Spokane-based nonprofit Inland Northwest Land Conservancy has secured a conservation easement along the foothills of Mica Peak in North Idaho that add 300 acres of natural area, known as Quail Haven, to the more than 30,000 acres of land the organization currently protects.

Residents of the small unincorporated rural community of Elk, in northern Spokane County, will soon have new boarding accommodations for their furry companions with the opening of Creekside Pet Lodge LLC, says owner and operating manager Alaina Hull.

A regional airline is introducing a new weekday commercial air service allowing businesspeople and other commuters to travel between between Felts Field, in Spokane, and Boeing Field, in Seattle in just 2 1/2 hours.

Slate Dental Inc. has grown its operations from a South Hill garage just two years ago to launching its mini dental flosser product in 844 Target Corp. stores nationwide, marking a significant retail milestone for the Spokane-based dental-technology company.

Eastern Washington University is preparing to replace a long-dormant residence hall on its Cheney campus with a new, larger student housing facility at 106 N. Ninth.

Craft3, a nonprofit community lender that helps finance projects in underserved communities, is planning to invest between $25 million and $30 million in the Inland Northwest following an $80 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation.

Dallas-based Sunflower Bank N.A. has consolidated two Spokane branches into one new licensed depository branch and is expanding into North Idaho with the opening of a new loan production office in Coeur d’Alene to meet high demand in the Inland Northwest region.  

For most business owners in the Pacific Northwest, succession planning lives somewhere between "eventually" and "when the time comes." It sits on a list alongside other distant concerns, comfortably deferred while the immediate demands of running the business take priority.