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 ...
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 ...
BRUNEAU—Collisions between vehicles and cattle along State Highway 51 is spurring an Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) employee to take action by repurposing unused signs into open range warnings.