Dr. Heavin Maier, owner of Spokane optometry practice Eyes for Life PS, has bought a two-story, 5,900-square-foot building at 412 E. 30th, where she hopes to move the practice in September. Eyes for Life currently occupies about 1,800 square feet of spac

The Legislature took longer than anyone wanted to finish its priority project-the two-year state operating budget. None of us wanted to see that, but good results came of that extra time: a bipartisan budget and tax plan that not only put record amou

Close observers of Spokane-area business happenings have to feel a bit shell-shocked following the announced sales so far this year of three key longtime employers here-Telect Inc., Avista Corp., and Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories-to far-of

Georgia-based financial services company World Financial Group Inc. is relocating its Spokane office this week from shared office space with Vorpahl Wing Securities, at 421 W. Riverside, to its own space. Dycelia Weiss, one of two financial agents curr

David Magley, president and CEO of the upstart North American Premier Basketball league, envisions a semipro team here made up of former collegiate-area players. 'There are markets across the country that I believe would love to have the opportunity to

Marijuana retail sales in Spokane County increased by 57 percent during the 2017 Washington state fiscal year, which ended June 30. While sales continued to climb quickly in the latest 12-month period, the growth rate was down sharply from the 2016 fisca

Sound-Rite Plastics Ltd., parent company for Coeur d'Alene-based Accurate Molded Plastics Inc. and Mold-Rite Inc., of Woodinville, Wash., says it has hired a new president and is accelerating efforts to add more robots to its processes due to difficulti

Spokane Mayor David Condon has appointed commercial real estate broker Charlie Wolff to be the city's business development manager. The position has been created as part of a strategic plan by the city to encourage new investment and job growth, says B