Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

The Jan. 26, 2016, shooting incident at the center of Joseph Astarita's trial was captured on an FBI video.

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FBI Agent Heads To Trial, Accused Of Lying About Deadly Malheur Shooting

1:30pm July 24, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

W. Joseph Astarita was part of a team that was trying to capture leaders of the militia that launched the 41-day occupation in Oregon. Prosecutors say he fired his weapon but said he hadn't.

The imprisonment of Dwight Hammond Jr. (pictured here at his Oregon ranch in early 2016) and his son Steven Hammond inspired the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation. President Trump pardoned both men on Tuesday.

Trump Pardons Ranchers Dwight And Steven Hammond Over 2012 Arson Conviction

3:39pm July 10, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The president signed full pardons for the Oregon cattle ranchers whose prison terms inspired the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation in 2016.

Robert LaVoy Finicum (left), a rancher from Arizona, talks to reporters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., in January 2016. His shooting death by state police was found by investigators to be justified.

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FBI Agent Is Indicted On Charges Of Lying About Fatal Oregon Refuge Shooting

8:35pm June 28, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

The charges against the agent were brought amid lingering animosity over the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to protest restrictions on use of federal lands.

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2 Convicted Of Conspiracy In Trial Of Second Group Of Oregon Occupiers

4:36pm March 10, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Two of the men who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last year have been convicted on felony conspiracy charges, while two others were convicted on lesser charges.

Supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy camp near his ranch on in Bunkerville, Nev., in April 2014. Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management have been locked in a decades-long dispute after Bundy stopped paying grazing fees, which led to an armed standoff again

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1st Trial Over Nevada Standoff Begins For Cliven Bundy Followers

12:52pm February 06, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Bundy refused to pay federal grazing fees and led an armed standoff against federal agents in 2014. The trials against him and his followers are happening in several stages, beginning Monday.

Ammon Bundy, the leader of an anti-government militia, carries a copy of the U.S. Constitution in his pocket.

Bundy Militia Not Backing Down Following Oregon Trial Acquittal

12:15pm November 04, 2016

by Kirk Siegler

Ammon Bundy and his followers are back with fervor, saying that constitutionally, the government does not have the right to Western lands. But scholars disagree.

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Shawna Cox, one of seven defendants and the only one not currently detained, rides Lady Liberty outside the federal courthouse in Portland on Tuesday.

Juror Being Replaced In Oregon Occupation Case; Trial Is Drawing Crowds

6:08pm October 26, 2016

A juror was found to be biased and dismissed on Wednesday. The judge ordered an alternate to take his place in the trial of seven people in the armed occupation of wildlife refuge in Oregon.

'It Was Time To Make A Hard Stand'; Closing Arguments Completed In Malheur Trial

10:41pm October 19, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Seven defendants who occupied Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge stand accused of conspiracy, theft of government property and illegally carrying firearms. Among them are Ammon and Ryan Bundy.

The protected Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is one of the most important migratory bird corridors on the West Coast and also has long been important to the eastern Oregon agricultural economy.

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Anti-Government Standoff Puts Oregon's Malheur Back On Tourist Map

5:47pm October 12, 2016

by Kirk Siegler

The armed occupation at the Malheur wildlife refuge has renewed interest in the remote spot's natural offerings: more than 300 bird species and hiking trails. Hotels and restaurants are filling up.

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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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