Ammon Bundy

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who left the Tulalip Reservation in Washington state to participate in Ammon Bundy's armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge has been sentenced to five months of home detention. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown said Thursday that if Eric Flores stays out of trouble for three months, he can apply to be released from the final two months of detention...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The second trial involving people who occupied an Oregon wildlife refuge last winter has reached closing arguments, with prosecutor Ethan Knight telling jurors the case is about four defendants who went too far. The men are charged with conspiring to impede Interior Department employees from doing their jobs during the 41-day standoff...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ammon Bundy, the leader of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover, is back in Oregon. KATU-TV reports that Bundy was transferred from custody in Las Vegas, where he's been held on charges from a different standoff with government agents, to the Multnomah County Jail on Friday night...

JOHN DAY, Ore. (AP) — A year after Ammon Bundy and his followers took over a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon's Harney County, a quieter, less visible struggle over public lands is occurring in neighboring Grant County. This fall, a judge dissolved a Grant County commission that provided input in the management of public lands...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Trial is gearing up this week for armed ranchers who took over a national bird sanctuary in rural Oregon to oppose federal management of public lands. Jury selection starts Wednesday in the case against Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and six others who helped seize Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Ammon and Ryan Bundy's request for a trial delay. The Bundys and more than a dozen other defendants are scheduled for trial in September on charges stemming from the January takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ammon Bundy and another 15 defendants have pleaded not guilty to a federal conspiracy charge related to the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown reminded the defendants Wednesday that they are considered innocent until proven guilty. Sev...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Lawyers for the leader of the armed standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge have appealed a judge's decision to keep him in jail pending trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman said Ammon Bundy presents a danger to the community and the Idaho resident might fail to return for future court proceedings. ...

BURNS, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge says she will not release any of the people arrested in the standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge while the occupation continues. The Oregonian reports U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman made the comments Thursday during an initial court appearance in Portland for three of the 11 people arrested. The...

  BURNS, Ore. (AP) — The Oregonian reports that an Arizona rancher was killed when authorities arrested leaders of an armed group that has been occupying a national wildlife refuge. Authorities did not identify the person killed, saying only that it was an adult male who died in an "officer involved shooting" during law officers' confrontation with Ammon Bundy and his followers during a