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A truck displaying a bumper sticker at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters on Jan. 5 near Burns, Ore. Armed anti-federalists took over the wildlife refuge in Oregon for 41 days. <strong></strong>The occupation ended on Feb. 11.

Utah Sheriffs Threaten To Arrest Rangers If They Try To Close Public Lands

Clashes over grazing rights continue. Local sheriffs will give you an earful about how they believe environmental extremists have taken over federal agencies. But this is more than just a turf battle.

Union members demonstrate outside the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J., earlier this year to protest new owner Carl Icahn's refusal to reinstate health insurance and pension benefits that previous owners eliminated in bankruptcy court.

Supreme Court Declines Trump Resorts Case That Stripped Workers' Benefits

When Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for bankruptcy in 2014, it won a ruling from a federal bankruptcy judge stripping casino workers of their health insurance and payments to the pension fund.

"I think that issue alone should comfort people in voting for Donald Trump for president," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said of the candidate's list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

Mitch McConnell: Republican Party Is At An 'All-Time High'

For all the talk of the GOP's upheaval, the Senate majority leader says he doesn't think Donald Trump's nomination will redefine the Republican Party in any substantial way.

Cleveland Clinic surgeons in February transplanted a uterus from a deceased donor into 26-year-old Lindsey McFarland, who was born without one. Though the experimental surgery was initially thought successful, a raging infection forced removal of the organ within weeks.

A Transplanted Uterus Offers Hope, But Procedure Stirs Debate

At least one U.S. hospital is attempting uterine transplants for women born without a uterus, or who've lost it to disease. The surgery has yielded births in other nations, but poses real risks, too.

Hurricane-Free For A Decade, Florida Residents May Have Storm Amnesia

Hurricane season has begun. On average, Florida gets a hurricane about every two years. But there hasn't been one in nearly 11 years. This has emergency managers worried about residents' complacency.

Dallas Construction Signs Display Unusual Messages

Hackers apparently took over the portable electric signs being used on Interstate 30. Which is why commuters saw messages declaring: "Work is canceled. Go back home" and "Party Hardy."

Train tracks lead toward an access tunnel inside the east section of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Faido, Switzerland, in 2014. The tunnel had its opening ceremony on Wednesday.

Sound The Alphorns: World's Longest, Deepest Tunnel Is Officially Open

Switzerland's Gotthard Base Tunnel stretches for more than 35 miles and runs a mile and a half deep under a mountain range at some points. The engineering feat was inaugurated with modern dance.

KVNF Regional Newscast: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Montrose County to participate in state economic development programFuture uncertain for beer and wine liquor store billCoal leasing on federal land

Pears being harvested to make perry in an orchard at Acorn Bank, near Penrith, Cumbria, U.K. The drink has long been revered in England, South Wales and Normandy, France, and was a favorite of Napoleon's. Now the beginning of a U.S. perry revival may be underway.

Raise A Glass To Perry, Craft Cider's Pear Cousin

Cider made from perry pears is delicious. It rivals apple cider, but is sweeter. Long revered in England and Normandy, France (Napoleon was a fan), perry is now getting its due in the U.S.

Alejandra Ventura lifts her dog out of the water after the Brazos River topped its banks and flooded a mobile home park in Richmond, Texas, on Tuesday.

Flooding In Texas Kills 6, With More Rain Forecast

The Brazos River has already reached record levels and forced hundreds of people west of Houston to evacuate. Weather experts predict 4 to 5 more inches of rain around Houston through the weekend.

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