Covenants not to compete, also known as noncompete clauses, have taken on greater significance in the Inland Northwest as the region builds on white-collar economic sectors, including medical care, finance, and technology. The proliferation of new

Vintage gift store Two Women Vintage Goods has moved from its former space at 112 S. Cedar in downtown Spokane to a new location at 2012 E. Sprague. The business, which is co-owned by Dianna Chelf and her daughter, Fielding Chelf, began in 2008

A new game store called Dragon's Fury Games & Anime opened last week just north of the NorthTown Mall, at 41 E. Queen. The shop is co-owned by Spokane native Nikita Countryman and her husband, Russell, who recently moved to back to Spokane from Seattle

A new coffee stand named Fueled Coffee Co. plans to open next month in a newly built, 550-square-foot stand at 12303 E. Grace, in Spokane Valley. Nicole Behar is the sole owner of the new coffee company, which plans to open during the first week

The Filling Station on 5th, a popular gastropub in downtown Coeur d'Alene, plans to open a second location at 306 N. Spokane Street in Post Falls. Filling Station co-owner Justin Carpenter says the new restaurant will be in a 1,500-square-foot leased

The Spokane Community College chapter of The National Society of Leadership and Success is launching a weekly Motivational Mondays series that will focus on topics surrounding leadership and will be free and open to the public. Oriana Landt,

Over the next two weekends, the Spokane Home Builders Association will hold its 14th annual Fall Festival of Homes, says Joel White, executive director of the association. The festival will feature 30 homes throughout Spokane County built by 20 builders

Coeur d'Alene-based Tree Medic Tree Care Services LLC has acquired Coeur d'Alene-based Specialty Tree Services Inc. and its subsidiary, Tree Removal Services. Specialty Tree Services and Tree Removal Services will operate as subsidiaries of Tree

Spokane-based nonprofit Partners with Families & Children has purchased the former Taylor Engineering building at 106 W. Mission Avenue, which it plans to remodel as its new headquarters. Formed in 2003, Partners is a nonprofit with a mission to

Doughnut shop Hello Sugar LLC and salon The Mix Salon & Day Spa LLC have been secured as tenants for the first phase of the Ponderosa Village retail development under construction in Spokane Valley, says Mike Tuntland, co-owner of Tuntland Enterprises LLC