Connected Health Care for the Klamath Basin
If you live anywhere in Klamath County, you’re probably familiar with Sky Lakes Medical Center. If you’re lucky, you may have been born there. Sky Lakes is the only hospital in the Klamath Basin and the primary hospital for 10,000 square miles of Oregon and California. Sky Lakes performs everything from major surgeries to regular …
Purifying the World’s Water from the Shadow of Mount Shasta
In the idyllic Shasta Valley, on the other side of Butcher Hill from Yreka, California, a nondescript warehouse building houses one of the most advanced water filtration companies in the world: Ozotech. “We like it here in Yreka,” Ozotech President Steve Christiansen says with a wink. “We can keep our technology safe because nobody can …
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Live Streaming From the Heart of the Community
Country For The Community No matter what kind of music you love, you’ve probably listened to KLAD-FM 92.5, “Oregon’s country giant.” They’ll tell you they’re more than just a country station, and they’re right. “People who don’t listen to country music listen to KLAD just to find out what’s going on in the community,” says Rob Siems, host of …
To Connect and Serve
Eyes on Yreka Yreka Police Chief Brian Bowles’ job includes many responsibilities that keep him stuck in the office most of the day: paperwork, phone calls, meetings and planning for an upcoming move to replace the historic-but-cramped Yreka police station. But don’t think that the chief isn’t keeping a close watch on Yreka. “As you …
A Vision for Success in the Klamath Basin
Cultivating the Talent of a Community Justin Sparks might seem an unusual candidate for director of operations of the biggest eye center in the Klamath Basin; he comes from a background as a contractor and he has 20/20 vision. But when the Klamath Eye Center hired Sparks to do some construction projects back in 2004, …
Connecting a Community
A Reboot for City Hall The City of Yreka provides many of the essential services residents need, like water and sewer, and they rely on cloud-based software. But before City of Yreka switched to Cal-Ore Fiber, city staffers could hardly depend on their internet signal. “We used to have wireless antennas on a tank up on …
Karuk Tribe – Better Connected Than Ever Before
A Connected Community The Karuk Tribe relies on technology in more ways than one — and it has certainly made life easier for its members in Happy Camp, Yreka and Orleans, California. The word Káruk means “upriver people,” referring to the indigenous groups who have lived in small villages along the Klamath River for thousands …
Working Overtime to Cover Klamath Falls
A History Rooted in Klamath Midland Empire Insurance has been a fixture in the Klamath Falls community for more than 75 years. Clem and Sylvia Lesueur acquired the agency in 1958, and it still remains in the family. Today, their son Lance and his wife Bernice co-own the agency, providing five types of insurance to …
The Internet of Things – Promoting Communities
Promoting Communities Randy Shaw, owner of Coldwell Banker Holman Premier Realty, says a real estate company’s inherent objective is to promote its community. That’s not difficult to do when you work in a place as great as Klamath Falls. Randy and his team of local real estate professionals have sold diverse properties in the Klamath …
All in the Family: How a Bulk Fuel Company Has Grown its Business
Fueling Communications If you drive a vehicle, run a business or operate machinery in Southern Oregon or Northern California, chances are you’ve run across Ed Staub & Sons and Ed’s Trucking. The company started more than 50 years ago when Ed Staub bought a Chevron bulk plant in Alturas, California. Over the years, through hard work and old-fashioned …
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