Thanks largely to a strong economy, a couple of Spokane-area construction companies say they immediately hired several workers who lost their jobs when Spokane-based Vandervert Construction Inc. went out of business earlier this year. Control of Vander

Dublin, Ohio-based Options for Supported Housing will complete a redevelopment project involving four separate Spokane-area houses to be leased to low-income people with developmental disabilities, says Jacob Pollowitz, housing developer and asset manager

Pullman, Wash.-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. says it plans to build a 100,000-square-foot electrical power and research facility near Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. that could generate 300 or more jobs there. The Schweitzer

It took mere months for the Great Recession to claim millions of American jobs. Now, as employers scramble to rebuild the workforce, they're facing a dilemma: The labor pool is shrinking, and it could be decades before it comes back. Across the nation,