Organizers of the Greater Idaho movement have descended upon Oregon’s capital city with a series of billboards targeting Oregon lawmakers.

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.

Malheur County Commissioner Ron Jacobs told proponents of the Greater Oregon movement that Malheur County Court would decide on whether to support a bill to create a commission at the Oregon Legislature to meet with Idaho lawmakers about shifting central and eastern Oregon counties to Idaho. (The Enterprise/FILE)

Attorneys for a man charged with murder in connection with the killings of four University of Idaho students are asking a judge to throw out most of the evidence in the case

The price of crude oil jumped to $80 a barrel last week, and that’s pushing pump prices higher in 45 states, including Oregon, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday. Global oil prices have soared on concerns of tighter supplies,

BOTTOM LINE: Idaho visits Portland State after Jack Payne scored 23 points in Idaho’s 80-67 win over the Sacramento State Hornets. The Vikings are 5-1 in home games. Portland State is second in college basketball with 44.8 points in the paint led by Terri Miller Jr. averaging 8.7.

A series of billboards went up alongside Interstate 5 heading into Salem on Monday — but they aren’t meant for most of the people who will see them. They’re for the eyes of state senators and representatives heading into the capital.

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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.

A surface inversion is preventing the normal mixing of air, meaning pollutants will remain trapped at lower altitudes.

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