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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 council confers with OTEC representative

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Lara Petitclerc-Stokes, manager of communications and government affairs for Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative (OTEC), attended the Burns City Council meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 22, to give an update on recent OTEC activities in the county and to present a check to the city for the quarterly franchise fees. Petitclerc-Stokes reported that

Five Burns grapplers compete at state

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  The Burns Hilanders had three wrestlers place in the top six of their respective weight classes and finished in 12th place at the OSAA 3A State Wrestling Championships held Feb. 24-25 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland. Dallon Higgins (126) and Evan Gunderson (152) both placed third, and Kyran Simpson (132)

Burns to have streets analyzed

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At the regularly scheduled Burns City Council meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the council approved a motion directing City Manager (CM) Dauna Wensenk to solicit for engineering fees for a street analysis. The street analysis would describe the condition of the city’s streets and identify an estimated funding amount required to

Burns City Council welcomes new mayor, councilors

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  A new mayor and three new councilors were sworn in at the first Burns City Council meeting of the new year, held Wednesday, Jan. 11. Municipal Judge/City Clerk Dawn Crafts first administered the oath of office to the newly-elected mayor Jerry Woodfin, and then to councilors Liz Appelman and Lynda Fine,

Hilanders kick off league play

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The Burns girls basketball team opened up Eastern Oregon League play with a pair of victories over Nyssa and Riverside on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 13-14. Burns traveled to Nyssa on Friday, and came away with a 54-38 victory over the Bulldogs. The Hilanders returned home Saturday to host Riverside. The Hilanders

Hines council approves marijuana grow license

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At their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 14, the Hines Common Council approved a business license for High Desert Transformations LLC, owned by Christopher Boyce and David Lee. Boyce said the LLC is a house renovation business in Terrebonne, but he is also a medical marijuana grower. Boyce said his

Small mill fills niche in local lumber market

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  The aim of any business is to fill a niche in the market place, and one of the newest players in the wood products industry is Harney Forest Products, LLC of Burns. Dave Clelland and his wife, Dana, are co-owners in the business that began last February by selling firewood at

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