The State Department confirmed that Gordon Lee Rowan of Oregon was killed at the Ain Amenas field in the Sahara. U.S. officials identified Texas resident Frederick Buttaccio as the first death last week.

"Ghost Mine" will air at 7 p.m. PST on the Syfy network. The new show combines both the ghost hunting for which Syfy is known — the network's roster of programs includes "Ghost Hunters," which airs directly prior to "Ghost Mine" on Jan. 16 — and mining.

About 70 Rocky Mountain elk gather daily at Anthony Creek, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife feeding site at 4,100 feet elevation along the base of northeastern Oregon's craggy Elkhorn Mountains.

A group of 45 goats that were born and reared in the Elkhorn Mountains west of Baker City today ramble across the volcanic slopes of the state's second-tallest peak.

Mountain goats captured from the Elkhorn Mountains of Oregon were released on Mount Jefferson, returning the animals to their native habitat in the Oregon Cascades for the first time in over a century. >>> Photo Gallery

Hikers might come across some things this summer in Northeastern Oregon's mountains that they've perhaps never seen there. Trail workers.

What are goats from northeastern Oregon doing hundreds of miles away near Bend? Or up near Mount Adams in Washington state?

Eleven tags for the Rocky Mountain goat are available for Oregon's 2009 hunting season. Eighteen of those goats now can be found near Baker City, where they were released by Fish and Wildlife officials in July.

A dirt road in the Elkhorn Mountains that leads to a rental cabin, wilderness hiking trails and a campsite popular during hunting seasons is closed until at least next summer.