Desiree Schatz gathers food from God's Food Pantry while working the phones for the Set Free Christian Fellowship. It's one of two jobs that help her pay for subsidized housing at Rogue Retreat, one of several organizations that say they're overwhelmed with the need for housing and shelter in the Rogue Valley. - Bob Pennell

The Rogue Creamery in Central Point is Oregon's first recognized Benefit Corporation. Oregon ranks second in the number of B corporations, both relative to population and relative to the total number of businesses in the state. - Jamie Lusch

Carlyle, left, and Michael Stout pause for a photo at the summit of Soda Mountain. Photo by Carlyle Stout

Michael Stout holds Estrella during a recent snowshoe trip along the Pacific Crest Trail to Soda Mountain. Photo by Carlyle Stout

Assistant Manager Stephanie Chapman steps into the newly rebuilt Barney's Burgers, which will reopen next week, nearly seven months after being gutted by a fire apparently started by a burglar. - Bob Pennell

John Abbate of Medford, who works with On the Spot Landscaping, lays sod Tuesday at Liberty Park in Medford. - Jamie Lusch

Dennis Rawls has owned Hughes Lumber Co. for 29 years. - Jamie Lusch

Mount Shasta and Irongate Reservoir are visible from Soda Mountain during a snowshoe trek. Photo by Carlyle Stout

Rogue Creamery and other B corporations will have charters that allow them to pursue a wider range of goals than merely short-term profits. - MT file photo

An honor guard provides an escort for Marine Corps Sgt. Charley Linville, who lost the lower part of his right leg to a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. - Jamie Lusch

A view of Mount McLoughlin from the Soda Mountain summit. Photo by Carlyle Stout

Fidel Aguirre, 23, and Rosa Torres, 21, of Central Point, share a moment Wednesday with their daughter Sophia at the Rogue Valley Medical Birthing Center in Medford. Sophia was the first baby of 2014 in Jackson County. - Jamie Lusch

A video camera caught this image of a man armed with a handgun who robbed Radio Shack store in Medford Monday night.

Marguerita Turkow, 80, a volunteer listener, chats with Henry Kneebone, 92, at Ashland's Senior Center. - Jamie Lusch