The glass ceiling—the once ubiquitous metaphor referring to a subtle barrier built upon biases that block women from the highest positions of leadership—doesn't apply today, a book released earlier this year contends.The book is titled

More businesses learned about the benefits of employing people with mental and physical developmental disabilities at a recent annual Hire Ability Day event here, conducted the last five years to boost such hiring, the event's primary organizer who

Washington's growing online school system is less regulated than in other states, and legislators may need to decide whether the state should take a more active oversight role, according to a recent state Senate report.The report, requested by a

Knight Construction & Supply Inc., of Deer Park, has landed two dam-repair contracts with a combined value of about $2.6 million.One project is under way to repair damages on a gate on a navigation lock on the John Day Dam on the Columbia River,

M.E. Uphus Construction Inc., of Spokane, has won a $300,000 contract to do bathroom repairs, some office remodeling, and construction of a 1,300-square-foot maintenance building and a Dumpster enclosure at Avista Stadium.The county-owned at 222

RiverStone Real Estate Inc. and Century 21 on the Lake, two Sandpoint real estate brokerages, recently merged to form Century 21 RiverStone, which then bought Lake County Real Estate, yet another brokerage there, says Shawn Taylor, a partner in 21