Two established El Centro businesses celebrated their new homes last week with open houses and ribbon-cutting celebrations.
EL CENTRO – While state and national unemployment percentages continued moving downward in August, Imperial County’s rate remained near its peak for the year.
EL CENTRO — The addition of nearly 1,400 jobs in Imperial County wasn’t enough to prevent a nearly 1.4 percentage point rise in civilian unemployme…
EL CENTRO — A 30 percent increase in farm jobs in May helped push down Imperial County’s unemployment rate slightly from the month prior, a report …
IMPERIAL – Starbucks may be coming to Imperial.
EL CENTRO – Imperial County’s unemployment rate increased slightly in April, while of those of the state and nation held steady, according to the l…
EL CENTRO — As the community has gradually been reopening with the easing of pandemic restrictions, one of the businesses that isn’t coming back is…
SACRAMENTO – Local students aiming for a career as an auto technician have a shot of winning one of four scholarships available to residents of Imp…
EL CENTRO – A somewhat smaller workforce offset the availability of slightly fewer jobs to help drop Imperial County’s unemployment rate in January…
ROCKLIN, Calif. – Continued growth in net income, earning assets and capital combined to make 2020’s pandemic year a successful one financially for…
Benson Farms is a family farming operations in Imperial Valley spanning three generations.
SALINAS -- Church Brothers Farms recently announced it has expanded its product offerings to the foodservice market with a new premium pack of Litt…
YUMA – As part of ongoing efforts to prevent contaminated product from reaching the marketplace, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it…
EL CENTRO – Imperial County’s unemployment rate took a step backward in December, according to data released by the state’s Economic Development De…
IRVINE -- Rocky Hampton, regional manager of business development for LIDCO in Brawley, is among nine individuals selected for the sixth class West…
EL CENTRO – Unemployment rates in Imperial County continued moving in the right direction in November, according to preliminary figures released Fr…
BRAWLEY — Brawley Creamer is dealing with two scoops of adversity: the COVID-19 pandemic and the cooler weather this time of year brings.
EL CENTRO — Wendy Luevano didn’t know what to expect when she unlocked the doors to her store on Saturday. She said it turned out pretty well, all …
EL CENTRO – Pandemic or no, the local unemployment rate in October was actually better than it was at the same time last year, according to figures…
HOLTVILLE — One of Imperial Valley’s most popular pizza joints was honored Oct. 21 when Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, recognized it a…
Dollar General has opened its new store in Holtville at 402 W. Fifth St., the company announced in a release Wednesday. The store is expected to em…
EL CENTRO – Growth in the farm jobs and a slightly smaller local workforce helped drive down Imperial County’s unemployment by a half percentage po…
BRAWLEY — A bill passed unanimously by the state Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday is expected to give an alternativ…
EL CENTRO – Imperial County gained only 200 jobs in August but lost 2,500 workers, leading to a more than four-point improvement in its unemploymen…
IMPERIAL – An agreement between the Mexican Consulate in Calexico and the Imperial Regional Alliance is expected to extend the reach of a program o…
CALEXICO — Las Palmas Swap Meet on Wednesday opened its doors to vendors and the shopping public after being shuttered when COVID-19 prompted restr…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Net farm income nationwide is projected to be up almost 23 percent over last year, according to a report released by the U.S. De…
HOLTVILLE — New businesses and apartment complexes will be coming to this city.
IMPERIAL — For-profit businesses within the city have until Thursday to apply for a grant up to $5,000 from the city’s Economic Stability Coronavir…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday unveiled proposed revisions to three key regulations governing oversight of o…
BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Local entrepreneurs dreaming of landing their U.S.-manufactured products on Walmart’s shelves have a chance to apply during the…
Making planting decisions for fall and winter vegetables is hard enough without a pandemic and ever-changing shutdown orders dimming the crystal ball.
SALINAS — Church Brothers Farms announced Wednesday the introduction sweet varieties of two favorite vegetables.
SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Food and Agriculture has four vacancies on the Feed Inspection Advisory Board Technical Advisory Subcommi…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday approximately $15 million in available funding to help socially disadvantag…
