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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Rail City Garden Center employee Tanner Peckenham waters a batch of of the Sparks business' plants Tuesday afternoon. The garden emporium has been in business for more than 15 years and continues to expand and alter its inventory to fit its customers' needs.
Catering to the ‘do-it-yourselfer’
Business Profile : Rail City Garden Center rolls with changes for more than 15 years
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Tribune photo by John Byrne — Twin City Surplus employees (left to right) Jason Cowles, Patty Montes, Alicia Murillo and Adam Patterson proudly stand outside the local business's home on east Fourth Street.
Featured Business : Twin City Surplus: Some of this, some o...
Featured Business - Twin City Surplus
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Tribune photo by John Byrne -- Rick, Terri and Chase Sanchez (left to right) have high hopes their Pizza Factory franchise will flourish in Spanish Springs. The new family's local business opened in December.
Pizza Factory is new kid on the block
Featured Business — Pizza Factory
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Myke Poston, volunteer coordinator at Esther's Closet, holds up some styles being displayed inside the Sparks women's clothing store Thursday afternoon. The store specializes in aiding homeless women in finding discount clothing and accessories.
Esther's Closet helping homeless women
Featured Business — Esther's Closet
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Declan, 3, flies down one of the inflatable slides at Sparks business Pump It Up.
Pump It Up
Rail City business caters to local families
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Tribune photo by Dan Eckles -- Nancy Calabrese, Food and Beverage Manager at the Resort at RedHawk stands outside David's Grill, a restaurant that has become a major part of the RedHawk Community.
Community Atmosphere
David's Grill: More than just a golf course restaurant; it's part of RedHawk community
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Recycled Rugrats, ‘From one mom to another’
For parents of infants and toddlers, trying to find the right clothing and necessities for their children can be a never-ending guessing-game. That is where resale and consignment boutique ‘Recycled Rugrats’ steps in.
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‘Enjoy your 10 minutes of beach time’
Sparks business getting sweet welcome from community for offering many a tasty treat
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Tribune photo/Garrett Valenzuela Cap’n Games volunteer associate Robbie Carey stands with a display of video game accessories Wednesday at the Sparks business.
Cap’n Games, in it for the kids
Featured Business — Cap'n Games
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Tribune photo by Damian Tromerhauser - Leland Langhans, owner of Greenbrae Trophy Center, engraves an SYFL cheerleading medal at his local shop on Wednesday afternoon.
Community Awards
Featured Business - Greenbrae Trophy
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Tribune photo -- Doctors at Champagne Family Dentistry stand outside their Sparks Boulevard location Wednesday. The family practice has been in Sparks for more than 30 years and continues to support the community they were raised in.
Put a smile on your face
Featured Business — Champagne Family Dentistry
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Tribune photo by Damian Tromerhauser - Marnie Smith, an employee at Amy's Flowers, arranges a bouquet.
Flower Power : East Sparks floral business bringing smiles ...
Featured Business — Amy’s Flowers
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Tribune photo by Dan Eckles - The staff at Isabel’s Bakery (left to right) Debbie Brockhoff, Jessica Thompson, Kalah O’Rear, Renee Padilla and Terry Zenz were all smiles Wednesday while showing off their Halloween cakes.
Have your cake and eat it too!
Featured Business — Isabel’s Bakery
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Drought could produce good wine in Midwest
HERMANN, Mo. — Most of the grapes in Glenn Warnebold’s vineyard in Missouri’s picturesque wine country are about two-thirds of their usual size. Others have been reduced to raisins by the drought that burned up many crops across the Midwest this summer. Yet Warnebold figures it could be a good year with the drought concentrating the fruit’s flavors and sugar, which will turn to alcohol during fermentation. His red Norton and white Chardonel g...
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Stocks down; Fed moves seem less like a sure thing
NEW YORK — Nobody ever said reading the Federal Reserve was easy. On Wednesday, the Fed appeared to suggest it was closer to taking additional steps to help the U.S. economy. Stocks rallied as a result and finished the day well off their lows. But the prospect of Fed help seemed much less certain Thursday, and stocks fell. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 115.30 points to close at 13,057.46 — the biggest loss in more than a month and th...
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US new-home sales rise to match 2-year high
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes in the United States rose 3.6 percent in July to match a two-year high reached in May, the latest sign of a steady recovery in the housing market. The Commerce Department said Thursday that new-home sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 372,000. That’s the same as in May, which was the highest since April 2010. In the past 12 months, sales have jumped 25 percent. Still, the increase is from a histo...
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Chinese company investment in the US supporting American jobs
WASHINGTON — While U.S. presidential candidates talk tough about what they see as China’s unfair trade policies, one fact gets little notice: Chinese companies are investing more than ever in the U.S. and supporting thousands of American jobs. With two separate billion-dollar deals in a struggling chain of movie theaters and in shale oil and gas, as well as other major ventures in the works, investment from China is set to hit record levels i...
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South Point, 2 others approved for online poker
Internet poker sites to be accessible only within the Nevada state bounderies
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US economic recovery is weakest since World War II
WASHINGTON — The recession that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression. Since World War II, 10 U.S. recessions have been followed by a recovery that lasted at least three years. An Associated Press analysis shows that by just about any measure, the one that began in June 2009 is the weakest. The ugliness goes well beyond unemployment, which at 8.3 percent is the highest...
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Michael Phelps again graces Wheaties boxes
NEW YORK (AP) — With another six Olympic medals around his neck, swimmer Michael Phelps is once again touting the breakfast of champions. General Mills Inc. on Thursday unveiled limited-edition boxes of its Wheaties cereal featuring Phelps, who now holds a record 22 Olympic medals. Phelps was last featured on the box after the 2004 Olympics. After the 2008 Olympics, Phelps had jumped ship to a rival Kellogg Co. to grace the boxes of Corn Flak...
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