The warnings are already being whispered here by economists: An upcoming challenge to our region's growth could well be labor shortages. What does that mean to you? Is your organization perceived as a great place to work? How do you stack up against you

Any public rumblings in the Spokane community that have racial bias at their core-or the appearance of intolerance-stand to stymie efforts to recruit more jobs and visitors to the Spokane market. For that reason and others, an immigration-status initi

It's taken a while to get there, but Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Downtown Spokane Partnership appear to be in a good place, each organization now being led by a former Spokane County commissioner with deep-reaching local roots. Todd Mielke bec

The University of Washington is making good on its commitment to expand medical education in Eastern Washington with its recent partnership with Gonzaga University, and the Spokane-area health care sector, as well as the business community as a whole, sta

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, has posted net margins of $3.2 million for 2015, down 27 percent from $4.4 million in 2014. For the nonprofit co-op, net margins are the equivalent of a for-profit company's net income.

Northwest Farm Credit Services has reported 2015 earnings of $255.6 million, an increase of $27.5 million, or 12 percent, compared with $228.1 million in 2014. The Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative says its higher net income was due mostly