The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

Central Electric Cooperative did not have proper county permits to erect at least some of the power poles they have put up in the Sisters area, according to a county code enforcement technician. A lawyer for CEC disagrees, saying that becaus... — Updated 10/9/2007 Full story

Christ’s Church of New Beginnings in Sisters is suffering a crisis in the wake of allegations against its pastor, Shane Hall, who faces charges of sex abuse. All of the roiling human emotions such a crisis arouses were present on Sunday w... — Updated 1/3/2006 Full story

“King Kong” is one of the better two-hour movies of the season. Unfortunately, it is about three hours long. The cast is superb, the acting quite good. And as you would expect of a movie by Peter Jackson, creator of the three-movie, lux... — Updated 1/3/2006 Full story

Today a letter from Ed Gillespe was in the mail. For a contribution, he wants to send me a Republican Party Platinum Card so George Bush can "do what what's right for America by cutting taxes, reforming education, strengthening our energy... — Updated 3/30/2004 Full story

There is great furor over Mel Gibson's movie, "The Passion of The Christ." Furor that the movie is anti-Semitic, that it falsely portrays the last 12 hours of Christ's life, that it's "message" will reopen old wounds over who is responsible... — Updated 3/23/2004 Full story

Roads in the Metolius Basin that were burned over by the B&B Complex Fires will be opened as the Forest Service can remove hazard trees. Some of these roads access popular camps and recreation areas. Even then, the public will have to be... — Updated 3/2/2004 Full story

The Forest Service plans to fast track two salvage operations in the area of last summer's B & B Complex Fire in the Metolius Basin near Suttle Lake and Jack Creek. Both projects are in areas of existing timber sales and had been partially... — Updated 2/24/2004 Full story

The Colson family of Salem has purchased another large chunk of land near Sisters. On July 23, 2003, Sisters Land Company, LLC purchased about 4,220 acres of land just west of Crossroads from the Weyerhaeuser Company of Federal Way,... — Updated 11/18/2003 Full story

Our team got hammered. It was the last game of the season, the sort-of playoffs you have when your soccer team is made up of eight- and nine-year-olds. We had a couple good runs down the field, a few chances to score on corner kicks, but cou... — Updated 10/28/2003 Full story

It's been said, the bigger the lie, the more likely the lie is to be believed. Sounds like something right out of Texas. Now we learn from the British Broadcasting Corporation that the made-for-TV rescue of Private Jessica Lynch really was .... — Updated 5/27/2003 Full story

Molalla High School has banned a young man from school athletic events after he was identified as having yelled racial slurs directed at a black Sisters player during a September 16 soccer game. Coach Mark Keel and his players left the... — Updated 10/1/2002 Full story

This '33 Ford (Vicky) with a 350 Chevy crate motor was featured at Sisters Airport. About 15 hot rods showed up for the Third Annual Showdown, Chowdown and Hoe-down at the Sisters Airport on Sunday, September 29. Sisters-area car lovers... — Updated 10/1/2002 Full story

On Monday, Sept. 16 the Outlaws soccer team made a trip to Molalla with every intention of playing soccer. Coach Mark Keel acknowledged that "Molalla is historically a very difficult place to play. We had some trouble there last year." The... — Updated 9/24/2002 Full story

One of the pitfalls of being from the good ole U.S. of A. is that we are not supposed to be bigots. We are not supposed to hate Blacks because they are black, Jews cuz they're smarter than we are, Piautes cuz they're Native Americans (my... — Updated 8/20/2002 Full story

Firefighters mop up near Golf Home 97, which was destroyed in the fire. Homes saved at Black Butte Ranch were very close to homes that burned. Only great effort on the part of Black Butte Ranch firefighters, standing in "defensible space,"... — Updated 7/30/2002 Full story

In another recent wreck near Sisters, a driver drifted off the road to the right, overcorrected and crossed back over the roadway and into a tree. Most people do exactly the wrong thing when a car leaves the pavement, according to... — Updated 7/30/2002 Full story

State Farm Insurance has stopped writing new homeowner, renter, and condominium insurance policies in at least six western states, including Oregon. State Farm has more than one in five of these policies in the region or 20 percent of the... — Updated 7/23/2002 Full story

Sisters, 6:30 p.m. July 28 -- At least two homes have been lost at Black Butte Ranch, and the Ranch has been 80 percent evacuated. Two others thought to have been burning were saved. The State Conflagration Act was invoked by the governor... — Updated 7/23/2002 Full story

Sisters, 7:30 p.m., July 28 -- Both homes lost to fire at Black Butte Ranch were on the northwest corner of the property, probably on Fiddleneck, as the fire exploded in the early afternoon on Sunday. There are another 84 structures "at... — Updated 7/23/2002 Full story

Sisters--8:30 a.m. July 29-- The Cache Fire that has destroyed two houses at Black Butte Ranch is still a threat, despite "lying down" over night. The forecast on Monday is for hot and dry 86 degree temperatures and 20 percent humidity,... — Updated 7/23/2002 Full story

Sisters, 9:45 a.m. July 29 -- Homes saved at Black Butte Ranch were very close to homes that burned. Only great effort on the part of Black Butte Ranch firefighters, standing in "defensible space," saved them. The fire scorched the ground... — Updated 7/23/2002 Full story

Only the shaded areas are closed. Everything else is open range. A couple of cattle were wandering along Camp Polk road again on Sunday, and after a few calls, 911 again alerted Deschutes County Sheriff's office. This time, though,... — Updated 7/2/2002 Full story

David Herman's plans to build a guest ranch on 155 acres he purchased along Indian Ford Road is being opposed by neighbors. A public hearing on the request concluded May 7 before county hearings officer Lori Kliewer. The proposal includes... — Updated 5/14/2002 Full story

The reservoir on the shoulder of the Oregon Cascades is nearly full from the North Santiam River boiling down its channel brown with mud cut from the mountains above. Only a few days before, stumps were visible in mud flats off the point of... — Updated 5/7/2002 Full story

Legislation may be soon be introduced in Congress that would allow a Sisters man to exchange 1,240 acres he owns in the Steens Mountains for 690 acres bordered by Squaw Creek in Sisters. George Stroemple bought the Blair Ranch in the Steens... — Updated 4/16/2002 Full story