Unlike most teenagers, Eliza Mytas celebrated her 16th birthday about a third of the way around the world – or 8,300 miles – from friends and family after arriving on a different continent. …
At first glance, it doesn’t look like much is happening if you pull into Maple Ridge Orchard on one of their “days off”. But behind the scenes, a core group of seasonal staff are working …
On a ridge northwest of Westby, windchimes provide a soundtrack to an otherwise quiet life of farming. Tall, old pine trees that have stood for generations dot the property line of the Holen family …
