• Three council seats up for election in Nov.

  Three positions on the Sisters City Council are up for election on November 3. The terms of City Councilors Andrea Blum, Chuck Ryan, and Richard Esterman will expire on December 31, 2020. All three ar
• City parts ways with planning director

  The City of Sisters has parted ways with Community Development Director Patrick Davenport, bringing to an end his five-year tenure in the Sisters planning department. The community development departm
• City of Sisters COVID-19 Situation Report - 6/3/20

  The City has extended its emergency declaration until June 24, by way of administrative order. The emergency declaration enables the City to adopt temporary policies swiftly and be eligible for potent

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  Community can help honor Class of 2020

  Many of Sisters’ trademark events are not happening this summer — but there is still plenty left to celebrate, including the “made in Sisters” class of 2020. The local non
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  School staff cheers senior class

  In an outpouring of support for the class of 2020, staff members from all three Sisters schools lined the roadway and bus turnaround at Sisters High School cheering, ringing bells and waving signs as
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  Grads face college altered by pandemic

  This is the second of a two-part series profiling Sisters High School (SHS) graduates who have seen their college experience disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kendra Kemp, SHS Class of 2015, recentl

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  Sisters restaurants reopening

  Restaurants, bars, breweries, tasting rooms, and distilleries were all given the go-ahead to open under Oregon’s Phase I plan for recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown. After May 15, for the first
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  Market opening this weekend

  The countdown to the opening day of the Sisters Farmers Market is on. This Sunday, June 7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., market vendors, volunteers, and Seed to Table staff will provide local abundance. Unde
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  New General Store open for business at BBR

  Happy childhood memories at Black Butte Ranch (BBR) often include youngsters riding their bikes to the BBR store for an ice cream cone, tasty snack, or a refreshing drink. Pedaling with friends along

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  Film will capture life and legacy of buckaroo artist

  “I learned to draw as soon as I could hold a pencil,” Len Babb The Nugget last year. “My father taught me how to paint a horse when I was about six or seven.” Len Babb’s
• Sisters Folk Festival is off for 2020

  The Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) cannot go forward in 2020, due to the constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, SFF staff and board remain determined to safely and responsibly provide liv
• Writing prize event to go virtual

  In compliance with Oregon Governor Kate Brown’s current COVID-19 phased reopening schedule, the High Desert Museum and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize will hold the September 10, 2020 Prize a

• Keep your campfire from starting a wildfire

  Sitting around a campfire is one of the special times we all enjoy, but campfires are also a major cause of wildfires. May is Wildfire Awareness Month, and the Pacific Northwest Coordination Group urg
• Dispersed camping raises concerns

  Campgrounds remained closed over Memorial Day weekend, due to COVID-19 restrictions. But that didn’t mean campers stayed home — they simply came to Sisters and set up camp dispersed out ac
• Limited camping returns to state parks June 9

  Salem – The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) will offer limited camping at many state park campgrounds starting June 9. State park camping closed statewide March 23 in an effort to

• Creating community one ‘Village’ at a time

  In last year’s Sisters Country Vision project, one of the most important elements identified that residents care about is maintaining the livability of Sisters Country as the population increase
• OHA to distribute Remdesivir to hospitals

  Oregon has received its first shipments of Remdesivir, an experimental drug that has been used to treat patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19.  On May 12 and May 15, Oregon received allotmen
• Sisters Farmers Market to provide food aid

  The Sisters Farmers Market, managed by the Sisters-based nonprofit organization, Seed to Table, is helping to ensure the Sisters community has access to essential, local, artisanal and nutritious good

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