The new Little Black Dress Boutique in northwest Fresno is stocked with a rainbow of formal dresses. But there's something different about this dress shop: Customers can rent or buy their dresses. Read comments

Fresno State engineering and construction management students will showcase projects including a human-powered vehicle, a concrete canoe and an unmanned aerial vehicle at "Engineers at the Mall" at Sierra Vista Mall Feb. 25 and 26. Read comments

Question: When did the W.T. Grant Co. come to Fresno? My late mother, Anne Forth, worked there as a young woman in the early 1940s and made the department store her career, becoming a store manager. Read comments

The Fresno Regional Independent Business Alliance with support from the city of Fresno will launch its Local Business Hero Campaign tonight. Read comments

More than 1.2 million passengers traveled through Fresno Yosemite International Airport last year, bolstered by a restart of direct, nonstop flights to Guadalajara, Mexico, by two airlines. Read comments

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Valley Commerce Bancorp, the Visalia-based parent company of Valley Business Bank, reported a fourth-quarter profit of $793,000, or 25 cents per share, up from $764,000, or 24 cents per share, reported for 2010's fourth quarter. Read comments

Sunwest Fruit Co. in Parlier is among the state's leading suppliers of peaches, plums and nectarines. Now, the privately owned company is being recognized for its environmental efforts. Read comments

Economic indictors for the central San Joaquin Valley dipped in January, foretelling slow or no growth in the region over the next three to six months, according to a monthly survey of business leaders. Read comments

More than 1.2 million passengers traveled through Fresno Yosemite International Airport last year, bolstered by a resumption of direct nonstop flights to Guadalajara, Mexico, by two different airlines. Read comments