High Desert 9-12 Patriots will meet on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m., in the Harney County Courthouse meeting room. Anyone who is  interested in the aims and values of the national 9-12 Project, regardless of their political affiliations, is welcome to attend. For more information, go to www.meetup.com/High-Desert-9-12-Patriots, or call Gretchen Bates at 573-7595.

Burns Planning Commission meets the third Thursday of each month at Burns City Hall, 242 South Broadway, at 7 p.m.

Harney County Historical Society meets the third Thursday of each month at the Elks Lodge, 118 North Broadway, at 11:45 a.m.

Narcotics Anonymous meets each Thursday at 7 p.m. at Four Square Church, 74 S. Alvord, Burns.