Residents of Trapper Point subdivision oppose development of adjacent open land for light industrial use.

School board to hire architect
The Sisters School Board was to interview this week representatives from the four architectural firms that are the finalists to become the district "Architect of Record."

Fire damages Camp Sherman home
A fire most likely caused by a faulty electric heater severely damaged a Camp Sherman home on Thursday, January 11.

Winter illnesses strike Sisters
Your joints feel like they're full of ground glass, your muscles ache, and you've got a nasty cough and a fever.

Watch out for the real flu
Miserable as it is, the viruses that are plaguing folks in Sisters are not really influenza.

Gage pleads guilty to sex abuse charges
Steven Gage pleaded guilty on Thursday, January 4, to 27 counts of sex abuse, criminal mistreatment and theft stemming from his operation of Royal Haven Equestrian Center for Girls, a home for "troubled" teens located east of Sisters.

Residents oppose industrial park
Residents of the Trapper Point subdivision just north of Sisters don't want to see industrial parks crop up on the open land adjacent to their homes.

Local OSU fans revel
Two dozen or more Sisters area residents were among the estimated 40,000 Beaver football fans who made the long trek to Tempe, Arizona, to watch Oregon State University trounce the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame 41-9 in the 30th Annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

Mayor pledges to protect skyline
Sisters Mayor Steve Wilson said the city soon will hire a consulting firm to give advice on whether it must approve the siting of cell towers within the city and, if so, how best to minimize the visual impact.

Rescue leader retires
Sergeant Wayne Inman retired from his position as head of the Deschutes County Search and Rescue unit on January 2.

Swisher is back in the office again
Sisters School Superintendent Steve Swisher resumed regular work hours at the district office on January 8.