Hiking, Bears, and Northern Lights: Life of a North Idaho Explorer

Can a state redraw its borders because of political differences? That’s exactly what the Greater Idaho movement aims to do—absorb rural counties from Oregon (and potentially parts of Washington and California) into the state of Idaho. The idea sounds like something out of a political thriller, but for thousands of rural Americans, it’s a serious and deeply emotional response to years of feeling ignored by urban-dominated state governments.