Today's weather in Sisters

Chef competes in Bend

Eight accomplished local chefs from Central Oregon competed to prove their culinary skills kicking off the Top Chef Competition at the Bite of Bend on Saturday with Chef Jon Hosler, owner of The Porch in Sisters, competing against Chef Chad Berg for Deschutes Brewery in round one.

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Eclectic treasures for Creekside Park visitors

The showcase of fine arts and crafts that spread across the manicured lawns of Creekside Park drew in thousands of visitors on Saturday for the 17th annual Art in the Park, an added attraction for visitors to enjoy during rodeo weekend in Sisters.

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Cowboy Court Apartments to open this summer

Paul Pinion saw a need in Sisters for comfortable apartments at a reasonable rental rate – and he didn’t see anybody filling the need. So he stepped up.

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Council gives green light to new Hayden Home development

At a special meeting of the Sisters City Council last week, councilors gave the green light to Hayden Homes to develop their 195-plus-unit housing development, McKenzie Meadow Village, located off McKinney Butte Road next to the high school.

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Sisters Dance Academy marks 10 years on the hardwood

This year marks Sisters Dance Academy’s 10th anniversary and Lonnie Liddell, owner and artistic director, couldn’t be more excited and humbled by how the studio has grown over the years.

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Seed to Table Farm joins Farmers Market

The nonprofit education farm Seed to Table is thrilled to join the Sisters Farmers Market on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park. The farm’s booth offers the community crisp salad mix, sweet carrots, deep red beets, rainbow radishes, and beautiful plant starts.

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Sun to shine on Sisters Farmers Market

Hello, sunshine. Move over, rain. The curtain of gray is expected to lift for opening day at Sisters Farmers Market.

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New Sisters hotel offers ‘GrandStay’

The first thing you notice when you walk into the lobby of the new GrandStay Hotel & Suites on Rail Way at the west end of Sisters is the rich wood and iron of the bannisters and a towering rock fireplace. It feels like Sisters.

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Cowgirls & Indians to close in June

After 16 years of rounding up the finest Western clothing, art and accessories at Cowgirls & Indians Resale in Sisters, Kate Aspen is hanging up her spurs.

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Women Build for Sisters Habitat

Last week more than 50 local women, including teams from Washington Federal Bank and Heart of Oregon Corps YouthBuild, worked on four homes in Sisters Habitat’s Village Meadows neighborhood as part of Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build Week.

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Sisters Habitat relocates store

Twenty-six years ago, it took a village of volunteers to open a small thrift store on Main Avenue to benefit Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s building program.

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Habitat breaks ground on two homes

More than 50 youth from Heart of Oregon Corps YouthBuild and the Sisters High School construction class will help with Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s next two homes.

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New owners re-open Antler Arts

Jaimi Warren and her husband, James, residents of Alfalfa, took over the reins as the new proprietors of Antler Arts, a mainstay in Sisters since 1995, just days before the well-loved store was to close permanently.

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Forest Service sells 18-acre parcel in Sisters

An 18.11-acre parcel of Forest Service land located at Highway and West Barclay Drive in Sisters has been sold.

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The intersection between self-care and customer satisfaction

The towns of Sisters and Silverton, Oregon in which I practice rely heavily on tourism, their quaintness, and the promise to deliver the small-town experience so many seek out.

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Habitat Thrift Store to host grand opening

A grand opening celebration is scheduled at Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s new Thrift Store at 211 E. Cascade Ave., for Saturday, April 27.

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Sisters Farmers Market moves into the future

The Sisters Farmers Market is rolling out a fresh, new look and format. There will be activities for all ages and a new logo. Instead of Fridays, it will run from June to September on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fir Street Park.

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Rethink house share plan

Dear Property Guy:

I have a house by the OSU Bend campus that rents for $2,000 a month.

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New coffee house offers a place to slow down

In our culture, having coffee has come to be more about grabbing a 16-ounce-whatever in a paper cup to go.

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Well-known chef takes helm at local restaurant

Chops Bistro owner Tracy Syanovitz just brought a new chef on board with over 30 years’ experience working in the food-service industry.

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