Patrick Chew, after working the past six years as head of Zia Design Services, has opened his own business, Creative Touch Design, to help businesses and individuals fulfill their building dreams.

The English Village at the corner of Highway 101 and Benham Lane is undergoing a transformation that will allow a number of entrepreneurs to present art, crafts, collectibles, antiques, and property, as well as beauty care at the HairPort Beauty Salon.

Next time you find young bucks in your yard, there’s a good chance they’re weeding your garden, not eating it, and they don’t have antlers.

Emmie Yeiter, a 2008 graduate of Gold Beach High School, is preparing for a summer internship with College Works Painting, a company that trains college students to run their own summer business painting houses.

A tele-medicine system to recognize heart attacks is improving both the quality and speed of treatment for five or six patients a month in Curry County.

And a similar system is gearing up to provide the same kind of improvement for stroke victims.

Chetco Federal Credit Union (CFCU) has again been named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon by Oregon Business magazine.

CFCU placed 19 (out of 34) among medium-size businesses with 50-250 employees.  In 2008 CFCU placed 33 out of 50 in the small businesses with less than 250 employees category.

Brookings Community Helpers Inc.  Food Share recently received approximately 300 pounds of food from Dutch Bros. Coffee owner Ty Thompson.