SALEM, Ore. – Amid a rise of coronavirus cases in the State of Oregon, Governor Kate Brown announced eight counties are in danger of going back into Phase 1. The counties are Jefferson, Lake, Lincoln, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union and ...
John Day, Ore.- The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday The Rainbow Family of Living Light has chosen to hold its 2017 Annual Rainbow Gathering on the Malheur National Forest, on the Blue Mountain Ranger District. The gathering site will be ...
Vale, Ore.- KGW-TV reports authorities in southeast Oregon have arrested 15 people in connection with an undercover sex trafficking operation. Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe said in a statement to KGW Saturday that the Malheur County Sheriff’s Office and police ...
Malheur County, Ore.- A man accused of stealing a car was arrested Wednesday after getting stuck in a badger hole. Oregon State Police say it all started when a trooper tried to pull over the driver of a stolen car ...
Harney County, Ore. (KGW) — Reporters were given a brief tour of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Wednesday afternoon as workers and repair crews continue to work on the headquarters building. The bird sanctuary was taken over by armed intruders ...
Update (02/11 11:15pm) – All occupiers have peacefully surrendered to the FBI. Thursday morning, three of the four occupiers surrendered to police. The fourth occupier, identified as David Fry, stayed inside the refuge while live-streaming the situation to over 25,000 ...
Malheur County, Ore. — (KTVZ) Four protesters remain inside Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife refuge, despite calls for a peaceful surrender from their former leader, Ammon Bundy. Bundy’s attorney read another statement from his client Tuesday urging the four men to ...
Burns, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of people gathered outside the courthouse in Burns, both to protest and support the armed occupation of a national wildlife preserve. People upset over the police killing of occupier and Arizona rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum ...
Harney County, Ore. — A statement by Ammon Bundy, read by his attorney, asks protesters at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge to stand down. The statement read, in part, “I’m asking the Federal Government to allow the people of the refuge ...
Medford, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is sending a team of deputies to assist law enforcement in Harney County. Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward sent out a formal request for mutual aid. Jackson County Sheriff Corey Falls sent ...