12:30 p.m.: Harney County Sheriff David Ward and the FBI called a press conference, where they are expected give more details about and reactions to the end of the occupation. The press conference will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday.
Leaders across the state and region have released statements as news of the occupation's end spread.
11:02 a.m.: After 41 days, an armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge came to a conclusion Thursday morning. David Fry was the last occupant to surrender, speaking with negotiators for over an hour about his viewpoints of the occupation, religion, America as a whole and more.
The Associated Press is reporting that Cliven Bundy has been charged with assault, conspiracy for 2014 standoff near his Nevada ranch.
David Fry is the last remaining occupant inside the refuge. The other three militants have already surrendered to authorities. Fry is currently refusing to leave. He is saying his grievances have yet to be heard.
"I declare war against federal government," Fry said. "There's no way to beat this anymore. Liberty or death."
Our reporters are following the developing story:
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Gavin Seim is live streaming a phone call with militants inside the Malheur refuge. They are speaking with Nevada State Rep. Michele Fiore who says her and Rev. Franklin Graham are approaching the refuge with three FBI agents.
Last night, occupiers agreed to leave the refuge if Graham and Fiore were allowed to accompany them.
OPB also confirmed Thursday morning that Blaine Cooper, a key member of the occupation who later fled, was arrested by authorities. "You don't have any idea what we're going through," said his wife Melissa Cooper.
Seim's live stream offers a window into the negotiations taking place between occupants and officials.
Militants are on edge as they prepare to possibly surrender. "If they double cross, all deals are off," said armed occupier Sean Anderson. He added that the four remaining militants are currently unarmed and plan to stay unarmed.
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Possible Surrender: The four remaining occupiers at the wildlife refuge said they would surrender to the FBI Thursday morning.
Occupier Sean Anderson said the four will set their weapons aside and turn themselves in at 8 a.m. if Nevada state Assemblywoman Michele Fiore meets them at the gates of the refuge. Fiore agreed to that plan during a conversation with the militants streamed live online Wednesday night.
Fiore, who has a relationship with the Bundy family, landed at the Portland airport earlier in the evening.
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A possible resolution to the 41-day occupation came after a night of often tense negotiations between militants, the FBI, Fiore and others.
The FBI has not confirmed the Thursday morning surrender will take place.
OPB learned that militant David Fry’s increasingly erratic behavior caused the FBI to surround the compound Wednesday evening.
Law enforcement said in a press release they saw one occupier drive an ATV outside barricades established by the militants. An official speaking on background confirmed that person was Fry.
The FBI also said agents attempted to approach Fry when he passed the barricade, but Fry sped back toward the militants’ camp.
Occupiers later placed a call to media personality Gaven Seim, who has posted YouTube videos throughout the occupation in support of the militants. Seim streamed the call live online.
The occupiers could be heard screaming at the FBI and each other throughout the call.
The streamed call at one point reached nearly 70,000 viewers.
Militants grew aware of their large audience as the night went on. They ranted about subjects ranging from Common Core to Hillary Clinton and Obamacare.
Fry, Anderson, his wife Sandy Anderson, and Jeff Banta have all been indicted on federal conspiracy charges as a result of the refuge takeover.
Cliven Bundy Arrested: Around 11 p.m. Wednesday, law enforcement detained Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy at the Portland airport. He's the father of occupant leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy, who remain in Multnomah County Jail. It is unknown how the move might affect negotiations with militants.
Cliven Bundy will make an initial appearance in federal court in Portland today at 1:30 p.m. Bundy told OPB earlier in the week that he planned to come to Portland to bring attention to his two sons being held in jail, but didn’t want to publicize the date he planned to arrive.
Ammon Bundy's lawyer, Mike Arnold of Arnold Law in Eugene, said he was surprised law enforcement moved on Cliven Bundy.
“I’m wondering who’s in charge," Arnold said. "I’m sort of in frustrated disbelief right now that there’s someone in the federal government right now who thought it was a good idea to arrest Cliven Bundy while (Nevada State Rep.) Michele Fiore was negotiating for the stand down at the refuge.”
Bundy was detained under a U.S. Marshal hold and is facing federal charges. Bundy is expected to appear in federal court in Portland Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
Refuge Remains Quiet Overnight: While there were heated negotiations Wednesday night, the early hours of Thursday morning remained cold and quiet.
From the FBI checkpoint on the road leading to the wildlife refuge, there was no sign that plans for the militants to surrender at 8 a.m. Thursday had changed.
However, online discussion of the refuge occupation did continue through the night.
Around 4 a.m. Thursday morning, famed evangelist Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, posted on his Facebook that he was traveling to Burns to help negotiate an end to the standoff.
"Last night I was on the phone with (the occupiers) for several hours, was able to have prayer with them, and they have said they would come out today," Graham wrote. "I am on my way there and hope to be there by 7:00 AM their time."
Live updates from all of our reporters covering the ongoing occupation.
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Bradley W. Parks
/Several residents of Harney County told OPB they were happy that law enforcement arrested eight occupiers.
Dave Blanchard
/At least 40 miles of Highway 395 were shutdown after militants were arrested while traveling to John Day from Burns to host a community meeting.
Bradley W. Parks
/FBI officials have established checkpoints around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a handful of armed militants remain inside.
Bradley Parks
/FBI officials say any vehicles approaching the checkpoints outside the refuge will be stopped and searched, and all occupants of the vehicles must present identification.
Bradley W. Parks
/Kim Rollins, right, protested outside the press conference.
Dave Blanchard
/Law enforcement officials involved in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation gave an update about events that occurred Tuesday and the ongoing standoff.
Bradley W. Parks
/“The armed occupiers were given ample opportunities to leave peacefully … They chose, instead, to threaten the very America they profess to love with violence, intimidation and criminal acts,” said Greg Bretzing, the FBI's special agent in charge.
Bradley W. Parks
/“We could have waited a lot longer," said an emotional Harney County Sheriff David Ward, referencing the arrest of militant leaders, "but this has been tearing our community apart.”
Amelia Templeton
/People lined the streets outside the Kanab Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to watch the hearse carrying LaVoy Finicum's coffin.
Amelia Templeton
/Mourners wore ribbons, and some pinned squares cut from a blue tarp to their coats, a reference to a nickname some gave Finicum during the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Amelia Templeton
/Belle Collier and Thara Lyn Tenny, LaVoy Fincium's oldest daughters, call for a "private investigation" of his death following his memorial in Kanab, Utah.
Amelia Templeton
/The FBI released surveillance video of Finicum's death. It shows him fleeing from law enforcement and almost crashing into a roadblock. They say he twice reached for a loaded gun in his coat pocket. But many at the funeral question that account.
Amelia Templeton
/"He never went by Robert. We always called him LaVoy," said Guy Finicum, LaVoy's younger brother.
Amelia Templeton
/More than 1,000 people attended the funeral service, according to church leaders. People came from Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon and Kentucky.
Amelia Templeton
/A procession of men and women on horseback escorted the hearse away from the church.
Amelia Templeton
/Finicum's family ranched in Cane Beds, Arizona. Perhaps 100 riders turned up for a memorial ride following the funeral.
Amelia Templeton
/When the public funeral for LaVoy Finicum ended, riders on horseback waited to follow the hearse.
Amelia Templeton
/Mourners on horseback held American flags, waiting for the hearse.
Amelia Templeton
/LaVoy Finicum was dressed in white and placed inside a handmade wooden coffin with a folded American Flag placed on his chest.
Amelia Templeton
/A mourner waves a "Don't Tread On Me" flag behind a procession of horseback riders at LaVoy Finicum's funeral.
Amelia Templeton
/A police officer steps in between BJ Soper, of the Pacific Patriots Network, and counterprotesters in Burns, Oregon.
Amanda Peacher
/A local resident from Burns who gave her name only as "Dory" shouts "go home militia."
Amelia Templeton
/A militia patch on the arm of a protester in Burns, Oregon.
Amanda Peacher
/One of the organizers of the initial protester, BJ Soper of Redmond, speaks through the loudspeaker.
Amanda Peacher
/Protesters organized by the Pacific Patriots Network were roughly matched in number by locals counterprotesting at the Harney County Courthouse.
Amelia Templeton
/Rancher Monte Siegner, from Riverside, Oregon, takes part in a protest in Burns, Oregon.
Amanda Peacher
/Liz Appelman confronts a protester on the sidewalk in front of the Harney County Courthouse Monday.
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