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  • New Grocery Outlet owners bring vision and fun

    Nicole Jordan|May 15, 2025

    Jeremy and Monika Medhaug have big plans for the Rainier-based Grocery Outlet, and they have the track record to bring their big vision to life, as the two have a combined 60 years of business experience between them. The Medhaugs have been working together as a business team for more than two decades, overseeing three pharmacies at national brands such as Sav-On and Walgreens. While Jeremy was working his way up the corporate ladder at the beginning of his career at Costco in Las Vegas, Nev.,...

  • 2nd Mouse Studio framing and art gallery is picture perfect

    Nicole Jordan|May 8, 2025

    Tucked in between MeeMaw's Attic and the long-standing Eminence Hair Salon on 1st street in Rainier is full-service custom picture framing and art gallery, 2nd Mouse Studio. Opened in January of 2024, 2nd Mouse Studio is owned by LuAnn Conant who has 35 years of framing experience. Conant has always loved drawing and was an art and psychology major at Portland State University until an unexpected health crisis during her junior year depleted her college fund. To make money, she stumbled into pic...

  • Elevate Coffee & Decor brings community, inspiration, and beyond

    Nicole Jordan|May 8, 2025

    When you enter the door of Elevate Coffee & Decor in Rainier, you are instantly drawn in with sounds of coffee and drinks being brewed and blended, ambient music in the background, cozy corner nooks to sit, and a collection of art and home goods from local artisans to admire and shop. Partners and co-owners of Elevate, Ryan Hesketh and Alejandro "Ollie" Bribiezcas also work full-time in the medical industry, and to say the two are busy is an understatement. Bribiezcas spent years in social work...

  • Moran's Nursery opens in full bloom for Rainier residents

    Nicole Jordan|May 1, 2025

    Moran's Nursery officially kicked off its annual springtime season on Thursday, April 24. With a nursery full of brightly colored flower baskets overflowing with combinations of geraniums, nonstop begonias, petunias and verbena, Moran's offers shoppers interspecific geranium flower baskets as well. The geranium is a favorite, due to its hardy nature and long-blooming periods. All flower baskets are priced at $34. Also on display at the nursery is an initial inventory of herbs and vegetable...

  • 11th Hour Response Team in Rainier dedicates itself to helping those in need

    Nicole Jordan|May 1, 2025

    The 11th Hour Response Team is a Rainier-based non-profit founded in January 2023 that aims to bridge the gap between compassionate hearts and those in need of helping hands. 11th Hour Response Team services are free to those who qualify which are typically fixed income, WIC program or direct referrals. The priority in service is to seniors, veterans, victims, single parents, disabled, homeless, low income families, and to provide disaster relief. "Mostly the people I get calls from are...

  • World-renowned coffee expert brews up new Fern Hill Coffee in Rainier

    Nicole Jordan|Apr 24, 2025

    For Rob Hoos of Rainier, Ore., coffee is quite literally life. Hoos is a renowned coffee roasting consultant, educator, and author in the specialty coffee industry. Though his journey started in 2003 as a barista during college, Hoos says coffee has been a part of his life as long as he can remember. “After college, I spent about two years in my degree field until eventually returning to being a barista,” said Hoos. “Then, I was working at a space with a coffee roaster and very quickly decided that this was what I wanted to learn about and d...

  • The Columbia Bakehouse brings sweet and savory

    Nicole Jordan|Apr 10, 2025

    Those who haven't grabbed an item (or four) at The Columbia Bakehouse in Rainier are missing out and so are their tastebuds.The Columbia Bakehouse opened its doors in August 2024 and is a woman-owned, family-operated bakery specializing in cookies, bread, pies and pastries. This store is the first for owners Saleenna Hehn and Brien Boggs; however, most of Hehn's 35 years baking and pastry career itself have been spent designing bakeries and products for nationwide retailers and large...