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For the second time in five years, the Corona Chamber of Commerce has been nominated for a Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award, the annual prize given out by the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship at Cal State San Bernardino. The Corona chamber is one of four Inland organizations nominated in …

A celebration was held Nov. 1 exactly five years to the day that Ontario International broke away from Los Angeles and was taken over by a joint partnership between San Bernardino County and Ontario. The airport’s record since then has been an overwhelming success, even with COVID-19.     Ontario …

Hilda Kennedy, founder and president of AmPac Business Capital in Ontario, is grateful for the Spirit of Entrepreneur awards. AmPac, which arranges start-up loans for small businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration, is one of the Inland Empire businesses nominated this year in the Service-Based Entrepreneur category. Kennedy believes …

During the next two months, all Stater Bros. supermarkets will participate in the company’s annual “Harvesting Hope in Our Community” campaign, which raises money for local and regional food banks. The campaign, which began Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 31, collects donations from shoppers while they’re at the check …

Aha! Airlines, a division of Express Jet Airlines, will begin nonstop service early next year between Palm Springs and Reno, Nev. Starting Jan. 3, the airline will fly three times a week to and from Palm Springs International Airport and Reno-Tahoe International Airport, aha!’s home base, according to a statement. …

Michael Edward Jones feels like 13 years of hard work is finally paying off. In 2008, Jones co-founded Qwiktarp Inc. which makes customized truck bed covers for pick-up trucks and covers for patio furniture. The Palm Springs company has been nominated for a Spirit of the Entrepreneur Award in the Small/Emerging …