Rotary foundation supports local club

Sisters Rotary Club is a year-round contributor to the community of Sisters. The local club provides polio vaccines for children, book bags for elementary school children, swim instruction for third and fifth graders, scholarships for graduating Sisters High School seniors and more. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

I Heart Sisters campaign serves community

The second annual I Heart Sisters event is scheduled for September 25. Sisters area churches will unite in working in and for the Sisters community. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Wood-cutting season is open in Sisters

In spite of dry forest conditions and recent lighting-caused fires, woodcutting season is open in the Sisters Country. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Lindsey runs for city council seat

Virginia Lindsey has thrown her hat into the ring for a shot at a city council seat in the November 2 election. Six people have officially declared their candidacy. Lindsey, David Asson (profiled in the September 1 Nugget), Sharlene Weed, Wendy Holzman, Jerry Bogart and Jacki Shepardson are each seeking one of the three open seats this fall. Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Rescuers pull deer from the drink

A deer in the swimming pool is not a good thing. That's exactly what Melanie Petterson thought when her son Rory called her to say there was one in the pool at her home at the east end of the Sisters Airport. "You have to be kidding!" she said. "Nope, it's for real, mom," Rory confirmed. Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Asson has hat in ring for council seat

David Asson is one of six candidates running for a seat on the Sisters City Council in the November 2 election. Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Council candidates forego campaign funding

Three candidates for Sisters City Council - Sharlene Weed, Wendy Holzman and Jacki Shepardson - are pledging to keep their campaign expenditures to a minimum and they don't want any campaign contributions. Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Fires still burn around Sisters Country

Cool, wet weather over the weekend and into Monday helped clear out smoke that plagued Sisters last week. Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Firefighters are getting handle on blaze south of Sisters - Thursday, August 26, noon

Firefighters are quickly getting a handle on a fire located off Three Creeks Road an estimated seven miles south of Sisters. The fire burned about half an acre and was human-caused. Investigators are responding to the scene. Earlier this morning, firefighters from the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Forest Service responded to a fire behind Zimmeran Butte about 3.5 miles west of Sisters. According to Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch, that fire is well in hand at about two acres. The cause is under investigation. Thursday, August 26, 2010

Highway 242 to be closed to non-fire traffic

Highway 242 west of Sisters will be closed today, Thursday, August 26, to non-fire traffic. Firefighters use that route to bring equipment in to battle the Scott Mountain Fire. Hot, dry, windy weather is expected again today. Sisters may see more smoke in the area. The fire is unlikely to spread across the Cascade crest due to lava fields that bound the fire's east flank. However, fire crews are monitoring for spot fires. Oregon Department of Forestry crews responded at dawn to a fire in the area of Zimmerman Butte 3.5 miles west of Sisters. At last report, firefighters have hose line around a two acre perimeter. Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Black Butte Ranch strives to be fire free

Black Butte Ranch has had plenty of experience with wildfire. Residents and guests have had to evacuate multiple times due to wildfire looming close to the Ranch; in 2002 the Cache Mountain Fire actually stormed onto the ranch and burned two cabins. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Two families earn Habitat homes

The large crowd that gathered on the lawns at 130 and 150 Cowboy St. to celebrate with the Foteff and Henninger families on Sunday provided a testament to Habitat for Humanity's spirit of volunteerism. Most of the people who were there had helped build the homes in one way or another, including the new proud homeowners themselves. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Brown Bag food program offers hand up

Sisters' Brown Bag food program, which has been offering help for those in need in Sisters for eight years, is making a move from its current site at Sisters Christian Church to Three Sisters Fellowship, at 442 Trinity Way off McKinney Butte Road. The change is effective September 1, 2010. The move became necessary due to the closing of Sisters Christian Church in January. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Sisters troops set to deploy

On any given day there are troops - active duty or reserve - in Sisters on leave. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Funding green lights forest projects

Forests from Black Butte Ranch to the west side of Bend will be made healthier and safer from the destruction of extreme wildfire through the Deschutes Skyline Project, which just won $500,000 in federal funding. Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Rapidly growing fire causes closures

Firefighters are battling a 200 acre fire that is growing in the Mt. Washington wilderness. The Scott Mountain fire is located approximately two miles northeast of Scott Mountain and 15 miles west of Sisters. Monday, August 23, 2010

Three-car accident on Highway 20 and Gist Road

A Sisters woman went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon after a three vehicle wreck on Highway 20 at Gist Road. Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Sisters joins effort to end homelessness in Central Oregon

Joblessness in a tough economy is leading to an increasing number of homeless. Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Pastor celebrates 20 years in pulpit

As a youth in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the 1960s, Ron Gregg knew he was destined to be a preacher. His journey took him through years of education and two other continents before he became pastor of a quaint country church in Sisters. Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Staying 'found' requires some basic skills

A rash of rescues of lost hikers points out something many folks who venture into the Sisters Country tend to forget. Our backcountry playground is a wildnerness and should be taken seriously and treated with respect. Tuesday, August 17, 2010