With old-time hardware stores dropping like accounting firms, crushed by the sheer size and selection of their big-box brethren, the competition in this category has become decidedly thin.

For my money, the true mark of a Linux power user is the ability to install and configure Gentoo Linux and use it as a daily driver or as a way to breathe life into aging hardware. Gentoo requires ...

Papenhausen Hardware, an 88-year-old retailer in West Portal, is closing permanently by the end of the year. The business survived two fires, most recently in 2018, and three rebuilds. The store ...

"We are passionate about keeping the old hardware store going," she said. "If it will go to the next generation, if it will be continued, we don't know. If it happens that will be wonderful.

The North Branch community is saying goodbye to Daniel Orr Sons Hardware as the fourth-generation family-owned store closes its doors permanently following its 150th anniversary.