For decades, Washington has reaped the benefits of forward-thinking leaders who constructed a series of hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers. The low-cost, carbon-free renewable electricity generated by the dams supported thousands of jobs,

The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries should reconsider its decision to raise workers' compensation insurance rates for 2023, in light of the surge in a wide range of costs employers are facing in the current inflationary environment.

Spokane-based nonprofit organization Innovia Foundation is moving into a new office space downtown. Innovia was scheduled this week to complete its move to a 9,800-square-foot office space on the sixth floor of the Lincoln Plaza building, at 818 W. River

The Associated General Contractors of America Inland Northwest chapter has launched a new campaign focused on construction workforce development and community outreach in a bid to help fill local job openings, says Shannen Talbot, marketing and

A $2 million building dubbed PACR is under construction in Hayden, says Ashton Underdahl, managing partner for PACR Investments LLC, the project owner. Coolin, Idaho-based R&R Northwest LLC will build the new 16,000-square-foot warehouse on a site at

Epic Trust Financial Group LLC, a Richland, Washington-based accounting company, has acquired Spokane-based Stewart-Longhurst PS Certified Public Accounting, says Greg Stewart-Longhurst, the Spokane firm's co-founder.