Spokane Colleges has established a new transfer agreement with the University of Idaho that aims to create a pathway to help students advance their education and prepare them to work in natural resource fields across the Inland Northwest.

The cybersecurity industry is experiencing significant growth as one of the fastest-expanding fields on a regional, national, and international level. 

The housing crisis in the city of Spokane has now reached a dangerous level. The total number of permits for residential housing for 2025 was only 146. The last time we built that few homes was in 1970, around the time the Beatles were still a band.

After more than a decade working in the building systems and performance industry, 45-year-old Garrett Husky has launched his own business. Davenport, Washington-based Husky Consulting LLC, which does business as Husky Commissioning, is aimed at helping developers, contractors, and building owners meet state-regulated energy standards for their projects across the Inland Northwest.

Construction of the new Spokane County Prevention, Assessment, Treatment, and Healing, or PATH, Crisis Relief and Sobering Center is underway at 1168 N. Cedar, less than a block west of the Spokane Transit Authority operations and maintenance building.

After more than a decade of fundraising, planning, and restoration, the Cheney Depot Society is reopening the city's historic train depot as a community gathering space anchored by a growing coffee company at 15 Union, in Cheney.