When Beau Burdett visited the Inland Northwest in June to check out Kirishian Imports, a Spokane-based rug retailer and cleaner he was considering purchasing, what he found scared him — in a good way.

At least $577 million in Spokane County manufacturing facility investments, developments, and expansions are planned, underway, or have wrapped up since July by major regional employers including Kaiser Aluminum Corp., Jubilant HollisterStier LLC, and Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.

A new Midwest Motor Express Inc. truck dock is being planned in Spokane's Hillyard neighborhood, according to a State Environmental Policy Act application filed earlier this month.

Glyciome LLC, a biotech startup developing microbiome-based genital health products, has moved a major portion of its federally funded clinical trials away from Harvard Medical School and into the Inland Northwest.

Nearly 40 years since Spokane’s Momentum ’87 initiative rallied civic and business leaders around shared economic goals, a new generation of leaders is reviving that spirit, this time with innovation at its center. 

A new Trader Joe’s grocery store is under consideration at a former Shopko building in Spokane Valley, at 13414 E. Sprague.

Liberty Lake-based utility-technology company Itron Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Locusview Ltd. and its subsidiaries, a privately held utility-focused software and services company with headquarters located in Chicago and Israel, for $525 million.

A permit application for a new Topgolf facility, full-service restaurant, and bar in Liberty Lake has been filed this month by developers known for their work on other Topgolf locations around the country.

Aloha Vintage Mercantile LLC has reached full vendor capacity a month after opening its doors to the public at the Trent & Argonne Plaza, in Spokane Valley.