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The contents of the on-line edition of The Nugget represent a selection among the stories that appear in the weekly print edition.

The new Sisters High School is nearly all roofed in. Photo by Bruce Merrell

Weather speeds school construction
Skiers are complaining and irrigators are worried, but dry, warm winter weather has been a real boon to the construction crews building the new Sisters High School.

Trust raises funds for Metolius preservation
If salmon runs are ever to be restored in the Metolius River, Lake Creek will play a vital role. That's why the Deschutes Basin Land Trust (DBLT) is working to protect land along the three arms of the creek from development.

Oregon's governor and wife visit Sisters
Governor Ted Kulongoski and his wife Mary spent last weekend in Sisters, strolling through downtown shops and talking with members of the community.

Ski team clinches league title
The Outlaws boys ski team held off a late-season onslaught from the Bend High Lava Bears to clinch the first Central Oregon Ski League championship since Sisters entered the league in 1992.

City weighs changes to code
City officials are trying to quell the public outcry over changes to neighborhoods allowed by the Sisters Development Code.

Sisters to vote on college board seat
The Sisters area will have a role in the May election of board members for Central Oregon Community College. Four positions on the seven-member board will be on the ballot, including the one for Zone 7, which covers Sisters.

Driver rampages across Tollgate Road
Deputies tracked a Sisters man to his home in Tollgate by following a trail of coolant left after he rammed his pickup truck into several trees and pilings along Tollgate Road on Friday night, February 14.

Ash Street to close on March 7
The City of Sisters hopes that residents and tourists will be flushing toilets downtown by Quilt Show Weekend.

Searchers find hikers
Two missing hikers walked out of the woods near Upper Three Creek Lake on Sunday, February 16, after they came across the snowmobile tracks of rescuers sent out to look for them.

Pine Needlers put on colorful quilt show
The winter crowd that visited Camp Sherman's Community Hall last Sunday was treated to another colorful Pine Needlers quilt show.

Sisters man donates sound equipment
Music students at Sisters High School will work with top-quality digital audio recording equipment thanks to a donation by Ed Fitzjarrel of Sisters.

Ranch residents learn about water quality
Deschutes Resources Conservancy hopes to restore stream flow and improve water quality for a growing Deschutes Basin.