Spokane County's rate of deaths from falls is more than double of that of the rest of the U.S. and Washington state as a whole, according to Spokane Regional Health District.

They're not 30-somethings anymore, but the principals of Spokane law firm Piskel Yahne Kovarik PLLC say their approach has remained largely the same as it was seven years ago when they started the firm--and it's paid off.

When Julie Griffith was hired as executive director to head the Spokane County Bar Association, one of her immediate tasks was to grow membership. The organization's investment in Griffith is paying dividends quite nicely.

Orchard Crest Retirement Community has started its next big expansion, a $17.5 million memory care facility located on its property at 222 N. Evergreen Road, in Spokane Valley.

Leadership Spokane, a nonprofit organization that offers an annual civic leadership training program, was established in autumn 1982. Located on the second floor of the Spokane Regional Business Center

The retirement community Touchmark on South Hill has an employee roll of nearly 300 people, but there is one position unlike any other.

Brea, California-based Mullen Technologies Inc. continues its drive toward establishing its high-end electric-car assembly and research facility on the West Plains.

As a born-and-raised Spokanite and a 34-year employee of Avista Corp., Dennis Vermillion has been embedded in the community and in Avista for most of his life. Combined with his deep industry knowledge, his career trajectory through Avista's ranks

Scott Morris started working at Washington Water Power Co. when he was 23 years old, wrapping water heaters in insulation as part of an energy-efficiency measure taken on by the company in the early 1980s.