Modest job growth is expected next year in the Inland Northwest, with greater strides expected on the Idaho side of the border and a heavy concentration of health care-related jobs throughout the region. 

Looking to 2025, growers in Washington hope to find some relief from high labor costs and interest rates. 

Manufacturers in Spokane are taking up work in the satellite industry, while companies in other emerging fields also are looking here to build out their supply chains. 

The mining industry in the Inland Northwest and beyond has an optimistic outlook for the coming year.

Retail sales in Spokane had a sluggish start through the first half of the year ahead of what's expected to be flat or slightly higher sales through the last two quarters of 2024.

Providence announced Tuesday plans to sell 10 skilled nursing and assisted living care ministries, including two in Spokane, to The Ensign Group Inc.

Continuous Composites Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, has filed a counterclaim in U.S. District Court in Spokane that disputes an earlier claim for attorney fees by Spokane Lee & Hayes PC.

An Arkansas businessman has been sentenced in federal court in Spokane to over 16 years in prison and to pay over $20 million for leading a nationwide COVID-relief scam that was uncovered by the Eastern Washington COVID-19 Fraud Strike Force.