Hospital and health department provide update on COVID-19 COVID-19 Health Care News January 13, 2021January 13, 20210 In an effort to help keep the community informed, Harney County Health Department and Harney District Hospital (HDH) are providing a joint update regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Harney County. COVID-19 tests As of Monday, Jan. 11, the HDH lab has conducted a total of 1,495 COVID-19 tests since the beginning of
Plectrum Music Company opens in downtown Burns Arts and Entertainment Business News January 13, 2021January 13, 20210 Submitted photos The Plectrum Music Company is the only authorized Teton guitar distributor in Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho. Harney County musicians now have an outlet for their musical needs. On Dec. 5, 2020, The Plectrum Music Company opened for business. The new music store is located at 29 W. Washington in
Elks bring Christmas cheer Community News January 13, 2021January 13, 20210 Submitted photos For many years, Burns Elks Lodge No. 1680 has provided Christmas baskets for families and individuals in the community. Due to COVID-19, providing baskets for Christmas 2020 was a bit more challenging. Undeterred, Anna Cronin rose to the challenge by organizing the 2020 Christmas basket project. With the help
Donald Leroy Bunyard 1928 – 2021 Obituary January 13, 2021January 13, 20210 A memorial service for Donald Leroy Bunyard, 92, of Coos Bay, will be held online at 2pm, Sunday, Jan. 17. For more information and to obtain the link, please contact Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. Donald was born July 1, 1928 in Burns to Roy and Iva Bunyard. He passed away Jan.
Donovan Lee “Jack” Nicol 1930 – 2020 Obituary January 13, 2021January 13, 20210 Donovan Lee “Jack” Nicol passed away quietly at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. on Dec. 31, 2020. Jack was born in Bend, Oregon on May 12, 1930, to Henry “Nick” Nicol and Marie Kittredge Nicol. Following the death of his mother in 1931 when he was only a year-old,
‘Artist Behind the Art’ features the work of Connie Robbins Arts and Entertainment January 6, 2021January 6, 20210 Submitted photos From L-R: Connie Robbins at work on a Canada goose painting. Robbins used batik wax and watercolor to create this pileated woodpecker as part of her Beauty Bird series. One of the carousel horses that Robbins restored. by Mary Kerns for Burns Times-Herald This week’s Artist Behind the Art is Connie Robbins. She
Christmas is for the birds — and families Community News Youth January 6, 2021January 6, 20210 Submitted photos Nine local families participated in the second annual Christmas Bird Count for Kids on Saturday, Dec. 19. Saturday, Dec. 19, 33 participants from nine local families turned out for Harney County’s second annual Christmas Bird Count for Kids (CBC4Kids). It was a cold but sunny day with perfect bluebird skies, though no
High Desert Partnership secures new building Community News January 6, 2021January 6, 20210 Submitted photo From L-R: High Desert Partnership (HDP) Director Brenda Smith, HDP Board Member Fred Flippence, Curt Blackburn of Jett Blackburn Real Estate, and Becki Graham of HDP. High Desert Partnership (HDP), a nonprofit whose mission is “Working Together for Harney County,” has successfully purchased a warehouse to be used by the
Kevin “Scott” Wise 1951-2020 Obituary January 6, 2021January 6, 20210 Scott Wise peacefully left this world on Dec. 3, while at home, surrounded by family. He suffered from pancreatic and liver cancer, and true to form, kept the seriousness and severity of his condition from those who knew and loved him as long as he possibly could, ever being the