Spokane-area small-business owners are looking into taking advantage of aid offered to them through the CARES Act, says Sheryl McGrath, Spokane-based associate state director of the Washington Small Business Development Center.

Nearly $440 million in commercial and residential construction projects is estimated to be on hold in the Spokane region during Gov. Jay Inslee's 'Stay Home, Stay Healthy” mandate that has deemed private residential and commercial construction

Spokane-area contractors are scrambling to comply with recent updates to Gov. Jay Inslee's 'stay home, stay healthy” order that has deemed commercial and residential construction as nonessential.

The signs of work on the North Spokane Corridor in northeast Spokane are readily visible now. When completely finished in 2029, the $1.49 billion project ultimately will create a freeway linking Interstate 90 in east Spokane to U.S. 395 north of Spokane.

Spokane Transit Authority plans to break ground in May on its $92.2 million City Line bus rapid-transit route. The six-mile City Line, which will extend from the Browne's Addition neighborhood to Spokane Community College and run through downtown

After 103 years, the Post Street Bridge in downtown Spokane will be replaced. Construction is scheduled to start in April. Marlene Feist, director of strategic development for the public works department, says plans call for the project to be completed

The concrete has been poured for the $53 million Sportsplex under construction near downtown Spokane, says Stephanie Curran, CEO of the Spokane Public Facilities District, which will own and operate the facility. Work on the 135,000-square-foot facility