News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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• As of July 1, Sisters Harvest Basket will be offering fresh, free-range poultry and Deschutes River Ranch’s grain-fed, hormone-free beef along with their full line of seafood. Call 549-0598 for more information. • The new American Buffalo gold coin is available at Bedrock. Call 549-1658 for more information. • Century 21 welcomes two new agents to their Sisters office. Lynne Myers, Broker, and Shawna Nelson, Broker, have joined the team. Call 549-2102 for more information. • Coyote Creek Café will be rocking this Friday, Ju... Full story
Firefighter trainees took their schooling from the classroom to the woods near Sisters last week, gearing up for the peak summer fire season. Some 61 new Central Oregon wildland firefighters from state and federal agencies completed a week-long training session in Sisters. Also attending the session were one trainee from the Army National Guard and one from The Nature Conservancy. The session was hosted by Central Oregon Fire Management Services. The 40-hour training session... Full story
Visitors to Balancing Rocks near Lake Billy Chinook will now have to walk a bit to visit this unique geological site. Work to protect the Balancing Rocks area is scheduled to begin late this month, according to Project Manager Michael Keown of the Sisters Ranger District. Last month Sisters District Ranger Bill Anthony invited public comment on an environmental review. “We had three responses from the public,” Keown said. “Two supported the project with no new issues ident... Full story
The driver of a Redi-Mix cement truck escaped serious injury when his truck flipped over on Highway 20 at Paradise Alley east of Sisters on Tuesday, June 20. According to Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reports, 39-year-old David Brown of La Pine was driving the 1999 concrete mixer truck westbound on Highway 20 on Tuesday afternoon when the truck drifted off onto the shoulder of the road. Brown reportedly overcorrected and the truck shot across the roadway, clipped a power pole and flipped onto its side, coming to rest w... Full story
It’s the time of year to think about the possibility of a confrontation with our old shaky-tailed friend from the world of reptiles, Crotalus viridis oregonus, otherwise known as the Western Rattlesnake. Thankfully, for those who do not like snakes, this is the only venomous reptile we have to worry about around Sisters and is (most often) a retiring, somewhat gentle old soul. It would rather be left alone to go about its business of eating rodents, which it’s been doing sin... Full story
