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Bend Bulletin
April 22, 2018
Although Matt was born in Ontario, Oregon, in November 1950, his family lived in Harney County. He began school in Frenchglen and attended grade schools in Ontario and Payette, Idaho, completing high school in 1969 in Burns. During school he enjoyed playing basketball, football and field sports.
Capital Press
April 20, 2018
Harney County: No New Sales Confirmed. IDAHO HAY. (USDA Market News). April 20. This week FOB Last week Last year. 950 325 700. Compared to April 13: Alfalfa feeder hay firm in a light test. No new contracts for new crop reported this week. Trade slow with good demand. Most interests are waitingÃâà...
Blue Mountain Eagle
April 20, 2018
Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative celebrated its 30th annual Meeting of the Membership April 14 at the Harney County Fairgrounds in Burns. OTEC Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Les Penning said the cooperative is very proud of its history. “(Thirty years) is a big deal. That's a lot of yearsÃâà...
La Grande Observer
April 11, 2018
Arrest: Lisa Renee Little, 52, unknown address, was arrested by the Harney County Sheriff's Office on a Union County warrant on a charge of failure to appear. Arrest: Olle Leroi Starnes, 47, unknown address, was arrested on a Grant County parole warrant on a charge of parole violation. Arrest: WilliamÃâà...
KATU
April 4, 2018
Harney County Dispatch got a 9-1-1 call about 6 a.m. Tuesday from an employee at Barebones along Highway 20. She told police that a man came into the store carrying a gun, struck her in her head, and took cash and other items before running away. The woman suffered some minor injuries but did not go to the hospital.
Blue Mountain Eagle
April 4, 2018
A man accused of holding up a store in Hines and striking an employee was arrested Tuesday. At about 6 a.m. April 3, Harney County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting an armed robbery that occurred at the Bare Bones Store in Hines and that the suspect had fled the scene, according to a pressÃâà...
KTVZ
April 4, 2018
HINES, Ore. - Oregon State Police arrested 28-year-old Hines man on burglary, robbery, assault and other charges after a holdup early Tuesday morning of the Bare Bones Store in Hines, troopers said. Harney County dispatchers got a 911 call shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday of the armed robbery at the store,Ãâà...
OregonLive.com
April 2, 2018
That home prices in Portland are sky high should come as a surprise to no one. The city has been dealing with an affordability crisis for years and, despite the fact that the rise in home prices has slowed, Portland still ranks in the top 20 cities for escalating home prices. But what about the rest of the state?
Chinook Observer
March 27, 2018
During the Malheur standoff, O'Hagan was one of many activists who traveled to Harney County, Ore. to support the refuge occupiers. In January 2016, The Guardian, one of Britain's most respected newspapers, quoted him in an article about the impact of the standoff on Harney County residents.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
March 12, 2018
Someday, these big deer will pop out in the wetlands of Harney County, Ore., and along the John Day River. I am speaking of a real Bullwinkle, or moose. Moose arrived in the mid-1990s, and not far behind them came their primary predator, the gray wolf. A mature moose is a huge mammal with dinnerÃâà...
Blue Mountain Eagle
March 10, 2018
Britton has been meeting with Commissioner Owens from Harney County and they are putting a letter together for Eastern Oregon Counties to sign and send to the Forest Service regarding grazing allotments. MINUTES. MSP: Hamsher/Myers -- to approve the February 14th minutes as amended. PUBLICÃâà...
Bend Bulletin
March 4, 2018
Outside of the MYHP, hunter education is mandatory for anyone under the age of 18 that intends to hunt anywhere other than on family land. In Harney County, the next opportunity for kids to take hunter education is March 12. In Crook County, classes start April 3. In Deschutes County, the next classes startÃâà...
The Register-Guard
February 28, 2018
Ryan Payne (right) leaves a gathering of local residents at the entrance to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters with Ammon Bundy (center) and LaVoy Finicum on Jan. 7, 2016. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard, 2016)Ãâà...
Blue Mountain Eagle
February 27, 2018
An engineer from Day Wireless made a site assessment and concluded that contracting with Frontier Regional 911 in Condon or forming a joint center with Harney County were technically viable options, Green said. Harney County was still interested in discussing a joint center with Grant County, GreenÃâà...
Blue Mountain Eagle
February 27, 2018
Harney County was already in talks with the Forest Service about creating a joint center, which would need new equipment and a new location, he said. The 911 Task Force created a cost model that would charge $10 per call for local user agencies and $25 per call for ambulance. The balance of the 911Ãâà...
OregonLive.com
February 27, 2018
"My apology first to those whose lives were disrupted by my actions,'' Payne said, adding that he recognized the emotional distress he caused to federal employees who worked at the federal refuge and the residents of Harney County. "I would like to apologize generally to the American people,'' PayneÃâà...
OregonLive.com
February 22, 2018
Payne repeatedly tried to persuade Harney County ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond not to surrender in January 2016 to complete five-year prison sentences for setting fire to public land. He also pressured Sheriff Dave Ward to intervene to prevent the Hammonds' return to prison, prosecutors say.
OregonLive.com
February 21, 2018
But O'Dea didn't correct his account with the Harney County sheriff's office. Instead, the sheriff's office learned three weeks later from Dempsey that O'Dea had admitted to shooting him and apologized, according to Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward and investigations by the Oregon Department of JusticeÃâà...
Blue Mountain Eagle
February 15, 2018
A meeting will be held at the Harney County Senior Center two days later. Comments on the plan will be accepted through March 23. The draft plan and comment form are available at the Malheur National Forest website. For information, Teresa Dixon can be contacted at teresaldixon@fs.fed.us.
OregonLive.com
February 15, 2018
Ashton derided a report by a Harney County sheriff's deputy, who wrote that O'Dea and his camping friends had a strong odor of alcohol on their breaths and that O'Dea appeared nervous with glassy, bloodshot eyes, shaking and quickly drinking a bottle of water as he talked. The lawyer played a grainyÃâà...
OregonLive.com
February 14, 2018
2, 2016, to protest the return to prison of two Harney County ranchers convicted of setting fire to public land. Patrick also was present at a Dec. 29, 2015, meeting where Bundy announced his plan to stage an armed takeover of the refuge and was among the first to arrive at the refuge on Jan. 2, 2016Ãâà...
Southern Poverty Law Center
February 1, 2018
Seattle Times: Army to pay $4 million to families of Marysville man, girlfriend slain by 'FEAR' militiamen. CNN: White nationalist Richard Spencer can't get a lawyer, but he wants Charlottesville suit tossed. Oregonian: Passengers in Finicum's truck file separate civil lawsuit against FBI, Harney County sheriff.
Fence Post
February 1, 2018
The family, who ranch in Harney County, Oregon, has not been able to use their grazing allotment for nearly four years. Many in the community including Erin Maupin and Travis Williams wonder why. No fences or other property were damaged in the fires and a range conservationist testified under oath thatÃâà...
OregonLive.com
January 31, 2018
The passengers riding in the truck of Oregon refuge occupation spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Finicum on Jan. 26, 2016, have filed their own civil rights lawsuit against the FBI, Harney County sheriff and others, including a federal informant. It's the second civil suit stemming from the day when FBI and policeÃâà...
Blue Mountain Eagle
December 31, 1999
They're interrelated, he said, noting that Grant County and Harney County have been No. 1 or No. 2 in unemployment among Oregon counties for 35 to 40 years. “Now they have the highest suicide and child abuse rates,” he said. “Those are my issues because I care. I've done well here, and I want to giveÃâà...
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