Business brings living wages to Wallow County
JOSEPH â Rick LaFave is bringing to Wallowa County something many have noted the county sorely needs â jobs that pay a living wage to as many as 25 people. His Renaissance Design Fabrication & Powder Coating company is slated to open at the end of Russell Lane just outside of Joseph about May 20, he said on Wednesday, May 5. âIâm not going to base the wages on what they are in Wallowa County,â he said. âMy wages are going to be based on what my company does as a whole. So if I have a welder/fabricator making, say, $22 an hour over in Forest Grove doing the same j...