Brian Behler is set to retire in June ahead of Skils'kin's merger with Skookum. The Journal recently sat down with Behler to discuss the upcoming union, the many adventures of his four-decade career, and what he plans to do in retirement. 

Michaele Armstrong, co-founder of Washington State University's business incubator SP3NW has taken the lead as the new executive director of the Evergreen Bioscience Innovation Cluster. 

Private school employment is at an all-time high in the Spokane area, but not all schools feel impact.

Site work is set to begin in early May at Whitworth University for a new 21,500-square-foot engineering and physics building. 

NIL collectives have emerged as the new fundraising vehicle to pay student-athletes at local universities. In the Inland Northwest, there are two major collectives: the Zags Collective, representing Gonzaga University men's and women's basketball athletes, and the Cougar Collective which raises funds for Washington State University athletes.  

World Relief Spokane has relocated its corporate office to Spokane Valley to help expand employer partnerships for the nonprofit's refugee clients.

Students in the Barker Capital Management and Trading program at the University of Idaho are getting exposure to investing and risk management by using real money provided through the $1 million Barker Endowment Fund. 

Gonzaga University School of Law has increased its enrollment over the last six years and launched efforts to create a pipeline of homegrown attorneys to rural communities in Washington state. 

A four-story, 15,000-square-foot facility for children and youth is taking shape in West Central Spokane.