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NO ENDANGERED LISTINGFOR SAGE GROUSE
A hike turns tragicLast week 7people rappelled intoa Utahcanyon.Nonecame back out alive.A6
Hard to swallow — Kids
aren't the only oneswho struggle with pills. Some innovations could make it easier.A3
• Legal battles may not beover,judge says
U.S. Fish and Wildlife's deci-
nearBurnsandischairman of the Oregon Cattlemen's Associ-
range,where cattlealso roam. Wilber said an ESA listing may have led to restrictions on ranchers who run cattle on federally managed land. The 1993 hstmg o the northern spotte owl as threatened triggered
sion not to list the sage grouse
ation's wildlife committee.
restrictions on federally man-
under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Chicken-sized birds with asignaturecourtship dance, sage grouse are found on the
aged forests that crippled the
By Dylan J. Darling The Bulletin
Oregon ranchers reacted with jubilation Tuesday to the
"It would have been the equal
of the spotted owl and what it did to the logging industry," said Bill Wilber, who ranches
Slg8grouse timeline 2002:U.S. Fish andWildlife Service receives first of many petitions calling for the sagegrouse Endangered SpeciesAct listing. 2005:Fish and Wildlife Service initially determines the bird does not warrant listing under the ESA. Acourt order reverses the decision and directs the agency to revisit it.
state's timber industry.
See Ranchers /A4
See Timeline /A4 The Bulletin file photo
The economy —Good numbers? Low unemployment? It's true. Stagnating incomes? That too. It's why we think theeconomy'sbad.C6
Spawning kokanee put on a show
Tttmdle LakeandDome
ROCk —Hiking destinations near Detroit are worth the drive to get to the beginning.04
And a WedexclusiveThis13-year-old social media star is determined to helpTed Cruz becomepresident. beellbelletie.cern/extras
POLICE
Bend waits on body camerasas other cities push ahead By Taylor W. Anderson The Bulletin
SALEM — After nearly
a year of focus nationwide
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EDITOR'5CHOICE
Early prison releases are a trend across U.S.
for local law enforcement
to equip officers with video cameras that record their interactions with the public,
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two Oregon cities this week were among 73 nationwide
W e-
that will receive federal
money to jump-start their body camera programs. Police in Beaverton and
Eugene will purchase equipment with nearly $400,000 combined from the Bureau
of Justice Assistance, an agency within the U.S. Department of Justice. The city
By Richard A. Senano
of Eugene will get $249,000
Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Luis Anthony Rivera was sentenced to life behind bars
plus 140 years for his role in a 1983 cocaine-smuggling scheme, but one night last week, just after midnight, he walked out of a Florida penitentiary a free man.
and Beaverton will receive RyanBrennecke/The Bulletin
A school of kokanee gather to spawn near a natural spring flowing into Wickiup Reservoir on Tuesday. The fish were spawning, which happens each fall in the reservoir. The fish die after they spawn.
57-year sentence he re-
ceived in 1996 for multiple carjackings, a punishment
VW and therecall that neverfixed anycars
that could have kept him
locked up until age 89. The little-noticed releases of Rivera and Holloway are pointing the way toward an unconventional
method for gaining early release for nonviolent prisoners who have unblemishedrecordsduring incarceration. The White House and
many members of Congress have been trying for several years to address what officials in both par-
By Peter Whoriskey and Joby Warnck
would remedy the overflow
emissions to some degree but
of pollution emitted by their
... emissions were still significantly higher than expected."
The Washington Post
diesel cars, according to state Volkswagen's decision to and federal letters to the comequip 11 million vehicles with pany. At the time, Volkswagen devices to cheat emissions tests proposed a "voluntary recall" worldwide has sent the compa- of about 500,000 vehicles. State ny into an acute corporate criand federal officials approved sis in recent days. But on Dec. the plan. 2, 2014, the company assured That fix was either a techU.S. and California regulators
nical failure or, some officials
that their engineers had a straightforward solution. Volkswagen told officials then that a software change
said, another ruse. By May of this year, California tests showed that "the
recall calibration did reduce
The extent of the recall, which is discussed in letters
The award notably left out the Portland Police
Bureau and Bend Police Department, two departments that were at the forefront
If you'd like to catch some fish for yourself, read about the fall chinook season on Page D1.
Francois Holloway was similarly sent home this
summer, well short of the
$150,000 through the grant program.
last legislative session calling for laws to clarify that their officers could wear camerastorecordtheir actions when dealing with the public. Bend will instead continue studying whether to start
a body camera program at all, while Eugene and Bea-
highlights in what federal and state officials have likened to a cat-and-mousegame between
verton implement their pro-
regulators and one of the
able to staff it and manage the project with the new
between government and company officials, is unknown. Company officials wouldn't say this week how
world's largest automakers. "They basically ran out of excuses," said Stanley Young, spokesperson for the California Air Resources Board.
many recall notification letters
"They would say the tests
Volkswagen issued to consum- weren't at the right temperaers, and how many consumers ture, or some other issue. We broughttheircarsinforthe had them in (to our offices) purported fix. several times." But the incident is one of the See VW/A4
grams in coming months. "Our challenge is being guidelines provided by the Senate and House bills that
were passed," said Bend Police Chief Jim Porter. "For the most part, equip-
ment and expenditures is a one-time expenditure with a little bit of (cost for) replacement." See Cameras /A4
ties see as unduly harsh sentences, particularly of black and Latino men. But
at the Department of Justice, requests for clemency, commutations and par-
dons just keep piling up. Last year, President
Barack Obama announced a new effort to free some nonviolent offenders
serving disproportionate sentences, and more than 35,000 prisoners applied. But so far only 46 have been released. Lengthy
Walker's downfall shows the limits of super PAQ By Nicholas Confessore New York Times News Service
consin was among the most successful fundraisers in his
In the age of "super PACs," a presidential campaign can die of thirst on the shores of
party, with a clutch of billion-
the Great Lakes. Gov. Scott Walker of Wis-
presidential ambitions. But his
aires in his corner and tens of millions of dollars behind his swift decline and exit from the
Related • More election news, AS
While a super PAC supporting him, Unintimidated, was relatively flush with cash-
presidential race on Monday were a stark reminder that even unlimited money has its limits.
on track to raise as much as $40 million through the end of the year,accordingto people involved with the group-
Walker's campaign committee was running dry, contemplating layoffs and unable to find enough money to mount a last stand in Iowa, a state that
once favored him. See PACs /A5
reviews of applications are
choking the system, officials say. The federal prison system, meanwhile, is near to bursting. See Release /A6
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