The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

The skateboard facility in the Sisters Industrial Park may be moved to a city park. Approval of a roof for the skateboard "half-pipe" in the industrial park was stalled Thursday by the Sisters City Council so an alternate site can be... — Updated 7/30/1996 Full story

Developers of two pieces of property on the outskirts of Sisters' city limits have applied for city water services to be delivered their properties. Attorney Liz Fancher has filed an application for city water service to the proposed Les... — Updated 7/23/1996 Full story

Sisters police officers are working with the Sisters City Council to hammer out a policy on overtime accumulation. The issue of pay for "comp time" blew up into a dispute between City Administrator Barbara Warren and Sisters Police Chief... — Updated 7/16/1996 Full story

A U. S. Forest Service grant, if approved, will give Sisters what it needs to qualify for a Department of Environmental Quality permit to build a city sewage treatment facility. The Sisters City Council last week authorized City... — Updated 7/16/1996 Full story

Two city staff members put some heat on the Sisters City Council last Thursday night, letting them know they were fed up with delays in getting a new city hall. Sweltering in the summer evening heat at the July 11 council meeting, City... — Updated 7/16/1996 Full story

An initiative petition from the "Committee to Save Sisters" proposes that no land be annexed to the City of Sisters without a favorable vote of the electorate. If sufficient signatures are gathered, the matter will be placed on the November... — Updated 7/2/1996 Full story

Sisters Police Chief David Haynes will probably keep his job after a stormy week in which he turned in his badge in a dispute with City Administrator Barbara Warren, then withdrew his apparent resignation. Following an executive session of... — Updated 7/2/1996 Full story

A citizens' group has appealed a zone change ruling on the proposed Pine Meadow Ranch development just west of the Sisters city limits. The Alliance for Responsible Land Use in Deschutes County filed an application late last week to appeal... — Updated 6/4/1996 Full story

Imagine a home constructed largely of Styrofoam pellets that can be built quickly with less labor, insulates twice as well as wood-frame construction and can be covered with stucco, wood siding or brick veneer. You don't have to imagine.... — Updated 6/4/1996 Full story

Sisters will have to wait a little longer into lawn-watering season to establish new water rates. A resolution setting new water rates was tabled by the Sisters City Council Thursday until the June 13 council meeting. The delay was ordered... — Updated 5/28/1996 Full story

The development of 50 acres of the Pine Meadow Ranch moved closer to reality last week with the approval of a zone change and comprehensive plan amendment by Deschutes County Hearings Officer Karen Green. The land lies just outside the west... — Updated 5/28/1996 Full story

As the summer season approaches, the City of Sisters is moving closer to establishing new rates to charge for water. The Sisters City Council, in its May 9 meeting, directed the city administrator to draft a resolution establishing new... — Updated 5/14/1996 Full story

More than 70 percent of the residents of Sisters will be changing their addresses July 1. Massive exodus? No. The city administration has decided it is time to straighten out some of the confusion and make right some of the street numbers... — Updated 5/7/1996 Full story

The proposed Sisters Comprehensive Plan is scheduled to be reviewed in an informal workshop by the Deschutes County Planning Commission at 7 p.m., May 9 in Hearing Room "A" of the county offices in Bend. The Sisters Comprehensive Plan, which... — Updated 5/7/1996 Full story

Funds to complete the refurbishing of the new Sisters city hall were included in a budget proposed last week by City Administrator Barbara Warren. The proposed budget sets aside $421,500 to pay for remodeling the old bowling alley building... — Updated 4/30/1996 Full story

New water rates will not be determined until after the Sisters City Council has heard from the public. That decision came after the council reviewed recommendations of engineering firm H.G.E., Inc. during a workshop last week. A public... — Updated 4/16/1996 Full story

Implementation of a plan to add on-street parking spaces in the Sisters commercial district was delayed February 11 until the city council holds a workshop February 18 to discuss the future of the parking district concept. The plan, if... — Updated 4/16/1996 Full story

A zone change ruling that could permit development of portions of Pine Meadow Ranch is expected April 16. Commercial and residential development is planned on about 60 acres of the ranch within the Sisters Urban Growth boundary if the zone... — Updated 4/9/1996 Full story

In discussions on how to revise Sisters' parking district ordinances, the Sisters City Council entertained the idea of dispensing with them. They may do both. The council passed two ordinances designed to clarify the city's parking district... — Updated 4/2/1996 Full story

After two postponements, public hearings were held by the Sisters city council March 14 on two ordinances intended to clarify confusion about the city's "parking district development fees" and the "parking development in lieu fee." The... — Updated 3/19/1996 Full story

A request to take about 80 acres of Pine Meadow Ranch just west of Sisters out of an urban area reserve zone and rezone it for residential development was continued during a public hearing before a Deschutes County hearings officer in Bend M... — Updated 3/12/1996 Full story

Just when everyone believed they had heard the last of the Sisters Comprehensive Plan for awhile, it's back in the news because of a procedural error. It was former Sisters planning director Leslie Bangs who called the city's attention to... — Updated 3/5/1996 Full story

Some Sisters businesses seem to be showing anarchistic disregard for the city's sign ordinance. Getting businesses to comply with the ordinance has proved frustrating for City Planning Director Neil Thompson. "I don't want to make any... — Updated 2/27/1996 Full story

The point of land where Highway 20 meets the McKenzie Highway in Sisters may become a new "gateway" park and information center for the McKenzie Highway Scenic Byway. The Sisters City Council is studying a proposal by the U. S. Forest Servic... — Updated 2/20/1996 Full story

The celebrated case of the state versus Diane and Dennis Nason of Sisters concluded last week with the sentencing of the couple on charges of racketeering and forgery. Except for each serving 60 days in county jail and performing community... — Updated 2/20/1996 Full story