It's time to get back to business in downtown Spokane. Employers with a presence in the city's core should bring back employees as quickly-and as safely-as they can. The presence of a workforce is much needed and will help to cure many of the

Sean Owens is part of a team of a half-dozen partners in Wired Water Inc. that last week signed a lease to build Common Language Brewing in 3,550 square feet of space in the Chronicle Building, at 928 W. Sprague, in downtown Spokane.

A Liberty Lake-based athletic club and a Spokane-based physical therapy clinic are teaming up on a facility currently under construction in Spokane Valley.

The city of Cheney recently secured a $21.8 million low-interest loan from the Washington state Department of Ecology as part of the city's continuing effort to reclaim water through the city's Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Plant.

Sales of single-family homes sold through the Spokane Association of Realtors' Multiple Listing Service are up 7.7% through the first six months of the year, compared with the year-earlier period. The MLS reports 3,598 homes and condos on less