Spokane might still have a reputation for being an affordable place to buy a home, but for first-time buyers and those with lower incomes, the American dream appears to be getting harder to achieve here these days.The vibrant Spokane-area real

A new Home Depot Inc. store announced for Liberty Lake early this year now is expected to be part of a much bigger, $35 million retail development planned by an out-of-state real estate group. The group, which has formed a joint venture called

More than 58 percent of consumers cite higher co-payments for prescription drugs and physician visits as the most significant change to their health insurance coverage during the past year, according to a survey conducted by national ratings Weiss

As health-insurance costs have skyrocketed in recent years, activity has surged as well at VEBA Service Group LLC, a Spokane-based medical-benefit company, says Mark Wilkerson, the 21-year-old companys co-owner.VEBA Service Groups annual by

A Spokane-based pilot project aimed at getting injured workers back on the job more quickly is achieving significant results, and the state now wants to expand the programs reach from three counties here to much of Eastern Washington.St. of &

From sending a shoe along with a resume to wearing no footwear at all at an interview, many job candidates have tried unconventional tactics to get a hiring managers attention, the findings from a national survey show.Executives were asked, a

Moody Aviation, the aviation training arm of Chicago-based Moody Bible Institute, has begun the descent toward its new home in Spokane and expects to arrive as scheduled this summer. The flight school, which trains pilots and aviation mechanics

Roger Ingbretsen, a consultant hired by the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, says the manufacturing sector here could be headed toward a labor crisis because the current and future work force lacks basic math, reasoning, and English fewer are

Comcast Corp. plans to roll out a programming-on-demand feature for its cable-TV customers here soon and has introduced new high-speed Internet capabilities for businesses.Ken Rhoades, Comcasts Auburn, Wash.-based area vice president, says on

RnR RV Center has bought 3 1/2 acres of land just west of its dealership in Liberty Lake and has broken ground on a $2.9 million expansion there. Ray Bunney, president of RnR RV, says the expansion involves constructing a 20-bay, service in