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FDA Official: Vaping Has ‘Promise Or Peril’

WASHINGTON — There’s been no honeymoon period for the Food and Drug Administration’s new tobacco chief, Brian King, the public health scientist now responsible for regulating the nation’s multibillion-dollar cigarette and vaping industry. The problems facing FDA’s Center for ...

Landmark Restaurant Reopens With New Outdoor Dining Area

The Landmark Restaurant is excited to welcome guests back as it finalize renovations to its outdoor dining space. The restaurant, located at 516 W. 4th St., reopened Friday after being closed due to a staffing shortage during the summer months while the Watermark in Mayville operated. Pati ...

More Consumers Buying Organic, But U.S. Farmers Still Wary

CHURDAN, Iowa — In the 1970s when George Naylor said he wanted to grow organic crops, the idea didn’t go over well. Back then organic crops were an oddity, destined for health food stores or maybe a few farmers markets. “I told my dad I wanted to be an organic farmer and he goes, ...

JCC Adds Five To Faculty

Jamestown Community College welcomes five new full-time faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. Jonathan Blair joins the faculty as an instructor of information technology on the Jamestown Campus. Blair has a master’s degree in computer information technology from Regis ...

Cannabis Sale Boost Projected By Firm

LOS ANGELES — Colorado-based research firm BDSA projects legal marijuana sales in the U.S. will jump 8% this year to $27 billion. Much of the increase is coming from states like Illinois and New Jersey that recently legalized cannabis sales for recreational use, according to BDSA. Those ...

Jamestown Man Opens Wellness Business

Brian Pumford has opened Pearl City Wellness, a new wellness clinic, at 484 Fairmount Ave., Jamestown. Pumford said Pearl City Wellness is now open and he is excited to start working with people who want to lose weight and improve their overall health. Pearl City Wellness was inspired by ...