Hotel companies are pursuing ways to reduce the environmental impacts of their lodging facilities through property upgrades, energy tracking, and flexible environmental policies that are spurred by consumer demand, and financial and energy savings

Lakeside Companies, a Spokane-based real estate investment company, has scuttled plans to develop a coworking complex at the former Triumph Composite Systems Inc. property, at 1514 S. Flint, in west Spokane, says Lakeside marketing director Maria Lusardi.

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is planning full road course and drag racing seasons starting this spring at its Qlispé Raceway Park, formerly Spokane County Raceway, almost 1 1/2 years after buying the property.

Chicana Esthetics LLC has seen strong growth in its number of clients since launching in November as a cosmetic skin studio focused on skin health issues for people of Native American, Asian, African American, and Latino backgrounds.

The world is on the cusp of a transformation that may be more impactful than the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and the Internet revolution combined. Rapid developments in artificial intelligence mean that we now have the capacity

A former funeral home building on North Monroe Street could be remodeled into apartment units, according to plans filed with the city of Spokane. A change-of-use application calls for renovating the former Hazen & Jaeger Funeral home, at 1306 N. Monroe

Brothers John and Ken Towner retired late last year after selling the family's 55-year-old business, Towner's Conoco gas station, located at 1906 N. Ash in Spokane's West Central neighborhood. The new owner is local businessman, Avtar Brar, who runs

Frontier Behavioral Health has created a new model of caring for clients that relies more heavily on employees who have bachelor's degrees that supplement those who have more advanced degree in an industry desperate for workers.

Clint and Brenda Grassel, founders of Precision Cutting Technologies Inc., in Liberty Lake, have sold their business to a Washington state-based private equity company that they say will continue operations under the Precision name and expand the business

The Spokane City Council has a matter of days to decide whether to adjust transportation impact fees before a moratorium on new construction in the Latah Valley area expires. The Council could raise the fee to 600% or more of the current level. It also