2025 has been one heck of a decade, hasn't it? It's been less than one month, and it feels like the world has been turned topsy-turvy. So of course Oregon is going to try and take advantage by suggesting the Oregon-Idaho border be changed. We're not making this up. Why? It's wordy, but here's the best explanation we could find:
I-84 is closed between Ontario and Baker City due to a truck fire Thursday morning. Drivers are asked to delay travel if possible.
A handful of northwestern states were under winter storm watch from the NWS on Thursday, with the service warning of potential impacts to travel.
The Durkee fire in Eastern Oregon burned almost 300 thousand acres last year, wreaking havoc for travelers but more importantly, putting ranchers in a very tough spot for this year.
Voters in 13 Oregon counties – including all of the ones abutting Idaho – have passed measures in the past few years directing county leaders to study moving the state boundary. Greater Idaho’s leaders say the change would “make both states better” – or at least make more residents of each state happier with the political status quo.
A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck central Idaho at around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, January 27. Tremors were felt across Challis, Boise, Meridian, and Clayton. Two minor quakes hit the same region soon after.
The man who shot himself after an overnight standoff near Nyssa has been identified by police as 58-year-old Joel Evan Brousseau.
Lawmakers returning to Salem for the start of the Legislative session this week are being greeted by roadside electronic billboards encouraging them to "Free Eastern Oregon" by moving the Oregon-Idaho border.
The Oregon Legislature meets Tuesday for a 160-day "long" session, one facing big demands for funding toward some of the state's most pressing problems.
Before taking his own life, Joel Brousseau fired several hundred rounds from a high-powered semi-automatic rifle, hitting several cars, homes, and the nearby convenience store.
The two adults had been without food, water or means of communication for several days when firefighters found them last weekend.
Will the Oregon Legislature gain ground this session on shifting the Oregon-Idaho border? In addition to a bill that will be floated by House District 60 Rep. Mark