This year, Stephen Lalonde, a retired high school teacher, published his fifth book, 'Anissi,” the final in a trilogy for which he says had a waiting list of people ready to purchase it. He is 72 years old.

Magnuson Hotels, which the Journal last spotlighted in 2016, has fared much better over the past few years than most of the larger publicly traded hotel brands, claims the privately held company's CEO Tom Magnuson.

Exotic ornamental fish store The Marine Ravine is set to open this fall in Hayden. Owner Eric Cross says the store will open by early October at 2235 W. Dakota, in the Dakota Park Industrial Condos, just south of Coeur d'Alene

Kootenai Classical Academy is planned on 11 acres of farmland, at the northwest corner of North Meyer Road and West Prairie Avenue, on the northern edge of the city of Post Falls, says Ed Kaitz, board chair of the public charter school.

Funeral industry workers here say alternative burial methods are slowly gaining acceptance among Spokanites, while cremation continues to be the most popular overall option.

The Favored Few Support Crew Fund has been established recently at Innovia Foundation to support military service members and their families at Fairchild Air Force Base, an effort for which businesses and individuals have been quick to show

If population gain is a contest, Spokane County won the state sweepstakes over the past 12 months, according to 2022 estimates released at the end of June by the Washington state Office of Financial Management.

Believe in Me, formerly the Morning Star Foundation, has increased its fundraising efforts and its distribution of funds to Inland Northwest children's charities since changing its name in November, says the foundation's CEO Julie Wukelic.