| Woman arrested after menacing incident |
By Jim Cornelius
A Springfield woman was jailed the night of Sunday, March 16, after she
allegedly threatened a man in the parking lot of the Gallery Restaurant
and then allegedly rammed his motor home with her car as the man drove away
down Cascade Avenue. |
Sisters police placed Lynette Keyse, 37, under arrest at the Deschutes
County Jail after sheriff's deputies picked her up in Redmond.
According to police reports, an officer contacted the victim at about
7:30 p.m. after he called 911 from Sisters Pumphouse.
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Chief views
dying forest |
By Eric Dolson
Mike Dombeck, the new chief of the Forest Service, toured fire and disease
devastated areas of the Deschutes National Forest on March 13.
Before testifying about forest More.. |
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| Fire destroys apartment |
By Jim Cornelius
Fire destroyed a second-story garage apartment on Lance Road in Plainview
on Wednesday, March 12. Flames consumed the apartment in minutes, destroying
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| Smaller sheriff's levy will go to voters |
By Eric Dolson
Saying he has "heard the voters, loud and clear," Sheriff Greg
Brown has trimmed more than 25 percent off the recently defeated sheriff's
operating levy request.
In May, voters will be asked to approve a one-year, $6.9 million levy. |
That's reduced from the $9.4 million per year, three- year levy defeated
in the March 12 election.
The reduced levy will not allow Deschutes County to open the new juvenile
jail.
The county will not add any more staff at the adult jail, and the inmate
population will be "capped," with more criminals released
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Voters approve
of annexation |
By Jim Cornelius
Sisters' boundaries grew overnight Tuesday, March 11, as voters approved
bringing 13.6 acres of the Barclay Ranch into the city. Voters also approved
a measure More... |
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County to reconsider PMR zone change |
By Jim Cornelius
Both sides see a partial victory in an order handed down from the state
Land Use Board of Appeals March 14 requiring Deschutes County to reconsider
a zone change allowing residential development More... |
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Rodeo queen tryouts set for April 6 |
The Sisters Rodeo will pick its 1997 ambassador to the rodeo world
April 6 with Rodeo Queen tryouts at the Sisters Rodeo Arena. The tryouts
are open to young women who are 18 as of 23 through the age of 23. Entrants
will be judged on horsemanship, personality More... |
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