Oregon breakaway effort is down to just 8 votes, deepening ... - NBC News
WEBJun 6, 2023 · In Oregon’s Wallowa County, just eight votes separated those who support the Greater Idaho movement from those who oppose last week, the county clerk said. Tuesday is the deadline to resubmit...
Greater Idaho resolution passes Idaho House; calls for talks with ...
WEBFeb 16, 2023 · With a wink and a smirk the Idaho House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a nonbinding memorial calling for formal talks between the Idaho and Oregon legislatures to discuss moving some...
Leader of Greater Idaho Movement Explains Oregon's Bid to Join Idaho
WEBMay 28, 2024 · The leader of a group of Oregonians determined to leave the state has revealed their reasons for wanting to escape its liberal policies by joining Idaho. Matt McCaw is the executive director of the movement …
Why fed-up conservatives are pushing a 'Move Oregon's Border' …
WEBMay 19, 2024 · The "Greater Idaho Movement" would shift the Oregon border 200 miles west, a secession effort aligning the conservative farming, ranching and logging communities of eastern Oregon with their...
Winds and lightning strikes stoke Oregon fire, now the largest in ... - NPR
WEBJul 25, 2024 · The Durkee Fire, burning near the Oregon-Idaho border about 130 miles west of Boise, Idaho, caused the closure of a stretch of Interstate 84 again Wednesday. Amid rapidly forming storms in...
Partisan rancor in Oregon spills over into Idaho effort to absorb …
WEBMar 16, 2023 · What would have previously been brushed off as a fringe proposition to add the predominantly Republican region of eastern Oregon into conservative Idaho has lunged forward in the Idaho state...
‘Greater Idaho’ measure passes in 13th Oregon county
WEBMay 31, 2024 · A 13th county voted this month in support of a long-shot effort that would redraw the state lines between Oregon and Idaho. Voters in Crook County, located near the center of Oregon, supported...
What’s happening with the Greater Idaho movement in Oregon? – Deseret News
WEBJun 12, 2023 · The movement to expand Idaho’s borders is gaining steam in Eastern Oregon. Voters in Wallowa County, Oregon, last month made the county the 12th in the state to vote in favor of a measure connected to leaving the state to join Idaho in a vote finalized last week.
An update on the Greater Idaho movement - Boise State Public …
WEBSep 13, 2023 · Despite ridicule by some lawmakers, and what some have said are insurmountable odds, the Greater Idaho movement continues to quietly grow and expand across eastern Oregon. The movement is simple, move Idaho's border west and absorb close to a dozen Oregon counties into the Gem State. Supporters say those counties more closely align with Idaho's ...
Political opposition to Greater Idaho grows, as the effort holds …
WEBSince 2020, Greater Idaho has placed ballot measures in counties across the state asking voters to support the concept of moving Idaho’s borders closer to the Cascade Mountains so that rural...