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More Oregon counties vote to move into Idaho, part of rural effort to to gain political refuge from blue states

More Oregon counties vote to move into Idaho, part of rural effort to ‘gain political refuge from blue states’ Updated 11:06 AM; Today 6:56 AM Mike McCarter, chief petitioner for Move Oregon s Border for a Greater Idaho, calls his effort a peaceful revolution. (Map: Move Oregon s Border for a Greater Idaho) Facebook Share Grant voted 1,471 to 895 for county officials “to meet and discuss relocating Idaho border.” Lake voted 1,341 to 463 for the “relocation of Idaho border” to be taken up in “county board of commissioners meetings.” Malheur voted 3,050 to 2,572 for “county court meetings regarding relocation of Oregon-Idaho border.” Sherman voted 429 to 260 in favor of “promoting moving Oregon-Idaho border.”

More Oregon counties vote to move into Idaho, part of rural effort to gain political refuge from blue states

Five eastern Oregon counties voted Tuesday in favor of considering becoming part of Idaho. Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur and Sherman counties join Union and Jefferson, which voted last year to require county officials to study or promote joining Idaho. Grant voted 1,471 to 895 for county officials “to meet and discuss relocating Idaho border.” Lake voted 1,341 to 463 for the “relocation of Idaho .

Truck stop opens at Farewell Bend

Plus you can buy fried chicken. And there are fuel pumps and restrooms for potentially more pressing needs. The Huntington Travel Plaza, part of the national TravelCenters of America network, recently opened beside the freeway at Farewell Bend, about 50 miles from Baker City. The plaza fills a retail void dating back nearly a decade in the mostly unsettled 73-mile stretch of freeway between Baker City and Ontario. The former truck stop at Farewell Bend, which included a motel, closed in May 2011 and the buildings were later removed. That truck stop opened in the 1970s. For much of the time since the truck stop closed, the only place to get a meal and gas between Baker City and Ontario was at Huntington, which is about a mile off the freeway about 5 miles north of Farewell Bend.

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