Rain prompts cancellation of burn south of Sisters for new firefighter training
Tuesday’s rainfall prompts cancellation of live-fire training for new firefighters south of…
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Sisters restaurant appeals $17,800 Oregon OSHA fine for allowing inside dining during ‘Extreme Risk’
Oregon OSHA said Monday it issued citations with penalties totaling $44,600 to four employers in May, including a Sisters restaurant, with all of the…
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Sisters marks 75th anniversary with heritage mural
A ribbon-cutting dedication took place Saturday for a heritage mural marking Sisters’ 75th…
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Sisters Folk Festival announces its return this fall
The Sisters Folk Festival announced Friday it is moving forward with plans for a seven-venue festival scheduled for Oct.…
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Sisters set to dedicate 75th anniversary heritage mural
This Saturday at 3 p.m., there will be a public dedication of a heritage mural being applied to the Habitat for Humanity building celebrating the…
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Despite new COVID guidance, Central Oregon HS basketball tips off, masks in place
After months of delays due to the pandemic, high school girls basketball is finally underway in Central Oregon.…
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Sisters Folk Festival announces summer creativity camps
Registration opens Wednesday, May 19 for Sisters Folk Festival’s in-person music and creativity camps for middle and high school-aged students…
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46th Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show looks to be a go this July, organizers say
The 80th Sisters Rodeo was canceled this year, for a second year, due to rising COVID-19 cases and event restrictions, but the 46th annual Sisters…
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Laird Superfood of Sisters acquires Bend’s Picky Bars for $12 million
One popular Central Oregon-based healthy food-maker — Laird Superfood of Sisters — is acquiring another — Bend’s Picky Bars — for $12 million,…
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Nominees sought for 2021 Sisters Country Vision Awards
The Sisters Country Vision Implementation Team is excited to sponsor the 2021 Community Champion Awards! Sisters Country community members can…
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CenturyLink outage affects 911 in Sisters, Black Butte Ranch areas
CenturyLink has reported a service outage that is affecting residents in the Sisters and Black Butte Ranch…
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Late-night fire destroys log home in Squaw Creek Canyon Estates; no injuries
A fire late Thursday night destroyed a log home in the Squaw Creek Canyon Estates subdivision northeast of Sisters but caused no injuries, officials…
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‘Our lives are being threatened’: Violence, aggression reported at homeless camp near Sisters
Several residents are alleging aggressive behavior at a homeless camp near Sisters.…
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Sisters Folk Festival announces ‘My Own Two Hands’ award winners
Sisters Folk Festival is getting ready to host its largest annual fundraiser and community arts celebration, My Own Two Hands, taking place…
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Graduating Sisters High seniors to get banners for second year
For the second year in a row, Citizens4Community will be hanging banners around town to salute this year’s graduating Sisters High School seniors,…
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Sisters Rodeo Queen, community now looking ahead to next summer
The Sisters Rodeo community is hurting, but already looking ahead.…
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80th Sisters Rodeo canceled for second straight year
Yet again, the 80th Sisters Rodeo – and its many fans and the community — will have to wait another year, as the rodeo board voted unanimously…
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600 acres of prescribed burns planned later this week SW of Sisters
Depending upon weather, beginning Wednesday and continuing Thursday and Friday, fuels specialists on the Deschutes National Forest will ignite…
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Sisters Middle School filmmaker shares talents with Family Access Network
The Family Access Network received an unexpected helping hand from 14-year-old filmmaker Jack Turpen to create compelling content for their virtual…
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Pickup driver suffers medical emergency, crashes into tree in Sisters
A driver from Madras passed out from a sudden medical emergency and his pickup hauling a trailer crashed into a tree in downtown Sisters Thursday…
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