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Author: Randy Parks

Editor Randy was born in Iowa, and spent most of his life growing up in the Hawkeye State. After a few years in college, he settled in Idaho for a decade, skiing, golfing, and working at Sun Valley Resort. He married in 1985, completed broadcast school, and moved to Harney County in 1989 to work for KZZR. After 16 years of on-air work, he left the radio station and went to work for the Burns Times-Herald.

Burns approves transportation fee

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Earlier this year, the city of Burns commissioned a survey of the city streets, which determined that nearly 80 percent of them were in poor condition or worse. The report included existing funding and possible revenue resources to improve the streets, but found there is not adequate funding available to

Thanking our veterans

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  Harney County School District No. 3 students and staff, community members, and local veterans celebrated Veterans Day 2017 with an assembly at Burns High School on Thursday, Nov. 9. The local American Legion Post No. 63 color guard began the day by leading Hines Middle School students on a march to

High Desert Biomass Cooperative buys heating system

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On Oct. 6, the High Desert Biomass Cooperative (HDBC) signed the papers to buy out the co-op formed several years ago by Wisewood Energy and Harney Community Energy to provide sustainable heating to Harney County School District (HCSD) No. 3, the Harney County Courthouse, and Symmetry Care. The heating system is

Burns Vacates portion of North Date Street

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At its regular meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 25, the Burns City Council approved a request from Chuck and Carol Lynde to vacate a portion of North Date Street. In their written request to the city, the Lyndes explained that the continuation of North Date Street was plotted a number of years

Hilanders trounce Pirates 50-6

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  Josh Reagle of Burns returned the opening kickoff 84 yards for a score, and the Hilanders never looked back on their way to a 50-6 win over Riverside, Friday, Oct. 13, at Corbett Memorial Field. Burns scored on a 27-yard run by Bryce Goss and a 3-yard run by Reagle on

Burns picks up wins over Nyssa, Ontario

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The Hilander volleyball team added another non-conference win to their record on Thursday, Oct. 5, as they defeated Ontario 25-17, 25-21, and 25-10. Rachel Duhn and Allie Hueckman each had five kills to account for half of the team’s 20 kills. Jenna Garner added four kills and Parker Landon three. Burns played

Burns council considers transportation fee

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Jeremy Green, legal counsel for the city of Burns, attended the city council meeting Wednesday, Sept. 27, to review the proposed transportation fee being considered by the council. Green explained that the city had a street evaluation performed earlier this year, and the report concluded that the city’s street system is

Klus takes first at Outback Invitational

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Emmett Klus of Burns won the individual title to lead the Hilanders to a first-place finish at the Outback Invitational held at North Lake High School Friday, Sept. 29. Klus finished the 5K course in a time of 17:56.00 to outdistance all other competitors. JP Friedrichsen placed fourth (19:22.70), Ryan Robles

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