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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.

A massive plume rose above Black Butte on Thursday, September 4, as the B&B Fire blew up, sweeping across. 10,000 acres in a day. photo by Eric Dolson

Photos and maps of the Booth Fire.

Firefighters work on mop-up, rehab
Friday, September 12, 12 p.m.
Firefighters are mopping up inside fire lines and beginning to repair some of the damage done to the landscape in battling the B&B Fire west of Sisters.

Rain checks fire
Tuesday, September 9, 11 a.m.
Persistent rain showers held the “B and B Complex” fire west of Sisters in check on Monday and Tuesday.

Rain, cooler weather aid fire fight
A series of storm fronts brought a little rain, higher humidity levels and cooler temperatures to the Sisters country, ending what had been a frightening week of explosive growth in the B&B Complex fires.

Schools will be nearly finished by opening
Sisters' new high school and middle school will both be ready for students when school opens on Monday, September 15.

Sisters Jazz Festival headed to town
The Sisters Jazz Festival will roll out the dance floors in Sisters this weekend, September 12-14.

Commissioners hear Lake Creek appeal
The latest phase in the continuing saga of Camp Sherman's Lake Creek Lodge expansion project played out at the Jefferson County Commissioners meeting last week.

Group appeals Metolius Project
An environmental activist group has appealed a decision to thin forests in the Metolius Basin.

Sisters Folk Festival was a big hit
No matter how you measure success in musical festivals, the Sisters Folk Festival last weekend (September 5-7) touched or surpassed all benchmarks.

Sisters academy inspires songwriters
Three nationally acclaimed singer-songwriters inspired eager songwriters to write truth from their heart during the three days leading up to the Sisters Folk Festival.

Healthy Beginnings offers screening
Healthy Beginnings is now accepting appointments for a Friday, October 10, children's health screening in Sisters.

New Incident Commander checks in
Kim Martin of Utah has assumed duties as the Incident Commander on the Booth and Bear Butte wildfires.

Sisters man writes the best song
"Bittersweet" is a word often associated with folk music.

Despite hurdles, Xterra event goes on
Wildfires changed the venue and the nature of the Xterra High Cascades Off-Road Triathlon, but despite many obstacles the newly dubbed "duathlon" took place Sunday, September 7, at the Upper Three Creek Sno-park.

Sisters youth soccer makes changes
Last minute changes will alter the make up of Sisters Soccer League teams this season.

Bennett wins State Fair award
Put Paul Alan Bennett and Paul Gauguin together and you get an award-winning painting.

Coast jazz musicians coming
They'll arrive in 15 mini-vans. They will sleep on the new middle school gym floor. They are twenty 13-to-18-year-olds who will play in the Sisters Jazz Festival this weekend, September 13-15.

Sisters riders blast downhill
Hurtling down a mountainside on a bicycle may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for four young men from Sisters, downhill mountain bike racing is the sport of choice.

Ten climb South Sister
Training and planning for three months paid off for 10 Sisters and Black Butte Ranch residents when they climbed to the summit of South Sister and back on September 2-3.