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Months after a 41-day siege on the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, some facilities there remain closed due to ongoing security concerns.

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Ore. Community Becomes Unwilling Symbol For Anti-Government Movement

1:18pm October 12, 2016

The trial for the militants who seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon this year is close to wrapping up. The standoff traumatized and divided nearby Burns, Ore.

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Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward addresses the public at the County Chamber of Commerce in Burns, Ore., on Thursday.

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Harney County Sheriff Calls For Dialogue Following Oregon Occupation's End

7:06pm February 11, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Sheriff Dave Ward urged residents in his community to "get off Facebook" and talk to each other about their differences of opinion following the divisive occupation.

Residents Grant and Gaye Gunderson, part of the group of town residents who were waiting for the anti-federal, anti-FBI protesters at the courthouse in Harney County.

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To Protesters Flocking To Oregon Town, Locals Say 'Go Home'

10:05pm February 02, 2016

by Martin Kaste

Anger erupted in front of the county courthouse in Burns, Ore., Monday as anti-government protesters in town for a rally met a wall of locals sick of outsiders trying to start a movement there.

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Ammon Bundy speaks to the media in front of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters on Jan. 6 near Burns, Ore. Bundy was arrested on Tuesday.

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Ammon Bundy Tells Remaining Oregon Occupiers To Go Home

8:52pm January 27, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The militant, who is under arrest, released a statement Wednesday calling on the people still occupying a federal wildlife refuge near Burns, Ore., to "stand down."