The way Melissa Barnett sees it, there's a lot more to chocolate than just that wonderful taste and texture. There's the virtually unlimited potential to use it as an edible expression of one's creativity, and that's precisely what she says she's a

When Cheryl Kilday took the helm at the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitor's Bureau last month, she didn't waste any time laying out her agenda with her staff. That approach led to a strengthening of the tourism promotion effort in her last is

Per capita personal income fell by 0.6 percent in the Spokane area in 2009, dropping on an annual basis for the first time in 40 years, says the Eastern Washington University-managed Community Indicators program.A study released recently by the

The Spokane-area apartment market is showing signs of stabilizing, with vacancy rates declining during the first half of this year, and recent proposals have been made for sizable apartment projects here, market watchers say.The Spokane County a

HAYDEN LAKE, Idaho—LA Aluminum Casting Co., of Hayden Lake, Idaho, is riding a string of strong sales years that helped it glide through the recession and is expected to continue.The company, which casts specialty parts from aluminum its &