Fire season continues; above average conditions expected for August Community News August 7, 2024August 7, 20240 Submitted photo Over 1,000 firefighters and support resources, including your local Burns Interagency Fire Zone staff and Rangeland Fire Protection Associations, continue to be busy with wildfires large and small across Harney and southern Grant counties. In these extreme conditions, fire leaders move crews to high priority areas as quickly as
Dusty Threads & Thrift opens to the public on August 8 at 53 East Industrial Ave., in Burns Community News August 7, 2024August 7, 20240 Photo by TERRI WATTS DT&T board members from L-R: Joyce Loranger, Sherrie Modey, Donna Delange, Liz Appleman, Mark Doverspike and Tom Hebard. Terri Watts Burns Times-Herald On Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, I attended the soft opening of Dusty Threads & Thrift, a new business now open in Burns. I was personally impressed with everything
Don “Jiggs” Clinton Barnes 1930 – 2024 Obituary August 7, 2024August 7, 20240 Don “Jiggs” Clinton Barnes, 94, rode his last ride on Aug. 1, 2024. He passed away at home with his wife, eating ice cream in his chair. He was born to Charles Clinton Barnes and Fannie Belle Holloway Barnes on Feb. 21, 1930, with his twin sister Donna. Jiggs and Donna
Wildland fire community mourns fallen pilot Community News July 31, 2024August 1, 20240 The wildland firefighting community is mourning the loss of one of their own. Single engine air tanker pilot James Bailey Maxwell, 74, died while working in the vicinity of the Falls Fire on July 25, 2024. James was an experienced pilot who had spent 54 years of his life flying
Celebrating Edward Hines held July 27 Community July 31, 2024August 1, 20240 The Harney County Historical Society and the Mill House celebrated the founder of Hines by holding the first Edward Hines Day at the Hines Park on Saturday, July 27. The celebration featured historical displays, complimentary ice cream floats, prize raffles and free Harney County Museum passes to the first 20 guests
Richard (Dick) LeRoy Kidwell Sr. 3/6/1938 – 7/17/2024 Obituary July 31, 2024July 31, 20240 Richard was born in Redding, Calif., to Floyd and Imogene (Mace) Kidwell. Shortly after his birth the family moved back to Harney County, where his sister, Lanora, joined the family. He graduated from Burns Union High School and was a lifelong member of the Elks Lodge of Burns. He spent
Donna Novell Gunkel 1932 – 2024 Obituary July 31, 2024July 31, 20240 Donna Novell Gunkel passed away July 13 at the Aspens. She was born in Harper, Ore., on March 18, 1932, to Ada Viola (Johnson) and Auer Curtis. The majority of her life was spent in Burns. When she was very young during a throat surgery she lost the ability to
Ronald Carl Smith April 11, 1935 – July 13, 2024 Obituary July 31, 2024July 31, 20240 Ronald, 89, of Ontario, passed away peacefully with his wife and family by his side on July 13, 2024. He was born April 11, 1935, in Springfield, Ore., to Carl and Leona Smith. He married his loving wife, Mary Ann on Nov. 10, 1989. Ron worked for the Lane County Public
Celebration of Life – Robert and Peggy Connall Obituary July 31, 2024July 31, 20240 There Celebration of Life potluck picnic for Robert Connall (May 12, 1935 - March 30, 2024) and Peggy Connall (Sept. 10, 1938 - April 5, 2023) on Sunday, Aug. 4, has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Is Burns’ airport taking off? Community July 24, 2024July 25, 20240 Barbara Cannady for Burns Times-Herald Once again, our big empty space and skies are attracting those who would like us to share, as the latest prospective guests includes NASA balloons and industrial drone developers. As a State Lands Administrator once chimed, “No one lives out there!” To those coming from crowded landscapes,