Portland-based food distributor and warehouse market Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice is erecting its first North Idaho store in Coeur d'Alene. Cash&Carry obtained a building permit to erect the $1.8 million building in mid-December and hopes to open the C

While Spokane-based Gold Reserve Inc. reached a settlement last August with Venezuela on a $777 million judgment, the South American country since then has had to restructure the agreement and now has missed two payments to the Spokane-based company. Mos

Better Spokane, a young organization developed by a handful of Spokane-area businesspeople to focus on business issues and economic development, has hired Michael Cathcart as its first executive director. Cathcart previously worked as the Spokane Home B

Bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington and North Idaho have declined for the sixth straight year. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court's Eastern District of Washington reported a total of 3,986 filings in 2016, down from 4,219 in 2015, a decrease of nearly 6 p

Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced today that he has approved Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's $1.8 billion acquisition of Group Health Cooperative. Kaiser had filed its application to buy Group Health last March after the

Fairchild Air Force Base isn't a contender to receive a KC-46A tanker fleet, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a press release this morning. Murray said the U.S. Air Force has told congressional leaders that Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, i

Demand Energy Networks Inc., the Liberty Lake-based energy storage company, announced this afternoon that it has been acquired by Enel Green Power North America Inc., the renewables subsidiary of Rome-based Enel S.p.A. Enel Green Power operates more th

Eleven business and organization leaders gaze into the future to predict how their sectors and the Spokane area will transform in the years to come.

As the regional destination marketing organization, Visit Spokane concentrates on attracting meetings and conventions as well as leisure travelers to Spokane. Over the next few years, we will focus on building a strong image for Spokane through a regiona

The school board and I are constantly considering what the future holds for the Spokane Public Schools community. Quality schools with excellent educators and well-maintained facilities to ensure students have every opportunity to reach their full potenti