 Republic has many businesses that line Clark Ave (the main street through town) including Anderson's Grocery, which was established over a hundred years ago.Ferry County Memorial Hospital is the largest employer in the county.Republic experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen "Dfb") with cold winters, warm summers and fairly even precipitation year-round, with a drying trend in summer, though there is a secondary uptick in rainfall from April thru June, unlike in much of the rest of the state.