Levi Staley has always had a knack for technology. In high school, he decided to turn a profit from his talent by repairing broken cell phones and reselling them once they were usable.“Then I got into helping people fix their computers and helping people recover data,” he said.Despite his ability...

John Pettigrew is 72 years young and he still loves to play with trains.“I was probably 8 or 10 when I got my first train,” he said. “It was a Christmas gift. I wore it out—literally wore that engine out.”Pettigrew said he played with trains into his teenage years and...

Area senior citizens who would otherwise be lonely and unable to get themselves to medical appointments or complete everyday tasks have been uplifted and given hope by friendships made through the Senior Companion Program.“Many of our seniors are living alone and all of their family and friends are gone. We...

On Sept. 14, 2015, Scientists at Hanford’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) proved that Einstein was correct.The scientists detected gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of space and time.“That was one of the geniuses of Einstein,” said Mike Landry, LIGO detection lead scientist. “He proposed that space could have these properties—that...

In their mid-20s, at a time when Todd and Daydra Bauman’s biggest worry should have been paying off student loan debt or saving up for their first home, the couple faced the unthinkable. A rare illness debilitated the 27-year-old Daydra.“A normal body can detect what’s good and what’s bad,” said...

When Adam Loomis’ grandmother neared the end of her life, his family made the difficult decision to move her into an assisted living home.“She’d lived in her home for more than 50 years,” said Loomis. “If my family would have had the resources to have her at her house, or...

Nikki Mahaffey-Berglund knows her way around a head of hair. As a fifth-generation barber, she practically grew up with clippers in her hands.“My grandpa barbered until he was 80, and my dad barbered. It was just something natural,” she said.She had big dreams to run her own salon, and nearly...

Eight years ago, McCurley Integrity Dealerships was looking for a way to reach out to Corvette enthusiasts.[blockquote quote="The proceeds from our event stay in Eastern Washington. From Spokane to Walla Walla, that’s where the money goes." source="Matthew Price, commercial accounts manager for McCurley Integrity Dealerships" align="right" max_width="300px"]“We’ve always sold Corvettes,...

Jhoanna Jones spent more than a decade working in the financial industry. She thrived on helping small business owners get the lending they needed to buy properties and expand their companies. But sometimes, due to tighter bank regulations, she had the uneasy job of declining a loan to a small...

Katie and Wayne Jackson were both first-generation college graduates, earning their degrees in education. They met at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. and moved to the Northwest in 1968, when northern schools were seeking to integrate more African American teachers into their staff.[blockquote quote="Help everyone who walks through the...