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Small Business Saturday boosts Spokanes local economy [Video]
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Small Business Saturday boosts Spokanes local economy [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. Small Business Saturday, founded in 2010, encourages shoppers to support small businesses over large chain corporations. In Spokane, one local business is transforming for the holiday season to drive foot traffic and promote year-round success. According to the Small Business Administration, 41% of U.S. adults plan to shop in-person at small businesses,

Quechee businesses hoping for foot traffic boost this holiday season [Video]
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Quechee businesses hoping for foot traffic boost this holiday season [Video]

PAY LATER. LOCAL BUSINESSES ACROSS OUR REGION ARE PREPARING FOR A VERY BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON, KICKING OFF WITH SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY TOMORROW. ONE COMMUNITY SAYS THEY NEED YOUR HELP THIS TIME AROUND. NOW MORE THAN EVER. NBC FIVES JACKSON DOVER WAS IN QUECHEE TODAY WITH WHY SOME SHOP OWNERS SAY THEY ARE HOLDING THEIR BREATH THIS YEAR. A MAJOR BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IN QUECHEE HAS SOME BUSINESS OWNERS WORRIED ABOUT KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. WEVE BEEN BUSY DECORATING AND GETTING ALL EXCITED FOR CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR. THE SHOPS AT THE GORGE VILLAGE ARE TURNING THE TOWN JOLLY AND BRIGHT IN TIME FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, BUT AFTER WHAT SOME SAY WAS AN UNDERPERFORMING FALL, TOURISM SEASON, SHOP OWNERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT EARNINGS. WE HAD A DECLINE IN TRAFFIC. FOOT TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT IS A DIRECT EFFECT THROUGH THE THE BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. THAT BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS JUST UP THE ROAD. NORMALLY A MUST SEE VIEWING POINT FOR TOURISTS. THE QUECHEE GORGE BRIDGE IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND IS DOWN TO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC. WERE HOPING THAT THE WINTER IS NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME. FOLKS SAY CONSTRUCTION JUST CANT WRAP SOON ENOUGH. IM HERE. IM ALIVE. WE NEED HELP. IRIS ANGELINI IS WORKING OFF AN INVESTMENT VISA. SHE SAYS BUSINESS HAS TO GROW FAST SO THAT SHE CAN KEEP RUNNING. WHISPER HILL, A BATH AND BODY WORKS SHOP WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE BRIDGE. SHE SAYS THE THREAT OF HAVING A SHUTTERED DOORS FOR GOOD IS ALWAYS LOOMING IN THE BACK OF HER MIND, BUT BELIEVES THAT THESE SHOPS WILL ALL SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO BE POSITIVE AND I HAVE TO BE STRONG AND STAY STRONG IN MY VALUES, AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING FOR THIS BUSINESS TO BE ALIVE AND TO SUCCEED. BUT ITS DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US. WHILE SOME SHOPS AROUND HERE ARE CLOSED FOR THE WINTER MONTHS, FOLKS ARE REMINDING VISITORS THAT THE MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AND HOPE YOULL CONSIDER STOPPING BY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. SHOP LOCAL, SHOP SMALL AND HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON. NOW THE VERMONT AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THAT THE QUECHEE GORGE BRIDGE WILL BE DOWN TO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC UNTIL AT LEAST THE SPRING OF

Orleans Parish employee arrested misappropriating funds [Video]
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Orleans Parish employee arrested misappropriating funds [Video]

ALERTS TURNED ON. LETS GET BACK NOW TO THAT BREAKING NEWS. WE ARE FOLLOWING THE ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THEY ARE INVESTIGATING SEVERAL SCHEMES AND MULTIPLE FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT ISSUES WITHIN THE AGENCY, AND THIS COMES AS WE LEARN THAT AN LPSO EMPLOYEE WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING. WDSU REPORTER ARIELLE BRUMFIELD IS LIVE WITH MORE ON THIS INVESTIGATION AND THE ARREST THAT WAS MADE TODAY. ARIELLE. WELL, LADY, SHERIFF HUDSON, SHE TELLS US THAT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABUSING AND MISAPPROPRIATING THOSE FUNDS, THEY WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED. AND THE DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY ALREADY TAKING ACTION AGAINST SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE. WE ARE TOLD THAT THAT ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING AND HIS NAME IS KENNETH LAWSON. HE IS A FORMER GRANTS DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE. HE WAS ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE FELONIES, INCLUDING THEFT, BANK FRAUD AND CONTRACT FRAUD. NOW, INVESTIGATORS SAY LAWSON CREATED A FAKE BUSINESS TO MISAPPROPRIATE MORE THAN $75,000 IN GRANT FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE. ALSO BEING INVESTIGATED IS THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF $90,000 FROM THE LPSO INMATE TRUST FUND THAT DEALS WITH FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS. NOW WE ARE TOLD THIS SCHEME INCLUDED FALSIFIED JOURNAL ENTRIES AND ISSUING UNAUTHORIZED CHECK DISBURSEMENTS TO CONCEAL CASH DISCREPANCIES. THESE ACTIONS ARE REPREHENSIBLE AND STAND IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO THE VALUES OF THE ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFFS OFFICE AND THESE FINDINGS REFLECT OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR. AND SHERIFF HUDSON SAYS THEY ALSO ISSUED TWO WARRANTS FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED WHEN WE LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO THEY ARE REPORTING FROM. LPSO. IM A