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September 09, 2016

BLM drops plan to surgically sterilize wild horses

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has dropped a research effort that would have led to the surgical sterilization of more ...

September 06, 2016

Q&A: What to know as Oregon ranching standoff trial begins

Trial is gearing up this week for armed ranchers who took over a national bird sanctuary in rural Oregon to oppose federal ...

September 05, 2016

Video shows vandals destroying popular Oregon rock formation

Cellphone video captured a group of people knocking over a popular sandstone rock formation known as the "Duckbill" on an ...

September 03, 2016

Notifications sent following fishing license data breach

Notices that personal information might have been compromised will be sent to hunting and fishing license holders in Idaho ...

September 02, 2016

Correction: Cormorant Killing story

In a story Sept. 2 about double-crested cormorants, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the species is not ...

August 30, 2016

11 freshmen victims in alleged Oregon hazing, coach charged

A volunteer football coach and six players for a small town Oregon high school team face criminal charges for a hazing ...

August 30, 2016

US to decide on protections for 9 species

A legal settlement filed Tuesday requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide on Endangered Species Act protections ...

August 29, 2016

Actor, comedian Kevin Hart runs in Oregon relay

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart says he's up for a sequel after running in an Oregon relay. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports ...

August 28, 2016

Widow of slain federal wildlife refuge occupier plans to sue

Oregon police and two FBI agents could face a lawsuit from the widow of an Arizona rancher who took part in the Malheur ...

August 26, 2016

Breach in fishing license system exposes data in Northwest

A breach in a vendor's system that processes online sales of hunting and fishing licenses in Idaho, Oregon and Washington ...

August 26, 2016

The Latest: Pot plants on display at Oregon State Fair

The Latest on marijuana plant display at Oregon State Fair (all times local): Living pot plants are on display at the Oregon ...

August 26, 2016

Oregon fair generates buzz with 1st legal pot display in US

Living marijuana plants went on display Friday at the Oregon State Fair, with organizers saying it's the first state fair in ...

August 26, 2016

Tribe trucks totem pole 4,800 miles in fossil fuels protest

A Pacific Northwest tribe is traveling nearly 5,000 miles across Canada and the United States with a 22-foot-tall totem pole ...

August 25, 2016

2 men in Nevada standoff case plead guilty in federal court

Two defendants became the first to plead guilty Thursday to federal charges in an armed confrontation with U.S.

August 25, 2016

Woman drives through store after refused gift card purchases

Employees of an Oregon grocery store are cleaning up after a police say a woman drove her SUV into the store and down the ...

August 21, 2016

2 men suspected of starting fire could get $37 million bill

Two men suspected of starting a wildfire last year that scorched 40 square miles of Oregon forestland could soon get a bill ...

August 19, 2016

2 coaches dead in apparent murder-suicide; teen's body found

Two Oregon high school wrestling coaches, lifelong friends, are dead in an apparent murder-suicide and the body of a teenager ...

August 19, 2016

Oregon buzz: Pot plants at state fair in a 1st for the US

Nine living marijuana plants will be displayed at the Oregon State Fair in a first of its kind event for the United States ...

August 16, 2016

First Oregon standoff defendant sent to prison

The first defendant in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge early this year has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in ...