Eight months ago it looked like the end was near for Altrec.com, a tiny Eastside online retailer of outdoor gear. Venture capital funding dried up. Staffing levels were cut by more than 40 percent.

How one vice president at Altrec.com helped save the company by downsizing his own job. A layoff saga with a hopeful twist. Perhaps the only thing worse than getting the ax is wielding the ax … over ...

Great Outdoors, the new brick-and-mortar store of Redmond-based outdoor gear retailer Altrec.com, will open Oct. 7 in Bend. The store will sell first-line gear, as well as additional product lines not ...