While many of 2020's economic challenges due to COVID-19 will carry into next year, the most recent forecast for the state's retail industry shows more promise than first expected. At press time, the Washington state Department of Revenue's most

Would you believe in the future when a cement truck shows up to pour your foundation or patio, the mixture could contain ground up wind turbine blades? As a part of new agreement between GE Renewable Energy and Veolia North America, old blades

Our annual wish list for the new year for our business community is quite heavy, with urgent needs this time around. With a decade of economic growth suddenly coming to a halt in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic-induced restrictions, we first wish for

In response to COVID-19-and the need to secure his own employment-Spokane physical therapist Trey Nichols has started Northwest Mobile Physical Therapy Specialists PLLC. A South Carolina native who moved to Spokane in 2007, 38-year-old Nichols says

A new ownership group at The Ref sports bar, in Spokane Valley, says it plans to open its kitchen for take-out and delivery starting Monday, Dec. 21. It's one of two business plans operating partners Casey Garland, Rakesh Kaushal, and Hilary Yarno have

A Spokane-based investor group doing business as Northern Heights II LLC and a handful of minor investors have purchased a 232-unit Airway Heights apartment complex for $33.5 million, according to Spokane County Assessor's Office records.

Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. has signed a contract with East Coast utility Nation Grid to help that company with its meter reading capabilities. Based in London and doing business in three northeastern U.S. states-New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode

A resort development proposed more than a decade ago on the Washington-Idaho border could get a reboot as a 130-space RV park, according to documents on file with Spokane County. The Spokane County Hearing Examiner held a virtual hearing for the proposed

Sandpoint, Idaho-based airplane winglet maker Tamarack Aerospace Group Inc. has opened an installation center in Aiken, South Carolina, marking its third expansion this year. The new space, which was developed through a partnership with Aiken-based

A 60-acre site just north of Mission Avenue in Liberty Lake is envisioned as the future home of a new mixed residential development, according to documents filed with the city's planning and building services division. A notice of application shows the