Senate Bill 5052, the Washington measure to close all medical cannabis dispensaries not licensed with the state's Liquor and Cannabis Board, will take effect this Friday, July 1. Signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee this past April, the bill, now titled

More than 18 months after voters approved a $64.3 million facelift for Riverfront Park, the city is preparing to start turning dirt there. City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department Director Leroy Eadie says contractors could break ground before sum

The Spokane Public Facilities District will ask the state Legislature again next year for part of the estimated $41 million needed to finance a proposed sports field house, called the Sportsplex, north of the Spokane River, PFD chairman Larry Soehren says

Bill Savitz spent most of his 40-year career at Garco Building Systems, working for and eventually co-owning the West Plains pre-engineered building maker. Now, the 59-year-old veteran of industry is building something new: a business accelerator. As CE

Spokane Public Facilities District officials say they are shifting their focus, which in recent years has been on projects at the Spokane Convention Center, to Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. 'We've always got an ongoing list of projects requiring r

The Spokane Transit Authority's downtown bus plaza is in the midst of a two-phase remodeling project that began in May and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2017. The project is estimated to cost almost $5 million, including design, enginee