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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.

Hilanders softball logs two league wins

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  The Burns softball team opened up league play with a pair of wins over Elgin/Imbler on Friday, April 21, at Burns High School. The Hilanders pounded out 19 hits in the opening 23-5 victory over the Huskies, and then completed the sweep with a 12-10 win. In the first game, Ally Sutcliffe

Gov. Brown visits Harney County

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  Governor Kate Brown was in Harney County Wednesday, April 12, and had the chance to visit with a local rancher, students, residents, business people, the Burns Paiute Tribe, local officials, hospital personnel, and others during the day. One of the governor’s stops was the Harney County Positive Youth Initiative meeting at

Burns continues spring cleaning

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  With the spring weather upon us, the city of Burns is continuing its effort to get residents to clean up their properties. The city will have several dumpsters placed around town May 12-14 to encourage property clean up. The dumpsters are for tree limbs, brush, and yard debris. C&B Sanitary will

Russell celebrates her 100th birthday today!

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  On April 5, 1917, the United States was preparing to declare war on Germany and enter into the fray known as World War I. On that same day on a small farm in Fort Benton, Mont., a baby girl was born, the second of seven children. That child would grow up

Lady Hilanders win three at tourney

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The Burns softball team  took part in the Riverside Round Robin Tournament March 28-29, and came away with a 3-1 record in their four games. Trailing 6-5 in the seventh inning of their opening game against Knappa, the Hilanders scored a run in their half of the inning to tie the

Burns council voices concern over flooding

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As the spring runoff continues, so do concerns about flooding in some areas of the county. At the Burns City Council meeting on Wednesday, March 22, Public Works Director Pedro Zabala told the council pumps have been in place for 10 days, pumping water from the field at the end of

Raney provides vivid view of ranch life

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  Engraved Silver: Portraits of Ranching Life 2, by Harney County author Debbie Raney, provides readers with a vivid, authentic look into the ranching life. Engraved Silver is a sequel to Raney’s initial book, Hair On Barbed Wire: Portraits of Ranching Life, and Raney noted the newest publication is “a lot more

Burns baseball drops two games to La Pine

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  The La Pine Hawks swept Burns, 6-3, 8-7, in non-conference baseball action on Saturday, March 18, in La Pine. The Hilanders were held to just three hits in the opening game, with Bryce Goss getting two of the hits and one RBI. Goss took the loss, giving up five runs on five

HMS and CMS wrestlers compete at state

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  Hines Middle School (HMS) had two wrestlers place in the top five of their weight classes and finished in 12th place at the Oregon Middle School State Tournament held Saturday, March 11, in Woodburn. The Scotties’ Garrett Goss finished fourth at 150 pounds and Justin Winn wrestled to a fifth-place finish

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