The city of Spokane and the unions that represent most of its employees took a step in the right direction when they made adjustments to the retirement-pension plan in an effort to make it more sustainable, rather than simply dumping more taxpayer money i

Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, reported this morning a second-quarter net loss of $14.5 million, or 4 cents a diluted share, compared with a loss of $24.9 million, or 8 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Hecla said in a press release it

Spokane-based Graham Construc-tion & Management Inc. has been awarded two construction projects-one in Prosser, Wash., for Washington State University and another at Spokane International Airport-with a combined value of $5.3 million, says Brian Holec

The Post Falls Urban Renewal Agency has awarded Spokane Valley-based concrete contractor Cameron-Reilly LLC a $2 million contract for the district's Spokane Street Revitalization Project in the central north-south corridor of the city. Work on the proj

In Spokane, we don't often afford ourselves the privilege of self-congratulation. Too many challenges remain unsolved, we say. Not enough of whatever attracts us to larger cities, or smaller ones, we whine. And what about those potholes? That thought r

Spokane accounting consultant firm Business Cents LLC owner Steffanie Anderson has purchased a 3,200-square-foot building at 23 N. Napa in the East Central neighborhood and will be moving the business there on Aug. 1, says company spokeswoman Makenzi Rell

Josh Hissong, co-owner of Spokane architectural firm Hurtado |Hissong Design Group (HDG) LLC, says he and three others-Armando Hurtado, Hissong's partner at HDG, Matt Goodwin, and John Wells-plan to open a downtown restaurant called Burger-Lab. The