From the Idaho Business Review When Finia Dinh was just months old, her parents and her four older siblings embarked on a journey from Vietnam to the United States in search of a better life. Though her family didn’t speak English and had little money, they left the rest of their family behind and began…
From the Las Vegas Optic With the restoration of another historic building on Railroad Avenue nearing completion, it could soon feel a bit like 1898 again in Las Vegas, N.M. Work on the Rawlins Building — a National Register of Historic Places structure — is nearly done, and once completed, it will operate much like…
From the Las Vegas Optic Sheriff Walt Longmire sits in his office overlooking Durant, Wyoming. Down the street, Max Evans, an alien, kisses Liz Ortecho, a human, outside the Crashdown Cafe. On the other side of the river, Llewelyn Moss and Anton Chigurh exchange gunfire in the streets. All of these things happened, separately of…
Originally published in Destinations, a special publication of the Las Vegas Optic. Read the full story on the Optic’s website by clicking here.
From the Idaho Business Review As President and CEO of the Treasure Valley Family YMCA, David Duro is well positioned to see positive changes in the world every day. He’s also leading the charge for that change. “Our YMCA will change the world,” he says. “We envision a community where all children can reach their…
From the Idaho Business Review Paris Cole believes people flourish when given the opportunity and flexibility to do their best work. For Cole, this means hiring the best people and giving them the freedom to succeed by not micromanaging them. At the core of his management style is the Golden Rule: treating people the way…
From the Las Vegas Optic Fans of the Robertson High School Cardinals have likely heard “Fly with the Birds,” a hip-hop song written and performed by RHS seniors Andres Garcia and Jake Gamel. It’s been played at several Robertson sporting events, and the duo has even performed the song live for fellow students. Garcia and…
From the Las Vegas Optic Walk through the doors of Popular Dry Goods and you’re instantly transported back in time. That’s what customers tell Brenda Manning, one of the managers of the longstanding western wear store on Bridge Street. You walk in, you smell the leather, and you just step back in time,” she said.…
From the Idaho Business Review One of the first things Josh Miles learned at Oregon State University was that he didn’t want to be an accountant. “I took my accounting courses and recognized that I hated that,” Miles says. “But then I took a finance course and it totally lit me on fire. I just…
From the Idaho Business Review For over three and a half years now, Reed Brimhall has been the Chief Financial Officer for Scentsy, Inc. But the journey that brought him to the Meridian-based fragrance product manufacturer began in the 1970s. “It’s an old story,” Brimhall says. “My dad was an accountant, and I actually had…
