Occupancy rates at some Spokane retirement complexes are keeping pace with national trends, which are steadily approaching pre-pandemic levels of occupancy, according to retirement home executives here.

The union participation rate in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area trails Washington state, but outpaces the nation as a whole, according to recently released data. At all levels, the rate of unionized workers has grown during the pandemic. In the Spoka

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has boosted prices for wheat, benefitting Inland Northwest farmers. Potential profits, however, are threatened by increases in growing costs, agricultural experts here say.

The Journal of Business has selected its 2022 class of Business Icons, who will the honored at an in-person event on May 4.

Work is underway on a $37.3 million expansion at Kootenai Health's primary hospital campus in Coeur d'Alene. The three-story, 21,000-square-foot addition will house an expansion of the hospital's heart center, which will grow to 13 operating rooms

Pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging company Jubilant HollisterStier has started a $92 million expansion of its plant in east Spokane. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the general contractor on the project, which involves adding

Construction on a 147,700-square- foot manufacturing facility on the West Plains for Spokane-based biotech startup Selkirk Pharma Inc. is nearly complete, and operations are expected to begin there by early next year. Bouten Construction Co. is the

Structural framing started at the beginning of March at the high-end townhome development known as The Nest On Lake Side, in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Measom Holdings LLC, a Houston-based development company, is developing the five-unit, $15 million

In Liberty Lake's River District, Greenstone Corp., a Liberty Lake-based development company, is constructing a mixed-use town center called the NoLL. The full development is estimated to cost between $50 million and $75 million, says Jim Frank,