Today's weather in Sisters

Commentary... Homeowners must take lead on their wildfire security

Homeowners can and must take primary responsibility for wildfire safety actions around their home. According to fire science research, individual efforts do make a difference even in the face of a wildfire.

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FS responds to objections over wilderness permits

It’s looking more and more like 2019 will be the last year that the public will have free and unfettered access to local wilderness areas.

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Sisters enters burning season

As Sisters Country enters the season of spring burning, the specter of the destruction of the mountain town of Paradise, California, looms like a pall of wildfire smoke over the community.

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Earth Day participants collected over a ton of trash

Fort-five adults and 10 children collected over a ton of trash during the Earth Day Community Cleanup last Saturday organized by Mandee Seeley of Sisters Park & Recreation District.

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Public to weigh in on growth issues

With Sisters’ growth a common topic of conversation around town, a public meeting on Thursday, May 2, 5:30 p.m., at City Hall will be of interest to everyone, whether a proponent or opponent of growth.

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Sisters man arrested for encouraging sex abuse

A 32-year-old Sisters man was arrested on Thursday, April 18, on charges including encouraging sexual abuse of a minor.

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Plane incident carries lessons for pilots

Brian Lansburgh and a passenger, also a pilot, made a spectacular return home to the Sisters airport on Wednesday, April 10, landing his 1947 single-engine Piper PA-12, then flipping it on final roll-out.

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City snapshot

• The Planning Commission and the Housing Policy Advisory Board will hold a joint meeting on Thursday, April 18, to review the Housing Needs Analysis with the consultant who prepared it.

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City Council acts on affordable housing

An ordinance to create and preserve affordable housing in Sisters passed unanimously at the Sisters City Council April 10 meeting. The affordable housing program has been under consideration for the past six months.

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Logging project will have traffic impact

A logging contractor will begin falling trees along Highway 20 northwest of Sisters on Monday, April 29. The work is likely to have significant impact on traffic into and through Sisters.

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Sisters casts a wary eye toward fire season

Local foresters covered a lot of territory in a public open house on Thursday, April 11 — but one issue loomed over the Sister Fire Hall Community Room like a column of smoke: Fire season is on its way.

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Wind gust flips plane at Sisters Airport

A local pilot and his passenger escaped serious injury after a stiff gust of wind flipped their plane as the pilot attempted to land at Sisters Eagle Airport on Wednesday morning, April 10.

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Sydney the cygnet part of Summer Lake community

Last week hosted another exciting — and positive — event in the saga of the Cyrus’s Aspen Lakes trumpeter swan community.

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New burn permit system launched

Those burning their yard debris this spring will be utilizing a new online burn-permitting system.

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SPRD to present executive candidates

The community is invited to a meet-and-greet on Friday, April 12, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. to meet the final candidates being considered for the new executive director at Sisters Park & Recreation District.

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Hwy. 20 logging project will start next week

Forest Service crews will mark the trees that will fall along the Highway 20 corridor starting Monday, April 15.

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Cougars on the rise in Sisters Country

Several local residents have reported sightings of cougar or cougar sign in Sisters Country, from the outskirts of Tollgate to a trail cam capture near a house in Camp Sherman.

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Previously missing Bend woman is now safe

UPDATE: — 7:40 a.m. Monday, April 8th

At approximately 6:40 a.m., a friend of Katrina Gagatko notified the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office that she had been in contact with Gagatko by phone and knew her location. At 7 :06 a.m., a Deputy located Gagatko and confirmed she was alive and well.

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Cold Weather Shelter organizers address concerns

Following an incident involving a guest outside the Cold Weather Shelter earlier this winter, neighbors raised some concerns about the shelter and its proximity to schools and neighborhoods among other things.

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Pesticide rule stalled by Bayer request

Implementation of a statewide rule that would limit the use of the weed killer believed responsible for the death of thousands of trees along Highway 20 west of Sisters has been stalled by a last-minute request from Bayer, the company that produces it.

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