A prominent West Plains business owner is organizing opposition to a $130-million development proposed just west of Airway Heights by the Spokane Tribe of Indians. Irv Zakheim, president and CEO of dinnerware designer and manufacturer Zak Inc.,

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office says it has made draft master plan updates that would trim 592 inmate beds and $66 million off previous size and cost estimates for a detention-services project designed to meet its needs over the next 25 Office

Some Spokane-area printers are changing their business models and expanding the services they offer as part of an effort to offset a general downturn in the industry over the past two years due to the recession and a trend toward digital some are a

Overall property values in Spokane County, as assessed by the Spokane County Assessor's Office, declined last year for the first time since 1983. Property owners might not see a drop in taxes as a result, however, since the average property tax is

The way Bob Beatty sees it, Whitworth University's School of Global Commerce and Management is known, but not well known, in the Spokane-area business community. Because of that, his vision is for greater visibility and more interaction between