A collaborative effort between Mead School District and the Spokane Home Builders Association is working to spark interest in the trades-particularly residential home construction-among middle-school and high-school students.

A new truck stop and retail center-and hotel, eventually-are planned on the northwest corner of Francis Street and Freya Avenue, in northeast Spokane.

Though employees everywhere report a host of pandemic-related challenges, women disproportionately are struggling, reporting less optimism about career prospects, decreased mental health, and increased stress and burnout.

A prolonged lockdown in 2020 due to COVID-19 combined with moratoriums on evictions have helped pushed apartment vacancy rates to all-time lows, prompting a rise in rental rates due to higher demand, say a pair of experts who study local

A scarcity of child care options that worsened in 2020 has led to legislation that ultimately could increase the number of working women, child care providers here and industry organizations say.

In December 2008, the roof of Rosauers Supermarkets' Five Mile store gave way under the weight of heavy snow. In that moment, 120 mostly full-time store employees were displaced-and stayed that way for four months. But instead of issuing temporary

Margaret Osborn went straight into the credit union industry after graduating from Rogers High School. She discovered a desire to lead a credit union, and in 2001, she achieved that goal when she became CEO at Telco Credit Union, now PrimeSource Credit

Following a lull early last year in new business starts, entrepreneurship is surging again, with women leading the charge, industry observers here say.

While proponents of a new sports stadium near the city's core had reason to celebrate recently, a number of steps still need to be taken-and are underway-before the project can come out of the ground.

Longtime developer John Stone and partners Nikole Cummings and Ryan Martin are taking their last bow in the development of the Riverstone District with plans to build one final mixed-used building in the Coeur d'Alene urban village.