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PORTLAND, Ore.—Mark Rogers has made a list of things he misses about Portland—its vegan restaurants, Powell’s bookstore, public transit—and the things he doesn’t—having his things stolen, stepping in human excrement, extreme politics. The 44-year-old artist moved across the country to Fort Wayne, Ind., last year. “I don’t want to talk trash about my home city…
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned father-and-son cattle ranchers in southeastern Oregon who were sentenced to serve prison time on two separate occasions for the same charges of arson on public lands, a move their supporters hailed as a shift in how the federal government approaches the West. Trump’s decision to set aside the convictions of…
KGW screenshot A Portland, Ore., man is giving me a particular type of joy after breaking down crying and expressing his heartfelt “regret” after being charged with a hate crime earlier this week for allegedly hurling slurs and intimidating a black Muslim couple. I confess, my favorite type of bigot is the crying bigot. KGW…
Above: Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood, a vibrant arts and entertainment district attracted a rash of Nazi-inspired graffiti in February. Residents and business owners also awoke during that time to find the area leafleted with recruitment fliers that proclaimed, “Diversity is a code word for white genocide.” By NOELLE CROMBIE and SHANE DIXON KAVANAUGH The Oregonian |…
Ammon and Ryan Bundy, the right-wing militants who last winter engaged in an armed takeover of a federally owned wildlife sanctuary in Oregon, were acquitted Thursday. The militants, along with five co-defendants, were all found not guilty of federal conspiracy and weapons charges in their trial. Team Bundy had insisted that they were merely protesting the federal…
At least 150 armed white men have seized control of a federal building outside of Burns, Oregon. They are led by a cadre which includes Ammon and Ryan Bundy. They are the sons of Cliven Bundy, the rancher who led a successful armed rebellion against federal law enforcement officers in Nevada last year. Since that…
Clockwise from top left, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Shawna Cox, Jeff Banta, Kenneth Medenbach, David Lee Fry and Neil Wampler. Credit Multnomah County Sheriff PORTLAND, Ore. — Armed antigovernment protesters led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy were acquitted Thursday of federal conspiracy and weapons charges stemming from the takeover of a federally owned wildlife sanctuary…
Jury acquits Ammon and Ryan Bundy, leaders of Oregon standoff, of federal charges The leaders of an armed group who seized a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon were acquitted Thursday in the 41-day standoff that brought new attention to a long-running dispute over control of federal lands in the U.S. West. Tumult erupted in…
PACIFIC CITY, Ore. — In a matter of seconds, Pedestal Rock at Cape Kiwanda on Oregon’s coast was no more. Erosion didn’t claim the famous formation. Video appears to show vandals doing it, and David Kalas said he caught them in the act. “It’s just like such a slap in the face, you know what…
Earlier this month, the Oregon police produced a video recorded inside the truck of LaVoy Finicum, the radical gunman who helped occupy a federal bird refuge before he was ultimately shot to death in a highway confrontation. Now, you can watch the militiaman practically beg to be killed in the final moments of his life….