Construction is underway in north Coeur d'Alene on a new $3.3 million commercial office building that will be owned and occupied by Keller Williams Coeur d'Alene, says Dennis Ranch, the agency's operating principal.

The College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University, in Pullman, has started construction of a $61.9 million facility that will be occupied by the college's Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory.

Central Valley School District has released a first look at the conceptual design of its planned new $95 million high school, which is slated to be constructed along East Country Vista Drive.

Post Falls-based residential and commercial electric service and repair company Mainstream Electric Inc. has been on a growth streak the last three years and doesn't plan to slow down anytime soon, says co-owner and company President Elaine Damschen.

Housing costs are rising in Spokane County, but the most recent Spokane Community Indicators Initiative analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data indicates percentage of renters who spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing has remained relatively

With higher wages in other specialties, a growing workforce void, and an increasingly large retiring population, among other factors, the retirement industry has seen a serious nursing and aid shortage, some industry professionals here say.