrast, in California, the average felony sentence for this vile crime is just three years.
Wyoming
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And we’ll close today’s column with this odd news note: Wyoming police locate missing romance novelist who allegedly fled to Hawaii after arrest.
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