Spokane Boxing Club & Martial Arts owner and operator Rick Welliver says his club's membership has nearly doubled in the last three years as people of varying ages and both genders seek new ways to stay in shape. While boxing has seen a drastic reducti

Gonzaga University professor Todd Finkle describes entrepreneurship as a field of study that's constantly changing, evolving to focus on the ideas and passions of its students. The concentration in entrepreneurship and innovation, which he created in 20

Spokane developer Jerry Dicker, owner of Spokane-based GVD Hospitality Management Services Inc., says he is committed to improving downtown Spokane, and his newest project involves improvements to the 1000 block of west First Avenue. 'I'm interested

Spokane-area educators and business leaders say they're gaining more traction as they create more STEM-science, technology, engineering, and math-opportunities for students as young as kindergarten age. Lisa White, director of Spokane Public School

Demand Energy Networks Inc., the Liberty Lake-based energy-storage company, is expanding into new markets, both in the U.S. and abroad, and currently has $130 million worth of potential projects in its pipeline, says company President and CEO Gregg Patter

Efforts are underway to lift the status of Kootenai County as a national hub for drone technology. Brad Ward, president of Hayden-based Empire Unmanned LLC, contends the Hayden, Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, and Rathdrum area has a collaborative edge ov

The Construction Industry Training Council of Washington is helping more than 100 mostly Spokane-area workers start careers in construction trades with classroom and lab courses at its new Eastern Washington Region facility on the West Plains. CITC, the

Spokane developer Mick McDowell says he plans to construct a 14-story, 50-unit condominium tower west of downtown, uphill from a site where he had proposed a contentious project a decade ago. The latest project, to be called the 1400 Tower, would be loca