Lois Fraser, left, Stephanie Hobbs and Jennifer Pearce helped owner Christina Gotfried transition from a franchise to an independent shop. The Pilot/Marjorie Woodfin

“It’s Quiznos with a name change,” Gotfried said. She said she wants all of her customers to know that they will still be able to get the items that they prefer, including all the same toasted sandwiches, plus new items she was unable to serve under her franchise agreement.

She explained that she couldn’t even add chocolate milk or a pastrami sandwich to the menu as long as she was franchised as Quiznos.

Dan Brattain and Joe Gregario display life-saving equipment Cal-Ore Life Flight has purchased. The Pilot/Charles Kocher

President Dan Brattain and General Manager Joe Gregario estimate the total capital expenditures on vehicles and new equipment in the past year at $475,000.

The Cal-Ore crew members – a total of 75 in both ground and air operations – were brought in on the decisions about equipment, Gregario said.

“They’re pretty impressed,” he said. “This is all state-of-the-art equipment that makes their job a lot easier.”

The bank closed in Seattle Friday by Washington officials is not the Evergreen Federal Bank that has a branch in Brookings.

However, the failed bank's assets are being taken over by Umpqua Bank of Roseburg, which has a store in Harbor.

Click here to see the FDIC announcement about the event.

Chetco River Inn, pictured from the opposite bank of the Chetco River, has been sold.

Sandra and Clayton Brugger built and operated the inn for more than two decades before deciding it was time to concentrate on another part of their lives.

“It was time for us to do something else,” Sandra said.

The inn was a popular spot for weddings and anniversary getaways, as well as for fishermen.

Dr. Brice Chang shows his state-of-the-art dental equipment at Brookings Dental Arts. The Pilot/Marjorie Woodfin

“It’s a fantastic place,” Chang said.

Chang still sounds surprised when he explains how he landed in Brookings. “It happened almost overnight.” He said that he came to Brookings to investigate a dental office he had been led to believe was for sale. However, when he arrived he discovered that it was not for sale. When he expressed his disappointment, he said someone suggested that he contact Dr. Richard Edmiston, who might be willing to sell his dental business. Chang contacted Edmiston, and they quickly struck a deal.

Brookings entrepreneur Robert Snyder moves customers with his 53-foot Mayflower moving van. The Pilot/Marjorie Woodfin

“It can hold up to four households full of goods,” Snyder said as he showed off his newest equipment earlier this week.

Snyder is the Mayflower agent/local service administrator in Curry County, in association with Olsen and Fielding Moving Service.