As a young girl learning to drive a tractor on her family farm in La Grande, Oregon, Mariah Young never guessed she’d one day use those skills to navigate a truck full of fashionable clothing. But that’s exactly what this thirty-three-year-old entrepreneur did. Young is responsible...
When Cassie Clemans first dreamed of starting her own business, she knew it needed to involve books. The mother of three envisioned creating a place in her Bend westside community that neighbors and friends could walk to and discover the world of reading. She pictured...
For two days at Oregon WinterFest, artists dig deep into their work with chainsaws and chisels and grinders. The crowds admire the craft, ogle the finished piece and then it all melts away. Watching ice carvers create their masterpieces at WinterFest is always a crowd...
Sam Olson sits in a room surrounded by the past. Flanking her are two hulking, cast-iron machines from the turn of the nineteenth century. They have foot pedals, large rollers, big iron wheels and look like something straight out of a museum. Olson’s business, Teenee...
Jennifer Riker had a vision to create an inviting retail space that honored women, no matter their age, size or style. Recently, along with her husband, Jay Riker, she turned that goal into a reality with the opening of Brave Collective. Described by Riker as...
An Oregon artist combines mediums in a new Sunriver Resort display Monica Setziol-Phillips has been combining hardwood and fiber in art for over thirty years. “When you carve wood you’re taking away to form what you want, when you’re weaving you’re adding to your building. So...
Picture yourself sporting stylish jewelry while climbing a rock wall or paddling around the lake. Now imagine the jewelry enduring all of the physical activity right along with you, taking on the punishing elements with considerable fortitude. This is just the kind of vision that...
Central Oregon Locavore Dinner Series brings together chefs, farmers and guests Sinking my teeth into a bite of goat kibbe tartare, I was pleasantly surprised. A refreshing combination of mint and onions followed by cinnamon tickled my taste buds. I’d been told that goat meat resembled...