News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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John Leavitt is hanging up his spurs as a member of the Sisters Rodeo Association board of directors. “It’s time,” he told The Nugget. “It’s been 45 years.” Leavitt’s service to Sisters’ longest-running event may have spanned more than four decades, but he’s really been a rodeo man most all his life. Leavitt grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Lakeview. “We ran cattle on 37,000 acres,” he recalled. “It’s the best way to grow up… I went to my first rodeo when I wa... Full story
St. Charles Health System CEO Joe Sluka is stepping down after eight years at the helm of the regional hospital system. The move was not entirely unexpected, given the recent news of the financial crisis in which Central Oregon’s only hospital chain finds itself (see “Perfect storm engulfs St. Charles,” The Nugget, June 22, page 1). St. Charles operates four hospitals, one each in Bend, Redmond, Madras, and Prineville. Sluka cited the challenges of the pandemic and the finan... Full story
