The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

David Jacobs-Strain, roots and blues songwriter and fierce slide guitar player is returning to the Sisters stage for the Sisters Folk Festival’s event Close to Home concert event on August 1... — Updated 7/28/2020 Full story

As with many musicians these days, Sisters singer-songwriter Beth Wood is having to learn to adapt to a profoundly changed world. “Myself and a lot of other artists are learning how to a... — Updated 7/14/2020 Full story

Beth Wood, musician, poet and singer-songwriter, has been considered a Sisters local after many years of hosting the Sunday community celebration at the Sisters Folk Festival. She first... — Updated 7/14/2020 Full story

Callie Cattell is a 28-year-old Central Oregon-raised woman whose passion in life is fishing and being out on the water. That passion has been recognized by CBS reality show “Tough As Nails,... — Updated 6/30/2020 Full story

Sarah Woods is opening her new business, Roam Natural Skincare, in Sisters. Woods, born and raised in Eugene, vacationed with her family to Sisters and fell in love with the area. “It was alw... — Updated 6/23/2020 Full story

Staff at Sisters Folk Festival are in the beginning stages of planning to offer some small-scale music events during the summer. Due to the constraints of COVID-19 regulations, Sisters Folk F... — Updated 6/23/2020 Full story

More than 50 people gathered on the corner of Locust and Highway 20 last Saturday in a demonstration advocating for racial justice. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the hands of a... — Updated 6/9/2020 Full story

This is the second of a two-part series profiling Sisters High School (SHS) graduates who have seen their college experience disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kendra Kemp, SHS Class of 2015... — Updated 6/2/2020 Full story

Sisters High School graduates who are now well into their college careers are feeling the effects of COVID-19. Universities are closed, job interviews are conducted over zoom meetings,... — Updated 5/26/2020 Full story

On a clear spring day in Sisters last Thursday, the Sisters High School chemistry classes instructed by Rima Givot launched two stratospheric balloons from Sisters Eagle Airport, loaded with... — Updated 5/13/2020 Full story

Al Lehto is the recipient of the inaugural student writing prize from the Waterston Desert Writing Prize competition. The winning piece, titled “The Badlands,” reflects Lehto’s passion for s... — Updated 5/5/2020 Full story

Jaimee Simundson, Sisters High School graduate, class of 2015, is applying her passion for nature and plants to her career and business. Simundson is a certified clinical herbalist with her... — Updated 4/28/2020 Full story

Sisters High School 2017 graduate Zidane Galant-LaPorte recently received the Newman Civic Fellowship for her work at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, where she is currently a... — Updated 4/14/2020 Full story

Jinny Reed has been working fire for 32 years. She has been with the Sisters Ranger District for 19 of those years working in wildfire prevention, education and suppression. After a career... — Updated 3/17/2020 Full story

Fan-favorite Dustbowl Revival will be returning to the Sisters stage on Friday, February 21 as the second installment of the Sisters Folk Festival Winter Concert Series. Dustbowl Revival has... — Updated 2/12/2020 Full story

Nine Sisters Camp-Sherman firefighters will be participating in the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society stair climb in Seattle on March 7. More than 2,000 firefighters from around the world... — Updated 2/4/2020 Full story

Sisters singer and songwriter Rhonda Funk has been signed to the Pure Music record label for a two-year deal effective January 1. Funk, who moved from Sisters to Nashville in 2018, has been... — Updated 1/14/2020 Full story

Megan Ellsworth has been singing and playing guitar since she was a little girl running around the woods of Camp Sherman. Ellsworth, a Sisters High School graduate, class of 2016, is... — Updated 1/7/2020 Full story

American-Chicano band Las Cafeteras has taken the music scene by storm with infectious live performances and music that spans many borders and genres. Las Cafeteras will be returning to... — Updated 1/7/2020 Full story

Sisters IEE (Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition) has been a shaping influence on many Sisters High School graduates. For most, it enhances their understanding and appreciation of the... — Updated 12/31/2019 Full story

And it has shaped the lives of many an Outlaw (see related story, page 17). Boyd Keyser, then-principal of SHS, believed in integrative programming and assigned three teachers to create an in... — Updated 12/30/2019 Full story

Sustainability at events is a rising issue within the United States because of the high volume of people concentrated in one area, each one producing waste and plastic at a high volume in a... — Updated 12/30/2019 Full story

Seattle-based musician Tekla Waterfield will be performing her original songs Monday, December 2, at 6 p.m., at The Open Door Restaurant and Wine Bar. Waterfield is originally from Alaska and... — Updated 11/26/2019 Full story

Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD EMT firefighters Pat Burke and Damon Frutos just returned from an exchange program with Hampshire County Fire and Rescue in southern England. Hampshire County is one... — Updated 11/13/2019 Full story

Authors from the local community got their moment in the spotlight in the inaugural Sisters Festival of Books this past weekend. Local authors kicked off the weekend with a reception at FiveP... — Updated 10/23/2019 Full story