• City snapshot

  • The Sisters Planning Commission will be deliberating on the McKenzie Meadows Village land-use application and Master Plan from Hayden Homes on Thursday, March 21, 5:30 p.m., at City Hall. No mo
• Preparing for wildfire season in Sisters

  While Sisters-area residents were shoveling snow, staff with the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District were busy preparing for another wildfire season. With summer just a few months away, several projec
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  USFS plans major Suttle Lake project

  Suttle Lake is one of the best-loved and most heavily trafficked areas in Sisters Country. It is also home to an old and decaying forest. The combination of those two factors has led the Sisters Range

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  Fair encourages futuristic thinking

  The Sisters High School commons buzzed with excitement on Saturday during the eighth-annual Sisters Science Fair. Students from all three Sisters schools showed off their educational experiments, exhi
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  Hayden Homes sponsors art contest

  Hayden Homes has joined up with Sisters Arts Association (SAA) for an exceptional opportunity for Sisters High School arts students to contribute to the region's vibrant arts scene. Building on last
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  High Desert Chorale sings into spring

  Despite our recent heavy snowfall, Connie Gunterman, director of the Sisters High Desert Chorale, has her eye and ear turned toward spring. "Well," she announced, "the sun is out and the birds are si

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  Decades of keeping Sisters covered

  It seems ironic 20 years down the road, but when Tammy Taylor first came to Sisters with her husband Jeff in 1996, she wanted no part of working for an independent insurance agency. “I was scar
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  Spa offers a Graceful Touch in Sisters

  Lie back and relax. Feel gentle hands massage pressure points in your tired feet, tight shoulders and neck. A heated bed, soft music and soothing scenes on the walls all contribute to an hour of worry
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  The people behind The Nugget... T. Lee Brown

  Tiffany Lee Brown -known to most as "T" - brings a varied background and a deep toolbox of talents to her work as a freelancer with The Nugget Newspaper. Brown's work for The Nugget so far has focuse

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  Poet Laureate to visit Sisters

  Oregon’s Poet Laureate will visit Sisters next month. “Confluence,” an evening with Kim Stafford, Oregon’s ninth Poet Laureate, will take place Tuesday, April 9, 7 p.m., at Fiv
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  Tehan will be Rodeo Grand Marshal

  Sisters Rodeo has chosen Sisters legendary songbird Peggy Clerf Tehan as the 2019 Grand Marshal of the Sisters Rodeo Parade. Tehan, a 35-year resident of Sisters, sang the National Anthem at every ro
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  High Desert Chorale sings into spring

  Despite our recent heavy snowfall, Connie Gunterman, director of the Sisters High Desert Chorale, has her eye and ear turned toward spring. "Well," she announced, "the sun is out and the birds are si

• Track season is underway — weather or not

  The 400 meter oval at Reed Stadium still lies a couple of feet beneath the snow from the massive storm two weeks ago, but the track team led by head coach Jeff Larson and his crew of assistants has no
• Boys lacrosse wins in overtime

  The boys lacrosse squad was scheduled to play at home against North Eugene and Hillsboro this past week, but due to snow covered fields the Outlaws traveled over the hill to get the games played. Sist
• Girls tennis squad returns experienced players

  It’s been a rough few weeks for the girls tennis squad. Thirty-four-plus inches of snow forced the Outlaws to move their practice inside at Sisters Middle School. Eagle Crest has also been gener

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  Melting snow delivers lawn, health headaches

  As long-term snow melts, an intricate web creeps across Sisters and our surrounding forest. It looks like filaments of cobweb or tufts of dog hair, etched across lawns, leaves, and pine needles. For
• Grateful, blessed - and struggling

  Struggle does not discriminate. Grief and loss are part of the human experience. Many of us will face heartbreak, regret, and despair. It is also possible that amid all of these realities, we can simu
• Program to address mental health crisis comes to county

  Stepping Up is a national initiative being established in Deschutes County in an attempt to reduce the number of people with severe mental health issues in the jail and emergency rooms.Deschutes Count

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