Barry Baker, longtime president and CEO of prominent Spokane-based contracting company Baker Construction & Development Inc., has transitioned to the role of company chairman, triggering a series of leadership changes effective Wednesday, Jan. 1

Some of the Inland Northwest's largest, most venerable companies announced leadership changes this year, while some interesting developments started to come out of the ground. And as some exciting new companies emerged, others changed hands and were shuttered. 

Journal readers were thirsty for news about Liberty Lake in 2024, as is evidenced by the list of Most Read Stories in 2024. 

A pair of housing projects soon will turn the Garland District into a case study examining the effects of the city’s decision to remove minimum parking requirements for new developments.

Construction is expected to begin by early spring on a multifamily affordable housing project at 6980 N. Nevada.

The Coeur d’Alene-based nonprofit originally known as Jobs Plus, which was formed in 1987 to help diversify the economy in Kootenai County, has become more selective in business recruitment and more involved in housing and labor issues in recent years.