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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Sisters Ranger District sets virtual open house
The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will host a virtual public meeting next Tuesday to provide an opportunity for people to…
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Sisters rental business burglarized; more than $13,000 in tools stolen
Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies released several security camera images in hopes the public can help them find two men who broke into a Sisters…
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New Sisters industrial park planned on former Forest Service site
A new industrial park is being proposed in…
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Sisters, ODOT working on plans for new Hwy. 20-Locust Street roundabout
It’s been about 12 years since the City of Sisters and the Oregon Department of Transportation first eyed improvements to ease traffic issues at the…
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NTSB: Engine cut out on plane that crashed at Sisters Eagle Airport
A small plane crashed earlier this month at Sisters Eagle Airport, leaving two occupants with minor injuries, when the engine suddenly stopped 150…
Continue Reading Cowboy up? Sisters Rodeo dates are set, but event is still in jeopardy
After it was canceled due to COVID-19 in 2020, the 80th Sisters Rodeo’s dates are set. However, its certainty is still a…
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One week away from Oregon primary filing deadline, still several open local seats
This year’s Oregon special election candidate filing deadline is only one week away, but many local positions still have nobody running for them.…
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Deschutes County vaccine distribution shifts to pop-up clinics for a week
This week, the Deschutes County Expo Center will go from mass vaccination site to outdoorsman’s…
Continue Reading Two Bend residents escape serious injury in Sisters single-engine plane crash
Two Bend residents sustained non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening when their single-engine plane struck a treetop and crashed in a field…
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Hayden Homes names Sisters HS graduate as art scholarship recipient
Hayden Homes is proud to recognize Daniel Schmidt of Sisters High School as the recipient of the 2020 Hayden Homes $2,500 Art Scholarship.…
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Eight neighborhoods in Bend, Sisters, Culver areas join Firewise program
Four Bend-area neighborhoods and two each in the Sisters and Culver areas joined the national Firewise program last year and were among 182…
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