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FBI arrests Ore. militants; 1 dies By Rebecca Boone and Gene Johnson
Burns, to address local residents to discuss their views on federal management of public lands. The Oregonian newspaper reported several hundred people had gathered at the John Day Senior Center on Tuesday evening and were told the “guest speakers” would not be appearing. In a statement, the FBI and Oregon State Police said agents had made eight arrests: Bundy, 40; his brother Ryan Bundy, 43; Brian Cavalier, 44; Shawna Cox, 59; and Ryan Payne, 32, during a traffic stop on Highway 395 on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities said two others — Joseph
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The FBI and Oregon State Police on Tuesday arrested the leaders of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge for the past three weeks, conducting a traffic stop that prompted gunfire — and one death — along a highway through the frozen high country. Militant leader Ammon Bundy and his followers were reportedly heading to a community meeting at the senior center in John Day, a Grant County town about 70 miles north of
Donald O’Shaughnessy, 45, and Peter Santilli, 50 — were arrested separately in Burns, while FBI agents in Arizona arrested another, Jon Eric Ritzheimer, 32. Each will face a federal felony charge of conspiracy to impede officers of the United States from discharging their official duties through the use of force, intimidation or threats, authorities said. No indictments or federal charging documents had been made public. Oregon State Police confirmed that its troopers were involved in the traffic-stop shooting, though See STANDOFF, Page A6
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A Oregon State police officer stands by a vehicle as police officers block Highway 395 in Seneca, Oregon, on Tuesday.
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Energy project complaints dismissed By Jerry Cornfield and Dan Catchpole Herald Writers
Muller, who is one of the trustees, recused himself from voting. Councilman Jeff Vaughan cast the lone dissenting vote, explaining that the request for city support could set a precedent for other groups. “I believe there is a better way
OLYMPIA — A state ethics board has tossed out complaints against several former and current Department of Commerce officials accused of improperly steering a multimillion-dollar grant to a clean-energy project in Snohomish County. The state Executive Ethics Board dismissed the complaints Jan. 15, determining they were “obviously unfounded or frivolous.” The complaints were anonymously filed in mid-July. They alleged that state officials had used their public positions to help the Snohomish County Public Utility District get a $7.3 million clean energy grant from the state. The PUD spent the grant money on a no-bid contract with 1Energy Systems. The Seattle-based company employs two former Commerce officials and was started by Dave Kaplan, a former contractor for the department. All three were named in the complaints. In a statement issued after the ethics board’s ruling earlier this month, 1Energy said “all of this has been more about anticlean energy politics than any legitimate concern about wrongdoing. We are excited to return our complete focus to the cutting edge work that Washington State is enabling through its Clean Energy Fund program.” The allegations came out of the PUD’s own ethics investigation last year into its no-bid contracts with 1Energy Systems. After leaving the Commerce Department,
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Marysville Historical Society’s new digs scheduled to open March 19 Herald Writer
MARYSVILLE — The new Marysville Historical Society museum has been under construction near Jennings Memorial Park for several years. But the planning for the museum dates back to when the
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society acquired the property in 1986 for $50,000. Prep work and design started in 1999. Today, the museum is almost done. Piping and heating has been roughed in, the drywall is being installed. Next up will be painting, installing floors over the cement foundation, and having a grand opening March 19
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to coincide with the city’s 125th anniversary celebrations. On Monday, the Marysville City Council approved an agreement that will provide the society $50,000 in exchange for use of the new facility for meetings and overflow parking. The agreement was adopted by a 5-1 vote. Councilman Stephen
Not a crouton Better check the bananas: A science class at a New Jersey elementary school has adopted a 3-inch green anole lizard that a kindergartner discovered in her salad after it had been refrigerated for days (Page A10). The White House later denied a Fox News report Dear Abby . . . B5 Food . . . . . . . . B1
that the lizard was Michelle Obama’s plan to boost the organic protein content of school lunches. Think different: Even after selling nearly 75 million iPhones at the end of last year, Apple is concerned that sales are beginning to cool and demand for smartphones has reached its peak
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(Page A11). To boost sales, Apple’s new marketing campaign will look to convince current iPhone users that Siri needs an iPhone of her own. How dry I am: Although drought conditions continue, recent storms in California have boosted the snowpack in the Sierra Short Takes . B10 Sports . . . . . . C1
Nevada mountains to 115 percent of normal, a fiveyear record (Page A10). California officials have loosened some water restrictions, allowing residents to lick their lips and bathe with two wet tea bags instead of one and permitting restaurants to serve an ice cube with each glass of dust. —Jon Bauer, Herald staff
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Chris Benavidez (foreground) and Tyson Duenas, of Artistic Drywall Textures, Inc., move what is likely a 100-year-old totem pole to a room they finished drywalling Tuesday so they can start work on the center room of the Marysville Historical Society’s new museum in Jennings Memorial Park. The totem pole is originally from Sitka, Alaska.
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