April 28 / Valley repeals revitalization planThe Spokane Valley City Council voted 5-1 to repeal the Sprague-Appleway Revitalization Plan, or SARP, adopted in June 2009, which changed zoning regulations along the Spokane Valley commercial The to

Western States Construction Inc., of Valleyford, Wash., has been awarded a contract to erect a $500,000 office building in Spokane Valley for the East Spokane Water District, and is beginning work on the project now. The new building, which is

Small Business WatchFour women open Liberty Lake storeLollipop Lemondrop, a women's and children's used clothing outlet, has opened in 1,600 square feet of space at 23129 E. Mission, in Liberty Lake.Kelsy McHenry, who co-owns Lollipop with an

The global energy picture has become more complicated in 2011, but investors are making some sense of it.The nuclear outage in Japan and turbulence in oil-producing nations is prompting increased demand for alternative electricity sources such a

Washington's economy always has been based on making the things the rest of the world needs. Whether it's airplanes at Boeing or software at Microsoft, the products we make in the Northwest have made us a living. Increasingly, our region is getting

Pathogen levels in wastewater have dropped since the implementation in 1993 of federal regulations on treating sewage, research conducted at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, Ariz., has found.A recently released study conducted by tracked a

Central Valley School District and the Spokane office of McKinstry Co. are in the final stages of making $2.6 million in energy-efficiency upgrades to 12 of the district's school buildings.Altogether, the district expects the improvements to in

Many states would face substantial primary-care capacity challenges if Medicaid eligibility expands in 2014, as called for under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, says a new article released online recently in the New England Journal