Our nation is on an unsustainable borrowing trajectory, and it could get much worse unless voters start asking politicians: 'How are taxpayers going to pay for what they promise?” We now owe over $22.5 trillion to lenders, of which nearly half is

The 'Curing Spokane” video that went viral recently has its flaws, but critics are dismissing the underlying concerns and criticisms in the piece at their own peril – and the peril of the Spokane community as a whole. The concerns about public safe

Tacoma-based MultiCare Health System has started a new virtual care service in Eastern Washington in response to the growing demand from a number of patient groups, particularly millennials. MultiCare, the health care system that oversees Rockwood Clinic

After a fire on Feb. 1 forced them to move, certified chocolatier Carrie Powell and her husband, Dennis, recently have opened Sandpoint Chocolate Bear, at 11425 E. Trent, in Spokane Valley. The 7-year-old chocolate company previously was located at

Seattle-based Shawn O'Donnell's American Grill & Irish Pub plans to open a new restaurant in the building that once housed Milford's Fish House, at 719 N. Monroe. The family-run business has three restaurants in the Seattle area; this restaurant

John and Sabrina D'Angelo say they want to build a fitness club for those who are and aren't fit. The Anytime Fitness club is expected to open at 13004 E. Sprague between mid-October and early November. The soon-to-be franchisee owners of the club

Selling out of your product barely a month in to launch signals you may be on to something. Kris Maynard, the founder of Spokane startup Glucose Revival, says the company is again selling its glucose gel alert necklaces for people with diabetes on its

A newly created nonprofit organization here plans to transform the former Sushi Yama building, at 1321 W. Third, into an incubator kitchen for former refugees and other immigrants. Feast Collective was launched by Dan Todd, owner of the Inland Curry week