News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Officials with the Oregon Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests have closed Highway 242, which runs between Sisters and Highway 126, due to the Holiday Farm Fire. Visitors currently in the area will need to proceed east on Highway 242 to Sisters. Due to the evolving wildfire situation across the Central Cascades, visitors should check www.tripcheck.com for the safest, open route to their destinations. For local wildfire information visit centraloregonfire.org or... Full story
In Lane County, a fire burning along Oregon 126 prompted immediate evacuations from areas from Leaburg east to the McKenzie River Ranger Station, including all roads to the north and south of the highway. The evacuation point is Thurston High School for those in Blue River and west of Blue River. Evacuees east of Blue River should travel east toward Sisters, officials said. An evacuation center is being established at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond.... Full story
Highway 20 is closed between Sweet Home and Santiam Junction, milepost 33 to 72, due to fire conditions. Avoid the area and watch for crews. Highway 126 McKenzie Highway and Highway 22 y remain closed by fire. Highway 58 Willamette Highway is open for travel between the Willamette Valley and Central Oregon. Travel with extreme caution and be ready for conditions to change quickly.... Full story
As COVID-19 cases in the region continue to drop, some Sisters students may be able to return to school in September. In a message to parents, Superintendent Curt Scholl said, “On September 8, we start comprehensive distance learning for all. We are targeting September 28 as a return time for K-3, as we have been consistently meeting the metrics set by Governor Brown to serve those students. If the metrics continue to improve, we are hopeful that we can include our 4th grade in this return on the 28th and all of our elementar... Full story
Problem: Reactionary demonstrations in Portland are negatively impacting Democratic Presidential campaign to elect Biden/Harris in swing states as Trump touts law and order while consciously ignoring critical, underlying issues expressed in Portland and several cities across the U.S. Suggestion: Mayor/Governor/State/Federal Oregon leadership to intersect and dialog with “leadership” of the Portland demonstration. In the absence of identifying leader, create one (group) as representing majority. Purpose: To first establish 30-... Full story
To the Editor: Over the last 3-1/2 tumultuous years I have asked many of my friends who happen to support Trump, “What would it take for them to abandon their support of him?” Would it be his confrontational approach with China, N. Korea and other countries which demonstrate a very real threat to our democracy? His seeming support of Russia and President Putin? The weakening of our relations with NATO countries? His disconnect in acknowledging the stark differences between the protests related to the Black Lives Matter mov... Full story
The first major steps in a development that could bring 250 to 300 new homes to Sisters in the next couple of years may be taken Thursday, September 10. The Sisters Planning Commission will hear a request from the owners of a large portion of the Forest Service property along Pine Street to change the zoning on the property to allow for residential development. The applicant is requesting approval of a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to re-designate the property and a zone... Full story
Late on a Friday afternoon, artist Katie Daisy sat on the lawn between SoulShine & Co. and the soon-to-open food cart called Nourish. She watched her friend and fellow muralist Karen Eland put the finishing touches on a new mural on the east side of the structure at the corner of West Hood Avenue and South Pine Street. By the next morning, visitors were already standing in front of the great gray owl at the center of the mural, and photographing themselves or their friends as... Full story
As firefighters gained 100 percent containment on the Green Ridge Fire just north of Sisters, the Lionshead Fire blew up. Fueled by hot temperatures, low-humidity, and gusty winds, the fire on the Warm Springs Reservation to the northwest grew last week until it hit 18,615 acres by Monday. Over the Labor Day weekend, the smoke from Lionshead and dozens of fires in California created a thick haze across Sisters Country. Air quality in Sisters was deemed “unhealthy” on Sun... Full story
