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Walter Smith cuts hair in his shop.

First licensed Black barber in Vancouver remembered as pioneer

Walter Smith cuts hair in his shop.

July 30, 2024, 6:06am Business

The man who battled racism to become Vancouver’s first licensed Black barber died this month and will be grieved today. Read story

Fort Vancouver Assisted Living is being proposed as a 48-bed drug treatment center for adults. A hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 20.

Fort Vancouver Assisted Living may close; a drug treatment center could open in its place

Fort Vancouver Assisted Living is being proposed as a 48-bed drug treatment center for adults. A hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 20.

July 30, 2024, 6:05am Business

The future of Fort Vancouver Assisted Living is uncertain because the building might be repurposed as a drug treatment center. Read story

USDA moves to limit salmonella in raw poultry

July 29, 2024, 4:47pm Business

The Agriculture Department on Monday announced plans to limit salmonella in poultry products in the U.S., a proposal that officials say will keep contaminated meat off store shelves and lead to fewer illnesses. Read story

The Vancouver Round Table Pizza has been fined for unlawfully keeping a portion of tips earned by workers., according to he U.S.

Round Table Pizza in VanMall neighborhood pays almost $158,000 in restitution, fines after splitting tips with managers

The Vancouver Round Table Pizza has been fined for unlawfully keeping a portion of tips earned by workers., according to he U.S.

July 29, 2024, 3:53pm Business

The U.S. Department of Labor recovered around $129,000 in tips and damages from the owner of Round Table Pizza at 5016 N.E. Thurston Way in the VanMall neighborhood, the department announced Monday. The restaurant was also hit with a $28,548 penalty. Read story

FILE - The New York Stock Exchange is shown on July 16, 2024, in New York. Shares have fallen in Asia on Friday, July 19, 2024, after a broad washout across Wall Street dragged U.S. stocks lower.

Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to a mixed finish ahead of a frenetic week

FILE - The New York Stock Exchange is shown on July 16, 2024, in New York. Shares have fallen in Asia on Friday, July 19, 2024, after a broad washout across Wall Street dragged U.S. stocks lower.

July 29, 2024, 1:43pm Business

U.S. stock indexes drifted to a mixed finish Monday to kick off a week full of earnings reports from Wall Street’s most influential companies and a Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates. Read story

FILE - Wayne LaPierre, former CEO of the National Rifle Association walks in the hallway at civil court in New York, Monday, July 15, 2024.

Former NRA chief says appointing a financial monitor would be ‘putting a knife’ into the gun group

FILE - Wayne LaPierre, former CEO of the National Rifle Association walks in the hallway at civil court in New York, Monday, July 15, 2024.

July 29, 2024, 1:13pm Business

The former head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, told a New York judge on Monday that the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the gun rights group’s finances would be “equivalent to putting a knife straight through the heart of the organization and twisting it.” Read story

FILE - Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks in front of American flags during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in honor of &quot;Rosie the Riveter&quot;, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to only purchase American flags completely manufactured in the U.S.  Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic.

American flags should be born in the USA now, too, Congress says

FILE - Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks in front of American flags during the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in honor of &quot;Rosie the Riveter&quot;, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has passed a proposal to require the federal government to only purchase American flags completely manufactured in the U.S.  Supporters of the proposal, led by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, said the change is more than just symbolic.

July 29, 2024, 1:11pm Business

Soon, Old Glory will have to be born in the land of the free and not merely flying over it. Read story

FILE - McDonald&rsquo;s restaurant signs are shown in in East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 9, 2023. McDonald&rsquo;s reports earning on Monday, July 29, 2024.(AP Photo/Gene J.