Weekly business rail, with tips for busy consumers, BBB watch on senior citizen scams and more.

Executive Director of the Waynesville-St. Robert Chamber of Commerce

Now that the Pulaski County Sewer District has won the five-year-old lawsuit with the city of Waynesville, what lies ahead?

Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on buying “toys,” military investing and financing a small business.

Retirees and workers have differing views of how to invest and draw income from their assets. Retirees typically share a few major issues in common. They don't like losses. They are afraid of running out of money. They are reluctant to learn new things or change their vision of what they should do with their money.

The court has settled the first lawsuit between the Pulaski County Sewer District and the city of Waynesville, siding with the Sewer District in territorial issues.

Some vehicles just catch your eye, like the new Nissan Juke, which seemed to draw a crowd wherever we went during a recent drive around Vancouver.

Jason Klemp, lawn care manager at Barcellos and Kane Landscape Management in Hingham, Mass., says late summer and early fall are the best times for seeding a lawn.

While going out is rarely on the schedule these days, there’s a way to feel like we’re being social and having fun, even when budgets are tight. Stay home. Here are some tips for great times at home on the cheap.

Weekly auto rail, with tractor-safety tips, Car Q&A with Junior Damato and more.

The Pulaski County Health Department is seeking an adoption of a new ordinance to give them more tools to help protect the public.

St. Robert city leaders convened in a specially called session Wednesday to establish a tax rate of 1 percent on tangible property, which passed unanimously, 6-0.

You are not only the manager of your group, you’re also its leader, primary advocate, mood setter, chief bottle washer and of course its chief decision maker. That said, feel free to get input from your staff and/or other knowledgeable parties, but at the end of the day, the decision is yours and yours alone. In fact, if you try to be too nice and leave every decision to a department vote, you will be viewed as indecisive, weak, ineffective and an obstacle to getting things done.

I have a 2001 G Mercury L.S., a nice car, and I take good care of it. I’m an older gent, past 87, so don’t put a lot of miles on it (it has 80,750 miles). Today, Aug. 10, they are installing the fifth or sixth power brake booster on it. No one seems to know why it starts to squeak a lot when you apply the brake! I thank you for your time.

Weekly business rail, with job-interview tips, a BBB warning about deceptive auto loan modification offers and more.

Cities select Cape Air; now it’s up to federal officials.

The traditional wisdom on Wall Street is to make wise investments and hold them for the long term. Most of those same advocates would claim that 10 years is generally considered long term. For those who did buy and hold for the first decade of this millennium, the results weren't too rewarding.

Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on son living with parents and keeping college costs in check.

The Airport Committee’s nomination to be the next airline carrier to  jointly serve Fort Leonard Wood, Waynesville and St. Robert is Cape Air.