A collaborative effort between Mead School District and the Spokane Home Builders Association is working to spark interest in the trades-particularly residential home construction-among middle-school and high-school students.

In December 2008, the roof of Rosauers Supermarkets' Five Mile store gave way under the weight of heavy snow. In that moment, 120 mostly full-time store employees were displaced-and stayed that way for four months. But instead of issuing temporary

Applying for a nearly $2 million federally backed Paycheck Protection Program loan to help cover payroll presented an unprecedented shift in The way Arc of Spokane operates, its executive director says.

As President Joe Biden continues to lobby the public and pursue bipartisan support for his $2.3-trillion plan to upgrade infrastructure nationwide, Spokane-area transportation and engineering officials say they're waiting eagerly to see what the final

Spokane-based Garco Construction Inc. and the Spokane Valley-based operations of Knife River Corp. are working together to construct a concrete flume for salmon passage at a dam near Cle Elum, Washington.

Arielle Anderson was hired March 16 as the city of Spokane Valley's first housing and homeless coordinator. Anderson, age 42, previously worked for Spokane-based nonprofit Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners, where she was involved in foreclosure

In response to a surge in development and population, the subject of growth management is being broached in Kootenai County. The county's Community Development office has produced a 22-page report exploring possible growth management strategies that

The housing market in Spokane County was underbuilt by nearly 32,000 living units during the 2010s, a market needs assessment report concludes. That lack of supply helped drive median home selling price in the county above $300,000 in 2020-and

Work on the Spokane Transit Authority's $92.2 million City Line rapid-transit bus line route is well underway, and the new-to-Spokane transit option is scheduled to be up and running by May 2022.