Greater Spokane Incorporated has taken on a big challenge with its new community initiative called Greater Minds that aims to provide working adults with support to return to school. The program's goal is to increase the percentage of adult workers in

National and international trends bode well for the young Patriot Portfolio formed by Spokane-based Vorpahl Wing Securities, says portfolio manager Eli Petropoulos. The Spokane-based stock brokerage, which Petropoulos says manages close to $100 million

In its desire to protect retirement savers better, the U.S. Department of Labor last year ruled all financial professionals working with retirement plans, or providing retirement planning advice, would be recognized as fiduciaries by the federal agency.

Spokane County Commissioner Al French says the county soon will submit a request for proposals to operate what he calls a 'transitional transload rail facility” on the West Plains, just east of Fairchild Air Force Base. French has spearheaded Spokane

The white-collar overtime rule that the Obama administration had set to go into effect in December remains on hold, and some employers and their counsel here don't see it coming back soon. 'As a practical matter, I think it's over for a while,

Bernardo|Wills Architects PC and Garco Construction Inc., both of Spokane, have teamed up to secure a $42.5 million project at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Western Washington, says Gretchen Renz, a spokeswoman for Bernardo|Wills. Under the design-build co