About a year-and-a-half has passed since the Gray Fire ravaged the Medical Lake area, and some businesses in the small West Plains city are still struggling because of it.

A new owner is flipping records at 4000 Holes Record Store, the 36-year-old Monroe street music shop in Spokane’s North Central district.

Cone Ventures LLC, which does business as Electric Photoland, is the Journal's 2025 Small Business of the Year.