The following are the unapproved minutes from the Hines Common Council meeting held June 23. These minutes have been edited for clarity and length: City Administrator (CA) Kirby Letham mentioned how green the main park looks and said he is pleased with how well the new sprinkler system is working. He

The following are the unapproved minutes from the Hines Common Council special meeting held May 28. These minutes have been edited for clarity and length: Brandon Mahon of Anderson Perry asked whether the council had a chance to read the letter from Anderson Perry regarding the award of the construction contract.

As mandated by the U.S. Constitution, a census is taken in the United States every 10 years, and this is the year for all citizens to “stand and be counted.” On Feb. 25, Sharon Dunn, a census recruiter, attended the Hines Common Council meeting to talk about the census and job

The following are the unapproved minutes from the Hines Common Council held Jan. 28. The minutes have been edited for clarity and length. During his department head report, City Administrator Kirby Letham acknowledged the passing of former council member Diane Rappaport and publicly thanked her for her service. Letham met with Larry

The following are the unapproved minutes from the Hines Common Council meeting held Jan. 14. The minutes have been edited for clarity and length. Under department heads reports, Hines Police Chief Ryan DeLange reported that the police department has been working on several domestic calls, a continuation of last month. DeLange

The following are the unapproved minutes from the Hines Common Council meting held Dec. 10. The minutes have been edited for clarity and length. Under department head reports, Hines Police Chief Ryan DeLange stated that the police department responded to many domestic violence calls stemming from fights. He also reported that there

by Randy Parks Burns Times-Herald Brandon Mahon of Anderson Perry attended the Hines Common Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, to give the council an update on the water system improvement project. Mahon said, currently, there is environmental work being done, permitting is under way, archaeologists are in town digging shovel test pits,

At its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Hines Common Council followed the planning commission’s recommendation and approved a conditional use permit for a recreational vehicle (RV) park on Highway 20. Jon and Maryn Murphy of Medford applied for the permit and plan to put the RV park in on

As the city of Hines moves forward with the water system improvement project, City Administrator Kirby Letham wants residents to be aware of ongoing survey work. At the council meeting on July 23, Letham said surveyors with the engineering company Anderson Perry are currently conducting a study on the location

For the past number of years, the city of Hines has paid the Harney County Chamber of Commerce 25 percent of the transient lodging taxes collected by the city to be used to promote tourism. That amount averaged about $53,000 for the past three years. On Tuesday, July 9, the Hines