Spokane County commissioners have made a wise decision in naming Gerry Gemmill as the new county CEO. Now that the position is filled, the commissioners should do their best to put behind them any lingering hard feelings about the controversies that aro

Adjusting to the less-frequent publication schedule at the biweekly Journal of Business was a big challenge for me when I joined the news team here more than 26 years ago, after having spent the bulk of my earlier career at daily newspapers. It wasn't

Citing an inability to grow in its current location, Cooney Law Offices PS will leave its home of 66 years in the Garland Business District, at 910 W. Garland, and relocate next year to the northeast corner of Washington Street and Indiana Avenue. The Co

Construction started last week on a $4.7 million expansion and renovation of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 111 Betz Road, in Cheney. The hotel's general manager, Dori Byrd, says the planned expansion is desperately needed. 'Last year, we had 9

Community Health Systems Inc., the publicly traded, Franklin, Tenn.-based medical facilities operator that owns Rockwood Health System in Spokane, reported this week that its earnings declined in the third quarter. CHS reported third-quarter net income a

A decline in student enrollment at Gonzaga University's School of Law has forced the administration there to start offering buyouts to tenured faculty members. Law school dean Jane Korn says the elimination of some tenured positions will be implemented

The next step in the accreditation process for the proposed Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University Spokane is for administrators and staff to submit a self-study before the end of 2015 that tackles issues of future funding and s

Canadian visitor traffic has been softer here in recent years, tourism officials say, but there's no real consensus about just how much blame for that decline should be placed on a recently widening gap in the U.S.-Canadian currency exchange rate. For

A former Spokane-based financial adviser with Northwestern Mutual Investment Services pleaded guilty last month to operating a Ponzi scheme and stealing nearly $2.5 million from his clients. John Charles Hanson pleaded guilty to wire fraud before a U.S.