Contractor and energy-efficiency systems manufacturer McKinstry Co. has launched a new podcast, “Building What Matters,” featuring conversations with leaders who decide how schools, hospitals, and major infrastructure projects are built in communities across the Pacific Northwest.

Driven by recurring requests from custom homebuilders and small developers, Spokane Valley-based Whipple Consulting Engineers Inc. has expanded its offerings in an effort to keep costs manageable for smaller projects.

A new Nordstrom Rack store is expected to open Oct. 15 in North Spokane. The discount fashion retailer will operate in a revamped 31,000-square-foot space previously occupied by Big Lots at the Northpointe Plaza, at 9612 N. Newport Highway.

Once a month, at Hogwash Whiskey Den in downtown Spokane, historian Renée Cebula takes a roomful of students through centuries of American and global history that trace the wars, immigration, tariffs, and changing tastes that have helped determine what ingredients end up in her students’ glasses. 

Spokane County has added $1.5 billion in new construction this past year — its second-highest total on record — driven by steady population expansion and economic development. However, that regional growth is placing intense pressure on county finances, Commissioner Mary Brooks explained during her State of the County address.

Long before Spokane Valley native Austin Harrington won a global bartending championship in London, his craft was already taking shape in Spokane — built on his mother’s culinary lessons, his family’s martial arts discipline, and his younger brother’s sci-fi drawings. 

The Village Bakery owners, Dana and Todd Bellefeuile, have built their Hayden establishment around a workforce model that helps people with disabilities develop skills for future employment and independent living.

A new visualization and creative experience space designed as a resource for builders, architects, homebuyers, and other creators now is open in downtown Coeur d’Alene.

Six months after updated plans were submitted to redevelop the former McKinley School in Spokane's East Central neighborhood, the historic property is being put up for sale.

Construction is underway on a $9 million multicourt gymnasium at Christian Center School in Hayden.