PORTLAND — It was 11:30 at night and Roxann Stout and her adult daughter Jesica Galligher drove along Interstate 84 toward Stout’s home in Eastern Oregon in 2019. Suddenly they saw a dead black cow ...
The notion of an open range evokes memories of the Old West, when cattle freely grazed on public land and cowboys drove herds cross-country to the stockyards. The nation’s open range dates back to the ...
Under Oregon’s open range law, a ranch isn’t liable for its cattle causing a car accident on an interstate highway, according to the state’s Court of Appeals. The appellate court has affirmed the ...