| Youths busted in bus barn break-in |
Five Sisters area youths, ages 11 to 15, were arrested March 29 on charges
stemming from a break-in at the Sisters School District Bus Barn.
Sisters police responded to a theft complaint at the bus barn March 26.
According to police reports, the juveniles entered four school |
buses and took two Motorola radios and four fire extinguishers. They
also allegedly did damage to the inside and outside of the buses.
Four youths were cited to the JET program; one was cited to the Deschutes
County Juvenile Department. More... |
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Wind blows,
power goes |
By Eric Dolson
A cold wind blew through the Pacific Northwest on Easter Sunday, cut
power to homes in the Sisters area and brought a small plane to safe haven
at Sisters airport. Warm, sunny weather changed suddenly and More.. |
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Lost riders spend cold night
in the woods |
Two women who got lost on an afternoon horseback ride Friday, March 28,
turned up at a Tollgate house the following morning little the worse for
spending a cold night in the woods.
Gale Etherington, 40, of Albany, and Chris Seija, 42, of Lebanon, were
part of More... |
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| City vows to keep independent police |
By JimCornelius
Sisters will keep its own police force, at least for the forseeable future.
The Sisters City Council unanimously affirmed that position in their March
27 meeting.
Sisters Police Chief David Haynes has urged the city to explore consolidating
services with the |
Deschutes County Sheriff's Department as a way of coping with the city's
ongoing financial problems.
The city faces a budget shortfall that could force the elimination of
two police officers' positions.
Mayor Steve Wilson said he brought the issue up to More
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Police cite drinking teens |
By Jim Cornelius
Over a dozen teen-agers, most of them from Sisters, were cited as minors
in possession of alcohol after sheriff's deputies backed up by Sisters police
and others broke up a party at 69430 Green Ridge Loop in Sisters. More... |
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City finance assistant quits in pay dispute |
By Eric Dolson
Carol Wulff, who has been finance assistant for the City of Sisters since
November 26, resigned March 28 after only four months. More... |
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Local man fights bigotry in movie |
By Jim Cornelius
Retired policeman Wayne Inman believes that racism and hate crime can
happen in any town, and the only way to stop it is to mobilize the community
to fight back.
Inman, who has lived in Sisters for the past two years, More... |
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