Lawmakers have enacted extensive tenant protections since the start of the pandemic that lawyers here say will likely blunt a flood of evictions once the eviction moratorium, which was extended this month, ends.

Electric vehicle purchases have been increasing steadily among Spokane County residents, but industry observers say there are still several hurdles to widespread adoption.

As pandemic-related restrictions throughout Washington begin to lift, some attorneys here say commercial real estate attorneys could soon face a rise in disputes, including litigation related to force majeure clauses.

Brumback Real Estate & Construction has started renovations on the 55,000-square-foot building known as QualMed Plaza, at 508 W. Sixth, where the company plans to convert the medical office space and attached parking garage into a 171-unit, mixed-use

Heather Scholten has been with Spokane-based spice and rub mix startup Spiceology Inc. from the beginning. She almost didn't take the job. In 2012, she was spending her days testing recipes and posting to her food blog, Farmgirl Gourmet.

Demand for used vehicles has increased significantly, and that's unlikely to change until vehicle manufacturers catch up to demand for new cars and trucks, industry sources say.

A Phoenix-based development group has projects in varying stages of development in Arizona, New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., but it's the planned project in Spokane that has the people behind Sagamore Spokane LLC excited about the future

The number of people receiving long-term unemployment benefits in the Spokane area remains high, and the number of people who have dropped out of the workforce has increased.