The federal judge overseeing Oregon’s wildlife refuge standoff case scheduled a September trial on Wednesday and reinforced her decision to send Ammon and Ryan Bundy to Nevada next week for a court appearance.
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Calling him a “political prisoner” like Nelson Mandela, a lawyer for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy filed court papers Tuesday seeking his release from federal custody.
The actions of two rural Oregon sheriffs during an armed standoff at a national wildlife refuge were striking: One worked with federal officials to end the siege while the other questioned the FBI’s authority and offered words of support for the occupiers.
Ben Collins is retired now and living in Oregon, but he spent most of his career roaming Nevada and the region with the Bureau of Land Management. When it comes to the complex discussion of the management of Western lands, he brings an even-handed perspective that only a fellow of his experience can provide.
Nevada’s chief federal judge has refused to allow nationally known conservative lawyer Larry Klayman to join Cliven Bundy’s defense team.
A key defendant in armed standoffs with law enforcement in Oregon and Nevada pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges in the Nevada case.
Two sons of Cliven Bundy are fighting government efforts to transfer them from Oregon to Nevada to face federal charges in the 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near their father’s ranch in Bunkerville.
Almost two years after his grave was disturbed near the ghost town of Gold Butte, Arthur Coleman is back where he belongs. About 30 area residents gathered at the remote grave site Saturday to remember Coleman and return his remains to the ground about 100 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will spend roughly $4 million to clean, repair and upgrade the Oregon wildlife refuge that was the site of a 41-day armed occupation by ranchers earlier this year.
A U.S. judge has approved the extradition of a New Hampshire man to Nevada, where he is to face trial on charges that he helped organize a high-profile armed standoff with federal agents at the ranch of Cliven Bundy in 2014.
Larry Klayman, an activist who bedeviled Bill Clinton with multiple lawsuits, has filed court papers seeking to join the defense team for the Bunkerville rancher.
The last named defendant in the armed occupation of an Oregon wildlife refuge hasn’t been arrested, and his family in Montana isn’t giving up his location.
A federal judge in Portland will allow U.S. marshals to transport Ammon Bundy and five others to Nevada for a court hearing related to an armed standoff against government agents in 2014.
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Monday visited the Oregon wildlife refuge seized during a 41-day occupation by armed anti-government protesters and met with federal employees, local officials and tribal leaders in the area.
Two more defendants, including one of Cliven Bundy’s sons, were ordered held without bail Monday as they await trial on felony charges stemming from the 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.