To meet Suze Riley is to meet a personality as bold as the dark roast coffee she proudly, passionately and meticulously roasts and retails from her small, but state-of-the-art facility in Maupin, OR.

Wasco County Commissioners have received a notice of intent to build an ambitious 8,075 acre, 800 megawatt solar project, valued at over $1 billion, called Yellow Rosebush Energy Center.

Get a sneak peek at the upcoming Wasco County Commission Meeting without having to read through 567 pages of an agenda. Topics for this week’s meeting include a Coordinated Homeless Response Pilot Program, the Expunction of Juvenile Records, Maupin and Dufur Land Purchases, the unveiling of a new plan for County transit and more.

Michael Whitaker, 26, of Maupin gets a pretty decent view on his way to work most days, like this one, Tuesday, March 2. Nothing like the Deschutes River to lift your spirits. It appears that March is coming in like a lamb. Get out and enjoy.