Jim Lusk remembers going to the wake of one of his clients who had died after being hit by a truck. The client's widow pulled him aside and asked if she and her kids were going to be financially OK. 'I told her, 'We're going to pay off your

The Washington state Department of Health and the University of Washington Medicine, backed by the Seattle-based philanthropic organization Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, have launched a major study to determine the percentage of Washingtonians who have

Beacon Hill Catering & Events, at 4848 E. Valley Springs Road, in Spokane, has expanded its meal delivery service, Beacon at Home. Beacon Hill also has expanded its offerings to include dinner boxes for delivery to Barrister Winery every week for

Brayson Buckner, the owner of the self-defense training studio Krav Maga Spokane, moved the north Spokane business in mid-July to 116 E. Augusta, from nearby 1403 N. Division. Krav Maga now has doubled in size, taking up 7,000 square feet of space in a

Mullen, S3R3 sign letter Public development authority S3R3 Solutions extended a letter of intent with electric car maker Mullen Technologies Inc. for an envisioned 1.3 million-square-foot manufacturing plant on the West Plains. Mullen's CEO said

Orlando, Florida-based Italian restaurant chain Olive Garden is planning a new 7,800-square-foot restaurant near the Spokane Valley Mall, at the site of the former Hong Kong Buffet restaurant, which closed in mid-March.

A one-time co-founder of a cloud-based software company in Liberty Lake says he recently started another software venture near his old digs. Kris Bliesner, along with five other former co-workers from 2nd Watch Inc., has launched Liberty Lake Cloud Inc.

The seven publicly traded companies in the Spokane area rebounded from earlier volatility in the second quarter, according to an analysis by Spokane-based Hart Capital Management Inc. The overall composite value of the seven companies increased