A recent upgrade to the Spokane Valley Fire Department's fire protection rating likely will mean reduced insurance premiums for property owners in the cities within its coverage area, officials say. Melanie Rose, the department's community affairs o

Spokane Valley-based Atlas Staffing Inc., a staffing and recruiting firm, says it has opened its first Oregon branch office. The company's CEO and founder, Josh McKee, says Atlas has been growing quickly in the years since its 2011 start.

Oakbrook, Ill.-based McDonald's Corp. has rolled out mobile, to-go ordering beta testing at 51 restaurants across the Inland Northwest. Mark Ray Jr., owner of North Idaho Food Services Inc., which operates five McDonald's restaurants in Post Falls an

Lee Carney, principal and general manager at Turning Leaf Townhomes extended-stay lodging on Spokane's North Side, says the facility is now fully operational after two years of room-by-room rehabilitation of the former Solar World Estates complex. Turn

Spokane-based developer GVD Hospitality Management Services Inc. plans to start work this month on a $1.5 million renovation project at the vacant Music City Building downtown, continuing work at its properties along the 1000 block of west First Avenue.

A new full-service bicycle shop called Mojo Cyclery has opened in Spokane Valley. Located just south of Interstate 90, at 1405 N. Argonne Road, the shop specializes in bike repairs, fits, and sales. Owner and operator Morgan Johnson says he's leasin

Spokane County said this morning that Commissioner Shelly O'Quinn has accepted the position of CEO for the Inland Northwest Community Foundation and will leave the board of commissioners in June. Per state law, three candidates to replace O'Quinn w