Nearly 40 years since Spokane’s Momentum ’87 initiative rallied civic and business leaders around shared economic goals, a new generation of leaders is reviving that spirit, this time with innovation at its center. 

A new Trader Joe’s grocery store is under consideration at a former Shopko building in Spokane Valley, at 13414 E. Sprague.

Liberty Lake-based utility-technology company Itron Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Locusview Ltd. and its subsidiaries, a privately held utility-focused software and services company with headquarters located in Chicago and Israel, for $525 million.

A permit application for a new Topgolf facility, full-service restaurant, and bar in Liberty Lake has been filed this month by developers known for their work on other Topgolf locations around the country.

Aloha Vintage Mercantile LLC has reached full vendor capacity a month after opening its doors to the public at the Trent & Argonne Plaza, in Spokane Valley.

The National Weather Service has predicted the Inland Northwest will see a colder and wetter 2025 winter season, and local ski resorts are expecting to have a particularly successful season because of it.

A 24-unit townhome project has been proposed at 7724 N. Austin Road in the Five Mile Prairie neighborhood of North Spokane.

Palisades Christian Academy is planning a new $2.2 million early learning center.