While many questions about the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain unclear, at least one thing is certain: its impact on the housing market has thrown an already-critical housing shortage into even sharper focus. Prior to the pandemic, a U.

For more than a decade, Dawn Gregg and her husband Bruce have been asked by their Indian Trail neighborhood customers when they would open an Ace Hardware in that neck of the woods. The Greggs own the 9,000-square-foot Ace at 1616 W. Rowan, on the

Mygrant Glass Co., a California automotive wholesaler with a facility in Spokane Valley, has submitted a commercial building permit application for a new building with an estimated price tag to exceed $8 million.

Even before Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's restrictions limiting in-store retailers to 25% of occupancy in the effort to combat COVID-19, the Washington State University Carson College of Business' yearly holiday retail report revealed most shoppers

Spokane investment group Patsy Clark LLC has purchased the 130-year-old Patsy Clark Mansion, at 2208 W. Second, in Browne's Addition. Steve DeWalt, the governing agent for Patsy Clark LLC, couldn't be reached immediately for comment.

Spokane-based geothermal drilling technology startup HyperSciences Inc. has raised $87,700 in venture capital, bringing the company's total funding raised to $12 million since 2018.