Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged a commercial mortgage refinance totaling $4.8 million for the Schade Towers building at 528 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., says Demetri Koston, vice president at Newmark's Spokane office. Koston says he and Skip Slavin

Business and civic leaders in and around Hillyard deserve kudos for continued work to improve a northeastern Spokane neighborhood rich in railroad and industrial history, but economically downtrodden and underdeveloped for decades. Active business owner

The politics of paid time off and minimum wage are catching on across Washington. In a city-by-city wave, local ordinances are being passed. In Seattle, SeaTac, and even Tacoma, city restaurants may bounce back from the effects of such mandates. Spokane,

Fatbeam LLC, a fiber-optic broadband provider based in Coeur d'Alene, says it has secured contracts with school districts in Pasco, Wash., and Bend, Ore. The company says in a press release that it will install a total of 58 miles of fiber to upgrade t

KHQ Inc., the Spokane-based NBC television affiliate, says it has partnered with the Watchup video news streaming mobile application so that viewers can watch its programs through the app. Watchup is a free video news streaming app that enables users to

Hart Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based investment firm, says the combined stock value of 11 publicly traded companies in the Inland Northwest, as measured in an overall index it compiles, fell 3.4 percent in the first quarter of 2015, compared with

It's been my experience over my career that people often will spend more time and effort planning for their annual two-week vacation than they will a 30-plus year retirement. My goal with this article is to help you consider parts of the proverbial bigg