Anticipated federal funds interest rate hikes are expected to foster an environment of growth and diversified investment among banks. One of the key ways in which banks make money is through interest rates on funds the banks loan.

Some lenders in Spokane County have experienced an increased volume of digitally initiated mortgage applications since the onset of the pandemic, though not all attribute the shift to COVID-era behavior changes.

A Value Village thrift store will occupy the former Hastings music and bookstore space at 1704 W. Wellesley, near Shadle Park High School on Spokane's North Side. A sign permit filed with the city on March 23 calls for four illuminated Value Village

Pamela and Scott Brownlee, hosts of the Cowboy Supper Show at Rockin' B Ranch, are stepping back after 28 years of serving and entertaining the local community at their barn and home located along Idaho Road, on the Washington side of the

Occupancy rates at some Spokane retirement complexes are keeping pace with national trends, which are steadily approaching pre-pandemic levels of occupancy, according to retirement home executives here.

The union participation rate in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area trails Washington state, but outpaces the nation as a whole, according to recently released data. At all levels, the rate of unionized workers has grown during the pandemic. In the Spoka

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has boosted prices for wheat, benefitting Inland Northwest farmers. Potential profits, however, are threatened by increases in growing costs, agricultural experts here say.

The Journal of Business has selected its 2022 class of Business Icons, who will the honored at an in-person event on May 4.

Work is underway on a $37.3 million expansion at Kootenai Health's primary hospital campus in Coeur d'Alene. The three-story, 21,000-square-foot addition will house an expansion of the hospital's heart center, which will grow to 13 operating rooms

Pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging company Jubilant HollisterStier has started a $92 million expansion of its plant in east Spokane. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the general contractor on the project, which involves adding