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Sisters housing effort nears launch
Middle-income workers in Sisters will get rental housing relief by the fall of 2002, according to the project's future manager. Cyndy Cook, executive director of CORHA the Central Oregon Regional Housing Authority, announced that the... — Updated 1/23/2001 Full story
School board to hire architect
The Sisters School Board this week was to interview representatives from the four architectural firms that are the finalists to become the district "Architect of Record." According to School Superintendent Steve Swisher, a contractual... — Updated 1/16/2001 Full story
School board to hire architect
The Sisters School Board was to interview this week representatives from the four architectural firms that are the finalists to become the district "Architect of Record." According to Schools Superintendent Steve Swisher, a contractual... — Updated 1/9/2001 Full story
Mayor pledges to protect skyline
Sisters Mayor Steve Wilson said the city soon will hire a consulting firm to give advice on whether it must approve the siting of cell towers within the city and, if so, how best to minimize the visual impact. "Ninety percent of my... — Updated 1/9/2001 Full story
Swisher is back in the office again
Sisters School Superintendent Steve Swisher resumed regular work hours at the district office on January 8. Swisher, who had been recuperating and working from home since a devastating vehicular collision this fall, was warmly greeted by... — Updated 1/9/2001 Full story
Mayor pledges to protect view
Sisters Mayor Steve Wilson said the city soon will hire a consulting firm to give advice on whether it must approve the siting of cell towers within the city and, if so, how best to minimize the visual impact. "Ninety percent of my... — Updated 12/26/2000 Full story
School board to select architect
The Sisters School District has begun the process of selecting an architect of record. Acting School Superintendent Gene Carlson said that it was necessary for the district because of needed repairs at both the high and middle schools.... — Updated 12/19/2000 Full story
Sisters High School has significant damage
Engineers evaluating structural deterioration at the 10-year old Sisters High School have identified water-related damage that may cost the district as much as $500,000 to repair, according to Sisters School Superintendent Steve Swisher.... — Updated 12/12/2000 Full story
Questions remain about cell tower
Time may be running out on a microwave communications corporation seeking to erect a 150-foot tall cell tower in Sisters. Acting on the Mericom Corporation proposal, the Sisters Planning Commission on November 15 recommended setting a lower... — Updated 12/12/2000 Full story
School board to select architect
The Sisters School District has begun the process of selecting an architect of record. Acting School Superintendent Gene Carlson said that it was necessary for the district because of needed repairs at both the high and middle schools.... — Updated 12/12/2000 Full story
District to receive federal timber money
The Sisters School District will be approximately $56,000 richer come December of next year. Acting Superintendent Gene Carlson advised the five-member Sisters School Board that, with President Clinton's signing of HR 2389, timber revenue... — Updated 12/12/2000 Full story
School board seeks public input
The Sisters School Board has decided to aggressively reach out to voters before making any firm decisions on when to once again seek a bond for a new high school. Foremost in the members' minds was the recent defeat, on November 7, of the... — Updated 11/28/2000 Full story
Planning commission okays cell tower
Despite disagreements among its members, and strong opposition from two local residents, the Sisters Urban Area Planning Commission recommended on November 15 that the city council approve the construction of a wireless communications tower... — Updated 11/21/2000 Full story
School board ponders election response
Sisters area residents on November 7 rejected by a 50-47 percent vote-tally the $22 million bond for the construction of a new high school. Less than a week later, the five-member District 6 Sisters School Board began brainstorming about whe... — Updated 11/21/2000 Full story
Middle school sports in financial trouble
The middle school sports program run by SOAR (Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation) is in financial trouble. The five-members of the Sisters School Board were jolted at their November 13 meeting by a report from middle school... — Updated 11/21/2000 Full story
Measure 7 passage confounds officials
The passage of the measure requiring reimbursement to landowners if government zoning regulation reduces their property value has officials shaking their heads. "Measure 7 is very vague and unclear about how it would work," said Deschutes... — Updated 11/14/2000 Full story
School bond fails; levy passes
Early election results indicate voters were willing to grant a temporary levy to operate Sisters Schools, but opposed a $20 million bond to build a new high school. Elections results are available here. As of 11 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7,... — Updated 11/7/2000 Full story
Lazy Z owner protests cell tower location
The City of Sisters has decided where it wants to put wireless communications towers and at least one local land doesn't like the spot. The city council has preliminarily approved erecting a Mericom communication tower on the site currently... — Updated 11/7/2000 Full story
Sewer project faces weather challenge
The three work crews putting in the pipes for the new Sisters sewer system are struggling against the ticking clock as freezing weather approaches. According to project foreman Ron Welsh of Jack Robinson & Sons excavation, the cold weather... — Updated 10/31/2000 Full story
Sewer project to invade downtown
Downtown businesses and motorists soon will begin to experience inconveniences due to construction on the Sisters sewer project. On October 13, Jack Robinson & Sons project foreman Ron Welsh said that some of the four-person crews currently... — Updated 10/17/2000 Full story
School tax advocates remain cautious
Coordinators for the campaign to pass the two Sisters School District tax measures continue to be guarded about chances for victory in the November 7 election. Bill Willitts, chair of the Committee for Sisters School Children, spoke out... — Updated 10/17/2000 Full story
Justice Court comes to town
Motorists in a hurry would do well to relax their accelerator feet when driving in the Sisters area. At its October 12 meeting, the five-member Sisters City Council approved an intergovernmental agreement with Deschutes County that will... — Updated 10/17/2000 Full story
Sisters transportation project receives funding
The recent approval by the state of a proposed city road project could spell relief for local drivers frustrated by traffic congestion on Cascade Avenue. It may also help the area's largest employer with its expansion plans. On September... — Updated 10/10/2000 Full story
Sisters students excel in state tests
Statewide standardized academic tests administered in May show that last year's Sisters High School 10th graders are regional champions in math problem-solving, and close runners-up in English writing. In both tested subjects, local... — Updated 10/3/2000 Full story
Council examines role in aiding Multnomah
The Sisters City Council has begun to flesh out what it envisions could be its role in helping Multnomah Publishers acquire one of the few large tracts of land left within the city's UGB (Urban Growth Boundary). The Thursday, September 28,... — Updated 10/3/2000 Full story
