Two cougars shot in yard near Sisters

 By Eric Dolson

The woman came out onto the porch of their home in the woods well after daybreak, about 7 a.m., August 20.

At first, she thought she saw a coyote trying to get at the litter of eight puppies locked in a pen by the barn. The dog, which had been inside the house, flew past her out the screen
More...
Inmates caught
after escape
Two boys in a transition program out of the McLaren School escaped from a camp along the Metolius River about six miles below
More...
Sisters teachers
get raise

By Jo Zucker

Sisters teachers will get a pay raise starting this school year.Teachers and the school board agreed in a Friday, August 22, bargaining

More...
Aircraft lands among Camp Sherman homes

 By Eric Dolson

Chris Bone was out in the garden of her home in Metolius Meadows in Camp Sherman when she saw the plane flying low overhead and heard the engine cutting out.

 Rad Dyer, who also lives in Camp Sherman, said "I was at the end of my driveway when I heard an engine sputter. I looked up and saw the wheel of an airplane right over my head." The twin-engine Piper PA-23 "Apache"
More ...
Firm donates $10,000 to classroom project
Weitech Inc., a Sisters business that manufactures electronic pest-control devices,
More...
Forest Service mulls thinning options

By Jo Zucker

The Sisters Ranger District is asking citizens how the Forest Service should manage the forest

More...
Sisters hit with bad check spree

By Jim Cornelius

The busy summer retail season is also often a busy season for hot checks. This summer has been

More...
©1997 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters Oregon.  All rights reserved.  Please send your comments to Eric Dolson, Publisher