The Tukwila, Wash.-based Washington Multi-Family Housing Association, a nonprofit trade group representing the multifamily-housing industry, recently has established chapters in Spokane and in the Tri-Cities, says Jim Wiard, WMFHA executive director.

The city of Liberty Lake awarded last month the contract for its planned $1.7 million repaving and improvement project on Appleway Boulevard, says Katy Allen, city administrator for Liberty Lake. 'Appleway is a very important street in our city for bu

Not So Sweet, a new diabetic-friendly grocery store, will debut this winter in Spokane Valley, says Michael Hall, the store owner. Hall has leased a 3,100-square-foot, single-story building at 302 S. Pines Road that formerly was occupied by Labor Ready a

The mining industry has been characterized in recent years by extreme volatility in the prices of precious metals and also other metals, including steel, iron ore, copper and aluminum.

Look for economic growth to continue in Kootenai County, although at a slower overall pace than in the last two or three years, sources there say.

The Inland Northwest technology sector has enjoyed a comparatively strong year in 2014, and appears likely to grow even stronger in 2015, buoyed both by gains at larger companies and by a groundswell of startup activity, company executives and industry ob