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Harney County is a rural county in eastern Oregon. The county seat is the city of Burns. [36] [37] Though it is one of the largest counties by area in the United States, [36] [37] its population is only about 7,700, [36] and cattle outnumber people 14-to-1. [36]
This story was updated at 8:40 p.m. A former Washington police officer suspected of killing his ex-wife and a teenage girl and kidnapping a 1-year-old child before fleeing to Oregon is dead after ...
[15] [16] The Portland Oregonian newspaper reported in May 2014 that the amount that Bundy owed stood in "stark contrast" to the situation in Oregon, where just 45 of the state's roughly 1,100 grazing permit holders collectively owed $18,759 (~$24,144 in 2023) in past-due payments to the BLM, and only two ranchers had unpaid fees more than 60 ...
When armed protesters took over a remote wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon four years ago to oppose federal control of public lands, U.S. agents negotiated with the conservative occupiers for ...
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In August 2015, Finicum decided to cease complying with the terms of his grazing permit with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). At the time, he released a YouTube video in which he claimed it was unconstitutional for the federal government to own BLM lands and said he was inspired by a Nevada rancher, Cliven Bundy, and events surrounding the 2014 Bundy standoff. [13]
On February 8, 2024, Haynes was arrested in Portland, Oregon following a two-hour standoff with police after a shooting. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] He was questioned by police, and he is expected to be charged with the murder of his wife, Janette Becraft, who died by gunshot wound.
The report stems from the fatal shooting of LaVoy Finicum, killed by Oregon State Police during a standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge where protesters were objecting to federal land ...