Feb. 25 / Ambassadors executives step downAmbassadors Group Inc., the Spokane-based educational travel-program provider, said top company executives Jeffrey and Margaret Thomas have resigned. Jeffrey Thomas had been the company's president and a

Fifth Jacob's serves java on South HillJacob's Java LLC has opened its fifth drive-through coffee outlet in a newly constructed structure at the northeast corner of 17th Avenue and Ray Street, on Spokane's South Hill, says Scott Jacob, who owns

Davenport-based contractor Halme Construction Inc. is the apparent low bidder on a street-improvement project along Francis Avenue between Crestline and Haven streets, says city of Spokane spokeswoman Marlene Feist.Halme submitted a $1.1 million

Rosa's Pizza has leased 1,300 square feet of floor space at 3422 N. Division, where it plans to open its third pizza restaurant in March, says owner Brad Barsness, who opened the flagship Rosa's Pizza restaurant in Cheney in 1990.The restaurant

It's easy enough to come down hard on Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan for putting his name to a fundraising letter that called Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee a "lying whore." Everybody from his fellow city council members to Spokesman-Review a

The Spokane Regional Transportation Council is slated to add $5.5 million in projects to its 2013-2016 transportation improvement program, pending board approval next month, says SRTC spokeswoman Staci Lehman.The 13 proposed projects, which are

Spokane Public Schools is expected to conduct an early round of hiring starting March 1 to fill 51 full-time teaching positions for the next academic year, says Tennille Jeffries-Simmons, chief human resources officer for the district.The are in

The Washington state Supreme Court has found in a 5-4 ruling that Providence Health Care improperly terminated an employee here under provisions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.Dissenting Supreme Court justices contended that the of

Spokane Teachers Credit Union, of Liberty Lake, has reported 2012 net income of $21.8 million, up 14 percent compared with income of $19.1 million in 2011. Bill Before, STCU's chief financial officer, says a $1.6 million decrease in the credit a