Education & Talent

ZAGANOMICS: Gonzaga basketball becomes economic engine

Businesses, school benefit from program's success

April 8, 2021

A near-perfect, capstone season by Gonzaga University's men's basketball team has generated far more W's than just those on the court. And while the season didn't end with perfection or a national championship after a Monday night defeat

Ridgeline High School rises west of Liberty Lake

$102M project on track for summer completion

March 25, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Ridgeline High School is in the final stages of construction and is on track to be completed by July, Central Valley School District administrators say. The $102 million school has been under construction at 20150 E. Country Vista Drive, on the west side

Spokane libraries to reopen this summer

Four of five Spokane projects nearly complete

March 25, 2021

Erica Bullock

Spokane Public Library is on track to open four libraries this summer, and a fifth library is expected to reopen in spring 2022, says Amanda Donovan, marketing director for the library system. The library projects are funded by $77 million bond

Gonzaga, UW projects progress on schedule

Science building to be completed this fall

March 25, 2021

Linn Parish

Gonzaga University is involved in two ongoing construction projects with a combined value approaching $110 million. The larger of the two projects is the $60 million medical and health education building, which is rising at 840 E. Spokane Falls Blvd.

Whitworth's new science building takes shape

$20 million project slated to be finished in early '22

March 25, 2021

Linn Parish

A new health sciences building is rising at Whitworth University, and the $20 million project is on track to be completed early next year. Formally named the Dana and David Dornslife Health Sciences Building, the three-level, 40,000-square-foot

Six middle school projects in various stages of development

District spending $275M from 2018 bond measure

March 25, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Work is progressing on a handful of middle school projects in Spokane, says Greg Forsyth, director of capital projects for Spokane Public Schools. In northeast Spokane, at 4106 N. Cook, the $46.2 million Shaw Middle School project is on track to be

Stadium replacement is in early development stages

Current venue might be demolished by fall, though alternative emerges

March 25, 2021

Virginia Thomas

The Joe Albi Stadium replacement project is in the planning stages and is on track to be completed by fall 2022, says Greg Forsyth, director of capital projects for Spokane Public Schools. Another alternative for replacing the aging stadium recently

Gonzaga ministry sells properties near campus

Organization reevaluates its offerings in Spokane

March 11, 2021

Natasha Nellis

The Mater Dei Ministry Institute at Gonzaga University has sold its seven-property residential portfolio and is reevaluating how the nonprofit will serve students moving forward, says program director Shonna Bartlett.

Massive U District complex to move forward next month

298 living units to be built along Spokane River

March 4, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Phoenix-based Sagamore Spokane LLC is moving forward with plans to build a 298-unit apartment complex overlooking the Spokane River in Spokane's University District, according to a press release from the development company.