Ruby Suites, a new extended-stay hotel, has opened one building in its complex on the former Burgans Block north of downtown, and the other building is expected to open next month. The four-story north building, which is the larger of the two buildings a

Pitney Bowes has brought in 200 new hires to its Spokane operation in the last year, but it says not about to stop there. 'We have 18 job fairs scheduled for 2015,” says Thomas Roberts, vice president of inside and Web sales for the company. 'Weï¿

Billing itself as business accelerator, Ignite Northwest recently formed in Spokane with the goal of helping young tech companies overcome early startup challenges. Bill Savitz, CEO of the nonprofit organization, says accelerator businesses help companie

Russell C. Page Architects PS, a small but prolific Spokane design firm, has been enjoying a strong upturn in business over the last two years, says Russ Page, the firm's principal architect.

You know that downtown Spokane area west of Division that doesn't have a name? It's called everything from the East End to the Community Block to the east end of West Main-depending on who's talking. Businesses on West Main seem to be ground ze

Omak Wood Products LLC has ramped up production and increased its workforce a year and a half after upgrading and reopening a long-closed plywood mill about 140 miles northwest of Spokane, says Dick Baldwin, the mill's president. The mill is located in

Dr. Randall Riggs, a psychiatrist, and Kimberly Stankovich, a veteran chemical dependency counselor, have opened an outpatient clinic east of downtown Spokane that they say is using an empathetic and healing approach to treat opiate-dependent patients.

A Washington State University Spokane pharmaceutical sciences student has received a national award from the Rheumatology Research Foundation to fund research into slowing or eradicating osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Two doctors at a Spokane Valley eye-care clinic say a laser device now aids them in the process of performing cataract surgery.