Spokane-area manufacturers and utilities contend that Initiative 732, which would create a tax on carbon emitted statewide, will hurt both businesses and residents, while proponents say it will reduce carbon emissions and benefit low-income families. The

Organizers of Walk Bike Bus Spokane, an alternative transportation advocacy program, are boasting significant progress in reducing short drive trips within the program's pilot areas in the Garland and South Perry neighborhoods. The program encourages r

A new venue for University of Washington School of Medicine students in Spokane comes with a new approach to training future physicians. At the University of Washington's School of Medicine program on the Gonzaga University campus, gone are the days o

Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based developer of the Kendall Yards development northwest of downtown Spokane, plans to begin construction this fall on a pair of two-tenant retail buildings. The structures, tentatively called Nettleton Corners, are

Spokane Valley-based S2 Media, a women-owned and -operated company that manufactures microbiological dishes, is eager to begin offering more products and expanding into the market, its co-owners say. S2 Media is a division of S2M Enterprises LLC, which

For the first time since the Great Recession, total compensation decreased for executives at Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies, the Journal of Business annual analysis shows. Average annual total compensation for 41 executives from eight

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, through its economic development arm, has developed a large laundry-processing facility on the West Plains and has taken over laundry services for Providence Health Care facilities throughout the Spokane area under a long-te

The city of Spokane has begun work on design plans for a project that it says will improve safety, enhance the streetscape, and reconfigure traffic on North Monroe Street. Although the $4.1 million project isn't due to start construction until 2018, it

The manager of the electric utility that would supply the recently announced silicon smelter planned in Usk, Wash., 50 miles north of Spokane, is anxious to know more about the potential big-power customer, Edmonton, Alberta-based HiTest Sand Inc. Colin