Cellphone service is spotty enough in Harney County that it came to the attention of the local emergency management department. Emergency Manager Melinda Todd reported to Harney County commissioners ...

Amanda Peacher / OPB Each year, residents from across Harney County come together for the county fair. It boasts farm animal exhibitions, carnival rides, arts and crafts contests, music, sticky and ...

In an interview with The Oregonian/OregonLive on January 25, 2016, Harney County Judge Steve Grasty spoke about the reasons he had cancelled a community meeting originally scheduled for later that ...

Farmers in Harney County have come to rely on an aquifer that has long been known to be in serious decline. Now, Oregon water regulators will make drastic changes to how much water they can draw from ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Flood levels in Burns, Ore. have receded enough for people to get back into their homes and begin assessing the damage. For more than a week, melted snowpack has overwhelmed ...

Gov. Tina Kotek declared a drought in Harney County on Friday, Nov. 22, and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region. “I find that long-term drought conditions as ...

BURNS -- The road into Harney County's largest city rides like butter, an asphalt welcome mat unfurling for miles across a vast desert. Here, in a place with no railroad and no commercial airport, the ...

BURNS, Ore. (KATU) — The Harney County Sheriff's Office continues to actively respond to severe flooding in the Burns area, caused by rapid snowmelt. The flooding has posed significant challenges to ...

BURNS, Ore. (KOIN) — The principals of Burns High School, Hines Middle School and the Harney County School District superintendent submitted letters of resignation this week, as the standoff with an ...

Gov. Tina Kotek declared a drought in southeast Oregon’s Harney County on Nov. 22 and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region. “I find that long-term drought ...

In Oregon, Harney County's economic hardships became a flashpoint four years ago when armed, far-right militias took over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Today the county's economy is rebounding. A ...