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More salons and spas are switching to sustainable practices and organic products

Spas and salons, once sinkholes of waste in energy, water, packaging and laundry, are moving into the green-sustainable world — and have a new book by Ashlander Shelly Lotz to guide them.

'Hiring our Heroes' - 05/20/2013
Medford resident Kyle Tuttle knows it's unlikely he will be able to roll over his U.S. Army job into the civilian world.
Sustainability is key at new Brammo site - 05/11/2013
TALENT — Electric vehicle builder Brammo Inc.
Rogue Valley part-time hiring sees promising upswing - 05/06/2013
Temporary hiring is considered a leading indicator of job growth or decline.
Beans and brews - 05/04/2013
Something was brewing when the owners of GoodBean and Caldera got together Monday morning.
Valley View Winery looks to the future - 04/29/2013
RUCH — There was a bit of mental foot dragging, but in the end Mark Wisnovsky did what he had to do.
In the zone - 04/25/2013
Ashland has three new enterprise zones that will give property-tax exemptions to businesses that build facilities there and add new jobs.
County delays decision on asphalt plant in Talent - 04/24/2013
TALENT — A deadline extension for a final county decision on a permit for a controversial asphalt plant's continued operation may allow time to...
State program pays workers what they're owed - 04/22/2013
Some former employees of Old Farmhouse restaurants who were owed a paycheck when the chain's five locations were shuttered on Feb.
What paying off your mortgage (or not) means to your retirement - 04/15/2013
Conventional wisdom says you need 70 percent of pre-retirement income to keep the same lifestyle after you stop working.
Housing investors pick up market slack - 04/15/2013
Invitation Homes bought one of its first fixer-uppers in the San Fernando Valley just last May, a three-bedroom steps from a sought-after school in...
The cost of efficiency - 04/11/2013
WESTFIELD, Mass. — The envelope factory where Lisa Weber works is hot and noisy.
Film festival boosts businesses - 04/10/2013
The five-day Ashland Independent Film Festival had movie buffs flocking to theaters — and also local businesses.
Proposed rental-car shop at Medford airport aims for efficiency - 04/08/2013
The Medford airport is planning to build a seven-bay light maintenance shop to handle work for the five rental-car companies based there.
Council adopts conservation, business goals - 04/08/2013
The Ashland City Council has adopted aggressive goals to increase the number of Internet businesses by 50 percent and to cut water and electricity...