Alan Lesher, president and CEO of the YMCA of the Inland Northwest, will retire from his role at the end of the month after a 16-year tenure with the nonprofit organization. 

The current owners of the Sunshine Mine complex, near Kellogg, Idaho, are working on a plan to reopen the mine in about five years and eventually employ about 250 miners.

The Journal of Business hosted Spokane Dutch Bros. CEO Kevin Parker for its most recent Elevating The Conversation podcast.

The Franklin Park Shopping Center property that holds the former Burlington Coat Factory building and the neighboring Rite Aid store was sold for $10.2 million last month.

The city of Rathdrum is developing a new $15 million City Hall that will combine municipal departments under one roof and anchor a 30-acre community campus.

DoubleTree by Hilton Spokane City Center hotel was purchased for $35 million in December by Spokane Hotel LLC.

Olympia, Washington-based Heritage Bank is expanding with a new commercial banking team in Spokane that will serve the greater Inland Northwest market.

A centuries-old approach to wealth management, dubbed the family office, is gaining traction once again, due to a growing demographic of highly affluent families in the market.

A student-run Gesa Credit Union branch opened earlier this month at Ridgeline High School, in Liberty Lake.

The need for cardiovascular care is growing, and the planned renovation of Providence Heart Institute is expected to help meet that demand.

Demand for addiction treatment and recovery services has reached a critical level at Spokane Falls Recovery Center, prompting a major expansion project at the company's campus in North Spokane.

Whitworth University has received a $3.4 million grant to establish a new program to address critical mental health needs of students in rural communities and refugee and immigrant students in Spokane County schools.