For its latest episode of Elevating The Conversation, the Journal sat down with Ryan Herzog, an economics professor at Gonzaga University, for its Mid-Year Economic Outlook.

Kootenai Health has added one of the most advanced robotic-assisted surgical platforms available today to its main campus in Coeur d'Alene as part of a strategy to expand specialized care and invest in emerging medical technologies.

Spokane-based meal preparation company Real Meals, a scratch made meal delivery and pickup service, has doubled its workforce and expanded partnerships with gyms and senior living facilities as demand for convenient, prepared meals continues to grow.

Spokane-based Metal Rollforming Systems Inc. is relocating to a new manufacturing hub in Deer Park, where several steel commercial buildings are proposed for development at Stag Industrial Park, at 2101 E. Sixth

The former Les Schwab Tire Center building at 101 W. Second in downtown Spokane could undergo a remodel that would have people pumping iron instead of tires.

Spokane-based CM Development & Construction LLC, a developer behind several multifamily projects under construction in Spokane, is planning two new apartment complexes valued at a combined $6.8 million.

Avista Utilities, the operating division of Spokane-based Avista Corp., has launched the region’s first community-based microgrid at the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center, in Spokane's East Central neighborhood.

After years of organizing events, supporting Native artists, and operating a nonprofit focused on Indigenous communities, Spokane Tribe member Jeff Ferguson has opened a new brick-and-mortar business designed to give Native artists a permanent place to showcase and sell their work.

Nonprofit leader Mable Dunbar says effective leadership starts with something simple: being willing to do the same work she asks of everyone else. 

Spokane International Airport is in the process of relocating key utilities, setting the stage for the second phase of its Terminal Renovation and Expansion, or TREX program, which aims to build a 255,000-square-foot Central Hall.