Buy a house. Lease office space. Invest some money. Get a haircut. Listen to a game. Put a kid in youth basketball. Get arrested. If it's in Spokane, there's a chance a former Gonzaga Bulldog player is involved.

It's ironic, but a strong economy in recent years is believed to have a played a role in a slight enrollment decline at Washington State University's School of Hospitality Business Management.

Washington State University researchers are studying long-term side effects of radiation therapy in some cancer patients that can lead to heart disease and eventually heart failure.

New organizers have taken over the annual Northwest Entrepreneur Competition, with a vision for expanding the competition and increasing participation from students outside the Spokane area.

Parking structures replace surface parking lots in the city's core. A cultural trail through the center of downtown informs and inspires residents and visitors to a more broadly defined downtown Spokane, expanded to include the North Bank, as well as

Whitworth University is continuing its campus expansion with the planned addition of a new café and bookstore, a new trades and facilities building, and its previously reported health sciences building.

Food has always been a passion for Josh Hechtman, a senior at Lewis and Clark High School, in Spokane. 'Growing up, food was a big part of my family and culture,” he says. 'Cooking food, eating it, and sharing it with others is a big part