Impatient to help match jobless clients with employers, former Boeing Co. engineer John Dickson is applying "lean" process-improvement skills he learned in the private sector to a Washington state employment agency office here that he now is area

Dozens of Spokane-area supermarket chain stores and other independently-owned outlets are applying for licenses through the Washington state Liquor Control Board to stock their shelves with spirits by June 1, the date on which liquor sales in will

The growing popularity of electronic books for portable tablet computers or e-readers is impacting independent booksellers here, those in the industry say, although Auntie's Bookstore in downtown Spokane is one outlet embracing the booksellers say

Lake City Development Corp., the urban renewal agency for Coeur d'Alene currently working on the McEuen Park plan, Midtown revitalization, and education corridor infrastructure, is amassing an extensive portfolio of "catalytic projects" aimed at in