The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

This was the 4th season for Heather Walden to take her Sisters Country kids out on what she calls “One part biking, one part nature watching and one part art creating” — exp... Full story

Thanks to the hard work of many volunteers, folks living west of Sisters can now access the Peterson Ridge Trail (PRT) system via the new PRT-Whychus Footbridge Tie Trail. Almost two miles of... Full story

Shooters are being asked to avoid one of the most popular shooting areas in Sisters Country during a cinder-crushing operation. A contractor with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT... Full story

The three Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) deputies who will be serving full-time within the city of Sisters starting September 12, were announced last week. Sisters City C... Full story

Sisters Folk Festival is planning three days of live music over the traditional festival weekend, September 11-13 “Close to Home 2” is designed to be a comfortable, socially-distanced out... Full story

The Oregon Department of Forestry, Incident Management Team 3, will livestream a virtual public meeting at 6 p.m. PST, Monday, August 24. The team will provide an overview of the current... Full story

The Deschutes Land Trust (DLT) announced last week that it has purchased and protected 1,123 acres of land along Whychus Creek northeast of Sisters. Rimrock Ranch includes rugged canyons,... Full story

Energyneering Solutions, Inc. (ESI) and the Sisters Airport hosted a Red Cross blood drive last Thursday. The idea started when ESI’s Human Resources Manager, Deb Vanderhoef, read an article... Full story

An empty refrigerator truck trailer caught fire on Tuesday afternoon, July 21, on Highway 20 just east of Sisters. The blaze, which spread to surrounding trees and brush, caused the highway... Full story

Sisters Habitat for Humanity and the Heart of Oregon YouthBuild held a joint groundbreaking ceremony on July 15 in the ClearPine neighborhood. The public was invited to participate virtually... Full story

My wife, Sue, keeps a small lawn in the backyard of our residence at Sun Mountain. She believes a lawn is a wonderful place for grandchildren to play. To keep it healthy, she irrigates,... Full story

Firefighters from the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District doused a brush fire at 16305 Riata Ct. east of Sisters on Friday morning, July 17. The blaze was uncomfortably close to homes in the... Full story

Every spring, articles in The Nugget again remind people to leave baby wildlife alone. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is preaching the same message, especially regarding... Full story

Quilters are resilient. After all, they carried their works of functional art across the Great Plains on the Oregon Trail, through all kinds of hardship on their quest for a new life in... Full story

Despite being pushed off track by the COIVID-19 pandemic school shutdown, students found a way to present their annual Mr. SHS pageant at Sisters High School to raise money for Sisters... Full story

To the Editor: We went with masks to the Redmond Vigil, May 31. There might have been 100 of us, including children. The sun was setting. It began with statements by the organizer and then lo... Full story

As reported in The Nugget last week, there is concern about the increase in dispersed camping throughout the National Forest. Camp Sherman residents have seen firsthand the negative effects... Full story

Thunderstorms brought abundant lightning and rain to Central Oregon on Saturday. While Sisters Country mostly escaped the severe damage experienced in Culver, which saw a tornado, the area... Full story

Ten Sisters veterans gathered at the Village Green on Memorial Day, May 25, to honor the fallen and to pay their respects to all veterans who had served our country in U.S. military service.... Full story

A traffic stop on the outskirts of Sisters on Wednesday afternoon led to the seizure of heroin and other drugs, a set of brass knuckles and more than $3,000 in cash. The Deschutes County... Full story

There is a phenomenon that occurs on this earth that never stops: change. That includes everything in nature and whether we like it or not, our lives as well. Change has come to one of the... Full story

A man injured himself when he struck himself in the leg with a machete while hiking in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area north west of Camp Sherman on Saturday evening. The 28-year-old hiker... Full story

Because of the flagrant use of the chemical Roundup, monarch butterflies no longer have the milkweed to lay their eggs on. The scientific evidence against the use of the chemical glyphosate... Full story

A home in Cascade Meadow Ranch west of Sisters was destroyed by fire early Thursday morning. First-arriving units found the residence at 15169 Windigo Trail already fully engulfed by the... Full story

The award recipients for this year’s My Own Two Hands exemplify the spirit of the Sisters community in their work and in their generosity in donating to the Sisters Folk Festival’s pro... Full story