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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.

School board selects superintendent

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Harney County School District No. 3 board of directors held a special meeting on Thursday, April 21, to discuss personnel and contracts. The board voted to accept the resignation of Hector Martinez as electives teacher at Hines Middle School (HMS) and then later in the meeting, voted to offer him a

Two resign from school board

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Teachers hired at HMS and BHS Two members of the Harney County School District No. 3 board of directors have announced they will be resigning from the board, and the district is accepting letters from residents interested in filling the vacancies. Julie Burri and Ralph Dickinson have both announced their resignations, effective

Wisewood president provides update on heating project

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Project began in August 2012 On Thursday, April 7, Andrew Haden, president of the biomass energy company Wisewood, gave an update on the project to provide heat to Slater Elementary School, the Harney County Courthouse, and Symmetry Care. Haden said the out-dated boiler at Slater was removed, trenches were dug, and the

Judge, commissioner candidates participate in public forum

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The Harney County Chamber of Commerce hosted a public forum for candidates running for Harney County judge and Harney County commissioner on Tuesday, March 29, in the Memorial Building at the Harney County Fairgrounds. Candidates for judge at the forum were Pete Runnels, Tom Schaefer, Anna Jo Surber, Forrest Keady, and

Burns asking residents to clean-up

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Cities, county work on earthquake emergency plans It’s time once again for residents to clean up around their homes. At the Burns City Council meeting on Wednesday, March 23, City Manager (CM) Dauna Wensenk said city employees will be going around town and identifying properties that need to be cleaned up.

Winter sports awards ceremony held at Burns High School

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Burns High School hosted the winter sports awards ceremony Monday, March 14, to recognize and honor the student-athletes who participated in basketball, wrestling, dance and cheerleading over the past few months. Coaches introduced their participants and presented certificates and awards. Special awards went to the following participants: Girls basketball Most Promising Freshman —

Karges shares four-phase plan for wildlife refuge

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USFW employees assessing damage Even though the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge ended several weeks ago, getting the refuge back to normal operations is still a ways off. Refuge Manager Chad Karges explained there is a four-phase plan in place to get the refuge back to operational standards. The first phase

Burns resident requests that more community events be held

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Mayor takes part in refuge planning   Without many items on the agenda, the regular meeting of the Burns City Council on Wednesday, Feb. 24, was fairly brief. Amanda Pruitt was in attendance and told the council she’d like to see more community events taking place. She mentioned that there used to be

Tiller to host CAN Cancer fundraiser

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Dinner will be held March 12 Each year, Burns High School seniors are tasked with coming up with a project to work on the entire year, culminating in a finished product by the time graduation rolls around. Trace Tiller’s senior project will come to fruition Saturday, March 12, when he hosts a

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