Recent data show prenatal use of marijuana, opioids, and other drugs is on the rise in Spokane County and could be a factor in increased cases of low birth weights here, say Spokane Regional Health District officials. In 2016, the most recent year for wh

Gonzaga University engineering professor Rhonda Young claims we're in the midst of a new transportation era, similar to the days when cars first began to replace horse-and-buggy as the main mode of transportation. 'We're looking at a future with

After more than two decades working in landscape architecture, Joshua Tripp started Place Landscape Architecture LLC here on April Fool's Day in 2016 with just $100 in a business account. Since then, says Tripp, the landscape architecture firm has flour

A type of design-build project delivery method known as progressive design-build is catching on in the state, and that approach already is being employed on a couple of Spokane-area projects, says veteran architect Rustin Hall.

During the past three years, Spokane Valley-based environmental services company Budinger & Associates Inc. has seen about a 25 percent increase in staff, which now consists of 46 mostly full-time employees, says John Finnegan, CEO, principal engineer, an

Registration has started for Spokane-based Avista Utilities newest renewable energy program, Solar Select. Marc Schaffner, renewable energy product manager for Avista, describes the program as a cost-effective structure designed to bring solar energy to

A Spokane County committee called the Eco-Team has launched a local pilot project of the national Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, says Cassandra Harvey, water resource specialist with the county's Solid Waste division within the Environmental Servi

The city of Spokane recently issued its environmental report card, which highlights an ongoing menu of eco-friendly efforts to support and encourage environmental sustainability through financially stable means, says Catherine Olsen, the city's environmen

Rick Bennett, administrator of the Bennett House adult day care center in Coeur d'Alene, says he's about to start up a new business to help caregivers of people with cognitive loss. The new venture, to be called The Dementia Coach, is designed to hel

Maybe you're retired, or maybe you're close to retirement, and the stock market, though fluctuating wildly in recent weeks, remains at an all-time high. Despite the appearance of volatility and uncertainty, Spokane-area financial planners say they'