Jan 07 Oregon residents in packed town hall want armed militia to leave By Conrad Wilson and Ryan Haas, OPB A building at the Harney County Fairgrounds in rural Oregon was packed to the seams Wednesday night, as local residents discussed an ongoing occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Many of the speakers at the meeting said they didn’t… Continue reading
Jan 05 Ryan Bundy: We'll leave if community wants us to By John Sepulvado, OPB Ryan Bundy of the so-called Bundy Militia tells Oregon Public Broadcasting that he and the other men occupying federal buildings in Harney County, Oregon, will leave peacefully if the people of the community want them to. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 5:14 What do the Oregon armed protesters want? By PBS News Hour Armed protesters have occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon in protest of federal control of western ranch lands and the treatment of two Oregon ranchers. William Brangham gets an update from Amanda Peacher of Oregon Public Broadcasting. Continue watching
Jan 04 What do the presidential candidates think about the militia takeover in Oregon? By Rhana Natour, Joshua Barajas After some initial silence, Republican presidential candidates began to make calls for a peaceful end to the takeover of a small wildlife refuge by anti-government protesters 30 miles outside Burns, Oregon. Continue reading
Jan 04 Why the Bundy militia mixes Mormon symbolism with anti-government sentiment By John Sepulvado, OPB In many ways, the standoff between militia and the U.S. government encapsulates a deeply intertwined anti-federal sentiment mixed with Mormon symbolism. Continue reading
Jan 04 What's next for the armed militiamen in Oregon? By Amanda Peacher, OPB The militiamen said their mission in Burns, Oregon, is to put the federal lands under local control, although it’s unclear by what means. The leader of the occupation, Ammon Bundy, said the protesters have a plan that will take “several… Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 1:52 Oregon militiamen wanted to 'take back federal land' for ranchers, loggers By PBS News Hour A group of protesters and purported militiamen occupied a federal building at an Oregon wildlife refuge late Saturday and vowed to stay there indefinitely to highlight rancher rights. Amelia Templeton, a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting, joins Hari Sreenivasan on… Continue watching
Jan 03 Armed activists take over Oregon federal wildlife refuge By Michael D. Regan A group of militiamen took over the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in support of two nearby ranchers sentenced to prison beginning on Monday. The ranchers were convicted of setting fire to federal land. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 8:47 How Oregon is investing in the next generation of blue collar workers By PBS News Hour Over the next decade, economists and business leaders say America faces a shortage of millions of skilled workers for blue collar jobs as Baby Boomers retire. Now, Oregon is planning ahead by ramping up efforts to train Generation X'ers and… Continue watching
Jan 02 Watch 5:30 Boom of invasive crayfish threaten species in Oregon's Crater Lake By PBS News Hour At Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, the site of the deepest lake in the country, the surface water temperature has been heating in recent years, attracting an invasive species of crayfish that is putting the lake’s clarity and native… Continue watching