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Malheur resister doesn’t stand, cited

Iva Henderson, at age 59, had never been on an airplane before she was subpoenaed to testify in federal court in Portland this week.

Henderson and her husband, Rich Henderson, live a small rural community near Riggins, Idaho, population 600. Both had spent two nights at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter. They said they’d gone there to protest what they viewed as the unjust federal prosecution of two Harney County ranchers for setting fire to public land.

The U.S. marshals arranged a flight for Iva Henderson to arrive Tuesday afternoon/ Maxine Bernstein , Oregonian. More here .

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog