Many of us remember Soviet Union collective farms, which were a dismal failure. Joseph Stalin, the brutal Russian dictator, confiscated individual landholdings and enslaved workers. It destroyed the Russian farm system. Wheat production, which led the wo

Workers' compensation insurance rates are heading in the right direction, with the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries proposing a 5.2 percent decrease in average premiums for 2019.

Spokane-based Northwest Neurological PLLC has launched Kingfisher TMS Services LLC, a company that offers transcranial magnetic simulation services at Northwest Neurological' s office at 26 E. Fifth

The Puppy Pad, a pet grooming salon and doggy daycare business on Spokane's North Side, has opened a second store at 1928 W. York. Owner Christina Huckins says the new shop, called The Puppy Pad Too, is a 500-square-foot, grooming-only space that's o

The first Woops Bakery in Idaho has opened at 119 N. Fourth, in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Franchisee Shelly Boyd says she fell in love with the Manhattan, N.Y.-based company when researching new career opportunities.

A new restaurant and brewery to be called TT's Old Iron Brewery is expected to open next spring in Spokane Valley.

Sweet Frostings Blissful Bakeshop plans later this month to move its shop north of Spokane to a larger space at 10406 N. Division, near the Whitworth University campus.

Farmers Branch, Texas-based optical retailer Eyemart Express LLC has opened a store at 15319 E. Indiana, in Spokane Valley, its second in the Spokane area, says T.J. Perry, Dallas-based marketing manager.

ISOutsource, a Bothell, Wash.-based information technology consulting and support company that has a Spokane office, has added consulting and configuration of Applicant Tracking Systems and Human Resources Information Systems to its menu of services.