With the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in recent years, Omniscia Health Inc., which does business as Omniscia AI, has expanded beyond its health care roots and landed customers in the financial services and sports sectors, positioning the Colbert-based startup for scaled growth this year, says CEO Brandon Tanner.

After nearly 32 years under the leadership of Ira and Susan Amstadter, Spokane-based A.I.S. Inc., which operates as Express Employment Professionals, has been purchased by their daughter Beverly Amstadter, who took over operations in at the end of the year.

Random-access memory, or RAM, components essential in consumer and commercial computers have tripled or even quadrupled in price since early 2025 due to an explosion of artificial intelligence data center construction across the country, and local computer supply and information technology companies are feeling the squeeze.

Five months following the opening of JamPod, a music rehearsal space at 2012 E. Sprague, Spokane entrepreneur Charlie Lindsley is expanding the business with the launch of a new indoor market at the East Central venue.

Missoula, Montana-based Tagliare Delicatessen, an award-winning Italian deli known for its classic rock-themed sandwiches and house-made sauces, will open its third location — the company's first in Washington state — in February.

The first phase of a $42 million modernization project at Providence Heart Institute is now underway.

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Spokane-based Responders Emergency Services Credit Union is planning for additional growth into areas south of the Idaho Panhandle this year, after opening their first Idaho branch in 2024.

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The Spokane economy continues to emerge from a challenging post-pandemic recovery and a complicated past year. While interest rates and tariffs impacted plans for development and growth in 2025, Spokane's downtown continued to make progress, and the business community has proven resilient.