Jan. 6 and the "Sagebrush Rebels"

and other news bits from around the region

Just one year ago yesterday, millions of Americans sat and stared dumbfounded at their television and computer screens as chaos erupted at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., when a mob of insurrectionists forced their way into the building in an attempt to violently overturn an election and disrupt democracy.

As the collective audience began to grasp…