The Latest: Leader of armed group says no plans to leave
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The latest on an armed group that took over federal buildings at an Oregon wildlife refuge (all times local):
11:45 a.m.
The leader of a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in Oregon says the activists have no immediate plans to leave.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Ammon Bundy spoke to reporters Friday, a day after meeting with a local sheriff who asked the group to go. Objecting to federal land policy, the activists seized buildings at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2.
Authorities haven't removes the group of roughly two dozen people, some from as far away as Arizona and Michigan.
Bundy reiterated that his group will leave when there's a plan to turn over federal lands to locals. The group also opposes prison sentences for two area ranchers convicted of arson.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Harney County Sheriff David Ward met Thursday with Bundy. He has said the group needs to leave so locals can get back to their lives.