While companies are grappling with the effects of the current U.S.-China trade disputes-and many are concerned about automation and its effect on the workforce-most companies are feeling optimistic about the future, according to Umpqua Bank's

The Spokane County Treasurer's Office is shaking up its investment portfolio with its first foray into corporate and international bonds in a strategic move to diversify the Spokane Public Investment Pool.

Two years ago, Cameron Davenport launched Coeur d'Alene-based Davenport Memorial Glass Co., which creates glass art pieces that incorporate cremated remains of humans or pets. By spring, the business had received enough orders that Davenport

A laptop featuring Rohinni technology could be waiting under the tree this Christmas. That's what Matthew Gerber, CEO of Coeur d'Alene-based tech engineering company Rohinni LLC, says the company's new joint venture Luumii hopes to accomplish

More fiber-optic network activity has begun to crop up in Coeur d'Alene and Spokane. TDS Metrocom, a Madison, Wisconsin-based telecommunications company, is constructing a new fiber optic network in Coeur d'Alene, with the intention of offering

Mention The Great PNW bears to the majority of Spokanites, and one image immediately comes clearly to mind. That animated image, to innocent eyes, looks like one grown bear on his back haunches standing behind another that's resting on all four paws.

City of Spokane officials and its chief financial officer, Gavin Cooley, have some things to consider in the coming months. Cooley, 61, will think about what to do after he retires at late this year or early in 2020