Dan Byrne is thoroughly a Spokane man. Born and raised in northwest Spokane, with a degree in accounting from Gonzaga University. Byrne started his career in the accounting world, at the now-defunct national firm Coopers & Lybrand LLP.

The luxury-home market is especially hot in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market due to what some agents say is a convergence of factors.

The city of Spokane Valley is planning a two-story, $10 million addition to the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center, with the goal of boosting tourism and retail spending.

Barring relief, some employers fear recently-implemented unemployment tax increases could be the final straw that puts them out of business permanently.

One of Spokane's swiftest and most visible business casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic also made for the Journal's most-read story of 2020. And it wasn't really close, according to page-view data generated by Google Analytics, for SpokaneJournal.com.

The COVID-19 pandemic dominated news headlines in 2020 and served as the subtext for many of the significant business decisions made in the Spokane area during the year. With that backdrop, the Inland Northwest business community experienced a number of