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Small potatoes: Oregon county backs away from Greater Idaho fantasy

The movement insists it’s undeterred, which is exactly what movements with no viable path forward tend to say.

Jason Weisberger
May 21, 2026
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Turns out “becoming Idaho” gets less exciting once someone mentions wages, infrastructure, and math.

The long-running dream of peeling conservative chunks off Oregon and gluing them onto Idaho just lost a little starch, as Wallowa County voters decided they were done entertaining the Greater Idaho fantasy and its twice-yearly ritual of pretending county …

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