The workers at Spokane-based Avista Corp. and the region's other power companies deserve praise for their efforts to restore power after the historic Nov. 17 windstorm that left more than 200,000 customers without electricity. On the early morning of

The news is full of organized protests demanding a $15 minimum wage. Several cities across the nation have passed or are considering big hikes in their minimum wage. SeaTac was the first in our state to pass the $15 minimum wage, followed by Seattle and

Construction of a new, 7,000-square-foot physical therapy clinic is slated to start next spring on Spokane's South Hill and to be completed that summer, says the project's architect. Shane Mercier, owner of Mercier Architecture & Planning, has desig

Quality K2R LLC, of, Spokane, which is owned by builder Greg Kuntz and his wife, Celeste, is developing a $1.5 million apartment building, named A Stones Throw Townhouses, at 815 E. Sharp, in Spokane's University District. Greg Kuntz says the building

Kevin Parker, co-owner GTG Ventures LLC, which operates the Spokane-area Dutch Bros. Coffee franchise, says an affiliated company has bought a 6,600-square-foot building north of downtown and has set up a central office for the franchise there. A handful

A U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has ruled in favor of Spokane-based Gold Reserve Inc., as the company continues a lengthy battle to try to secure payment of a $760 million award owed to it by the Venezuelan government. Gold Reserve executives

The City of Post Falls has started work on a $14.8 million upgrade project at its wastewater treatment plant, says Andrew Arbini, the city's utilities project manager. The project includes constructing a new headworks facility, two equalization tanks,