Sisters Folk Festival offers creativity camps with ‘pay what you can’ pricing
The Sisters Folk Festival is offering seven week-long summer creativity camps for middle and high school-aged students at Sisters Art Works, 204 W.…
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Tense time in Sisters: DCSO armored car helps in arrest of Marion County fugitive, sleeping in parked car
Some tense moments in downtown Sisters ended without incident Wednesday when a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office armored car unit helped officers…
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Suspected human-caused brush fire west of Sisters stopped by agencies at quarter-acre
A suspected human-caused brush fire west of Sisters Wednesday afternoon was quickly put out by crews from several area agencies, stopping the blaze…
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Sisters High School freshman arrested on arson charges, accused of setting fires in 2 girls’ restrooms
A Sisters High School freshman was arrested on arson and other charges Wednesday after she allegedly set fires in two girls’ restrooms, prompting…
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115-acre prescribed burn planned NW of Sisters, near Highway 20, Cascade Meadow Ranch subdivision
The Sisters Ranger District plans to conduct a 115-acre prescribed burn on Wednesday four miles northwest of Sisters, near Highway 20 and…
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Downtown Sisters prepares for Fourth Friday Artwalk
The Fourth Friday Artwalk kicks off Memorial Day weekend in downtown Sisters, and the Sisters Art Association says it’s a great time to meet local…
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Oregon Board of Forestry meets June 7-8 in Sisters, plans community social
The Oregon Board of Forestry will meet in Sisters, with a public meeting and community social scheduled on Wednesday, June 7, and the public meeting…
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Firefighters called out to douse two rekindled, escaped debris burns near Sisters within 24 hours
With Central Oregon’s debris burn season set to close in a week, people with yard debris or other items to ignite are seeking permits, and that’s…
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Stormy forecast prompts cancellation of 405-acre prescribed burn Saturday along Hwy. 20 north of Sisters
The prescribed burn planned for Saturday on the Sisters Ranger District directly north of Sisters along Highway 20 has been canceled due to predicted…
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405-acre prescribed burn, in the works for years, planned Saturday along east side of Highway 20 north of Sisters
Firefighters on the Sisters Ranger District plan to conduct prescribed burn operations directly north of Sisters along Highway 20 this Saturday, a…
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‘It’s preventative’: Deschutes National Forest offers rare up-close look at prescribed burn west of Sisters
Firefighters on the Sisters Ranger District are conducting a 128-acre prescribed burn operation just west of Sisters Friday, and we’re getting an…
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Three Sisters Historical Society offers guided walking tours of historic Camp Polk Cemetery
This month, the Three Sisters Historical Society began offering guided walking tours of the historic Camp Polk Cemetery, founded in…
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Native American art on display at Sisters gallery
The third edition of the Homelands Collection, featuring the works of indigenous artists from across North America, is on display at Raven Makes…
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ODFW Salmon, Trout Advisory Committee to meet May 18-19 in Sisters and online, tour projects
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — ODFW’s Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) Advisory Committee will meet in person at the Best Western Ponderosa…
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Sisters Folk Festival to raffle off Thompson guitar at Big Ponderoo music festival
Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. announces its Big Ponderoo guitar raffle fundraiser to support SFF’s cultural education outreach and programming in…
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Heart of Oregon Corps’ YouthBuild program receives $1.5M federal boost for three years of operation
Heart of Oregon Corps’ YouthBuild program is celebrating the announcement of a $1.5 million grant award from the US…
Continue Reading Firefighters plan 2 prescribed burns Monday totaling 314 acres along Paulina Lake Road NE of La Pine
Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District plan to prescribe burn up to 314 acres on Monday, four miles northeast of La Pine along Paulina…
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Sisters Elementary kids get special book reading by authors of ‘The Little Black Mustang’
Students at Sisters Elementary School had a book reading Thursday by the author and illustrator of “The Little Black Mustang,” based on a true story,…
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Sisters church drops 10,000 Easter eggs by helicopter
Wellhouse Church in Sisters had an Easter Sunday celebration that included dropping 10,000 Easter eggs from a helicopter at the Sisters Rodeo…
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Sisters students spread kindness near and far
The Kindness Project is a yearly 40-day effort by Wellhouse Academy and Wellspring Preschool in Sisters, with ripples of good deeds and positive…
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