The base was constructed in the late 1950s, during the height of the Cold War, for "research" purposes.
To study the feasibility of working under the ice, a "cover" project, known as Camp Century was launched in 1960. However, unsteady ice conditions within the ice sheet caused the project to be canceled in 1966.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Workers at a central Oregon landfill became suspicious when former Gov. John Kitzhaber and his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes, showed up to dump some trash last week.
With federal investigators looking into the scandal that forced Kitzhaber to resign last week, the landfill workers called authorities after the first couple paid a...
