Spokane-based companies Sonderen Packaging Inc. and Inland Empire Paper Co. have begun a recycling partnership in which the paper maker is buying the packaging company’s manufacturing waste.

Fortune Design & Development LLC is seeking environmental approval for a proposed five-story, 259-unit apartment project at a vacant 5.5-acre site in Spokane Valley.

Site work has begun on a 107-unit multifamily complex at 6020 E. Fourth, in Spokane Valley, says Spokane developer Jordan Tampien.

Permit activity is trending upward this year in Hayden, a building trends report with data through September shows.

The Journal recently sat down with Frontier Behavioral Health CEO Kellie Miller to discuss how she plans to lead the organization during this transition, what lessons she learned from late CEO Jeff Thomas that she hopes to continue, and how she came to work in health care administration.

A former Brooklyn Deli employee is trying to pay homage to the now-closed downtown Spokane sandwich shop with Paper St. Coffee Co.

Three Spokane hotels—the Madison Inn, the Courtyard by Marriott, and the Wingate by Wyndham—have changed hands in the past few months.

Over $1 billion worth of residential and commercial developments are planned in the Mead area, in north Spokane County, as developers expand their focus from residential subdivision projects to a mix of both residential and commercial development.