Frank Manning wanted to share his love of cooking with a wider audience when he moved to the Portland area from his native Wisconsin about a year ago. The audience he sought cried out for locally sourced, farm-to-table meals that were easy to prepare and made cooking an enjoyable experience again.

‘Twas the Tuesday before Christmas, the last night of league play at the Evergreen Curling Club before a holiday break took hold, and one lonely match silently plays out at the far end of the ice sheet. YES! YES! YES! The 59-year-old Vancouver resident’s plaintive shrieks to her teammates direct them to sweep the rock down the ice, providing ample commentary for how this throw progresses.

Megan O'Reilly's reign as queen of the Washington girls cross-country world lasted five years. Maddie Meyers' run spanned all of 7,197 seconds ...

Naydenov Gymnastics slowly fills on this rainy afternoon with young girls with Olympic dreams. They surround a girl already living out their dream life. Jordan Chiles is the first international-level female gymnast to come from the Pacific Northwest in a generation. The 16-year-old Prairie High junior became eligible for the US senior national team this April, and already Chiles has won an all-around silver medal at the 2017 US national championships in August and was a world team alternate.

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LaKeesha Dumas’ passion also has led to her to take a leadership role with the Oregon Health Authority and the Office of Equity and Inclusion in its work to increase opportunities for traditional health workers in the African-American community.

The Oregon Health Authority envisioned RHECs as coordinated, community-driven collaborative groups that work at a regional level to identify policy, systemic and environmental changes necessary to increase health equity, reduce health disparities and address social determinants of health.

The growth rate of the subscription economy has been nothing short of amazing. According to Zuora, a provider of billing and financial tools for subscription-based businesses, from September 2016–March 2017, this sector grew at a 16.1 percent rate, “off” from a 21.6 percent growth rate from the previous six-month period.

It’s the customers who sing your praises and tell their friends about you who can also be your best marketers. Customer referrals are gold to people trying to grow their companies.

McKenna McKee sits in her chair, shaded by the timing stand in the infield of the Alpenrose Velodrome. The 13-year-old just finished a hard workout, and she is debating with her dad Richard and coach, Kirk Whiteman, whether she should do a cool-down ride. A couple other riders train on the velodrome, and they exchange pleasantries with McKenna before heading on their way. This is only McKenna’s first full season at the velodrome, and she already fits in like one of the track veterans. In other