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‘Stop Requested’: Salt licks and squad cars in Baker City
For the fifth installment of Stop Requested, we solve a public transit mystery to Baker City, where we attend The Great Salt Lick Auction. And then end up in back of a patrol car.
Ontario diversity committee ponders path forward after facing scrutiny
The small town on the Oregon-Idaho border is rapidly diversifying as its city government tries to keep up.

Health
In Oregon-Idaho border town, planned abortion clinic receives little welcome from locals
Republicans outnumber Democrats three to one, and if you ask most people in town what they think of abortion, their first answer is that they’re pro-life. And yet, the new clinic in their town will likely be the only place offering abortions for about 200 miles in any direction.
Ontario waives over $1M in nuisance abatement penalties after settling lawsuit
The Eastern Oregon city of Ontario is waiving unpaid fines and penalties stemming from its nuisance abatement rules from the last four years, a month after settling a lawsuit.

science environment
Is Idaho Causing Arsenic Woes For Ontario's Water?
Ontario's water supply comes from the Snake River flowing out of Idaho, where arsenic standards are more lax than Oregon's.