Disa Kovach took her first soap making class in February through The Eclectic Soul, a private firm in Highland.

For Inland Empire business owners, the Spirit of the Entrepeneur Awards program is commerce’s own Oscars.

Of the roughly 100 applicants that have come in in the past couple of weeks, hoping to take advantage of the city of Banning’s home improvement grants, down payment assistance and homeownership literacy program, one organization that has benefited is Habitat For Humanity of the San Gorgonio …

Mike Taylor predicts that Atwell, the massive master-planned community on the outskirts of Highland Springs Avenue in Banning across from its Altis housing development in Beaumont, will be among the last of such giant projects.

Jon and Meltem Ladd selected a name for their future bakery in Cherry Valley three years before they opened their doors in August.

Sonic Burger Drive-In has broken ground and grading has begun on other businesses set to open in the Centerpointe shopping center at Highland Springs Avenue and Second Street.

Burgeson’s Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc., recently received the 2017 Lennox® Partner of Year Award and the Dave Lennox Signature Collection Sales Award for the Los Angeles region from Lennox Industries, an international heating and air conditioning equipment manufacturer.

A hydroponics supplier to the cannabis industry that Banning Mayor Pro tem Don Peterson’s security firm serves, initially encountered a situation when it came to disposing of marijuana waste.

Banning has dropped requirements for new business owners to pay for certain permits in order to open businesses and put up signs.

Once traffic passes the intersection of Ramsey Street and San Gorgonio Avenue in Banning, the “vibe” gets a bit lethargic, with Brew Rebellion doing its best to hold up excitement on the other side of the Oddfellows Building, long after Russo’s Haven bistro and the Banning Art Gallery have c…

Morongo is raising the bar for dining and cocktails with the opening of its distinctive new sports lounge at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon.

Dignitaries and restaurant executives helped tribal leaders from the Morongo Band of Mission Indians break ground Monday on a new commercial suites complex along Interstate 10 on the Morongo Indian Reservation. 

Brew Rebellion has every reason to toast the Republican-sponsored tax reform bill passed last month.

The city has posted a video about taking control of the Banning Business Center, the long-abandoned complex on Lincoln Street that has been plagued by homeless transients and fires for a decade.

The city has posted a video about taking control of the Banning Business Center, the long-abandoned complex on Lincoln Street that has been plagued by homeless transients and fires for a decade.

Tabatha Zamora is sweet on life.

Beaver Medical Group announced last week it will offer medical services at two new facilities, one in Banning and one in Beaumont, starting in 2019.

The City Council last week balked at a planned urban development in northeast Banning.

The Banning IHOP and Beaumont’s Applebee’s are not in any danger of closing.

For over 60 years, the Calimesa Country Club has been a pivotal and popular hub for the community. Calimesa Country Club owner Charles Rollins is entertaining new ideas for the future of the golf course.

Taki’s Greek Kitchen, hosted inside The Spice Rack in Beaumont, opened for business on July 11. Owners Julie and Richard Torres, along with Julie’s sister, Linda Saenz, were on hand to greet my husband and me when we stopped in for dinner at their invitation late last month.

It’s barely 3 p.m. on a Monday, at Brew Rebellion in Banning.

Diego Rose and Bianca Figueroa saw a good opportunity to own their first restaurant together when they learned that long-time favorite, Marla’s, was for sale in Beaumont.

The Hung-ry Jury Café informed its supporters that it has closed the restaurant that catered to adventurous Yelpers and loyal customers that included a number of Banning city employees.

June 2 was an auspicious date for a couple of commercial entities in Banning.

That day marked the beginning of the end of business as we know it for Aaron’s furniture store, and the announcement by Bank of America that it was closing its Banning location.

Brew Rebellion is an anomaly in the microbrewery industry, particularly in its relationship to the city of Banning: unlike in other cities, where zoning usually does not allow for microbreweries downtown, the craft beer maker is smack in the middle of Banning’s downtown district.

The Grand Oak Steakhouse changed its name this week to The Grand Oak Farm to Table and also is changing its menu, offering organic food grown at Highland Springs Resort, and wild game such as venison, rabbits and quail.

A band of brothers (and their father) have opened up their latest store, this time, in Banning.

Sun Lakes Realty owners Larry and Cheri McRae recently finalized the sale of their family’s real estate business in Banning.

According to the City of Banning’s quarterly newsletter, a 7,964 square foot retail building next to Carl’s Jr. in the Sun Lakes Village Shopping Center will accommodate three new stores – Chipotle, Mattress Firm and T-Mobile – which will be coming in the second quarter of 2017.