The data from Olympia just rolled in. It turns out 2018 was the best year in recent memory for the Spokane economy. Take jobs: positions offered by local firms picked up by 5,300, or 2.4%, over the prior year. While the rate was a little less than

With sales and consumption at an all-time high, the wine industry is booming. According to the Washington State University Carson College of Business' annual Business in the Northwest 2019 report, 23 % of Pacific Northwest business leaders

A new health care center is expected to open this fall at Rogers High School to serve students--and eventually, staff, students' families, and the surrounding neighborhoods.

The 65-year-old Lakes Middle School, located at 930 N. 15th, in Coeur d'Alene, is undergoing a $4 million addition and renovation, and construction on a new $12 million elementary school is scheduled to start this summer.

Construction of two new schools – Creekside Elementary and Highland Middle School – has started in the Mead School District north of Spokane, says Ned Wendle, the district's director of facilities and planning.