The overall property value in Spokane County ticked upward in 2014 for the second consecutive year. The total assessed value, at $38.5 billion, also is within a percentage point of 2009's peak value of $38.8 billion. Byron Hodgson, chief deputy assess

More than $160 million in new and continuing transportation-related construction projects are slated for 2015 across Spokane County, an increase of $20 million from last year, including continued work on the North Spokane Corridor and several previously d

Some providers of U.S. Small Business Administration-backed loans here are anticipating a second consecutive year of loan growth after the dollar volume bounced upward in fiscal 2014 from a year-earlier decline. Last year, lenders in the SBA's Spokane

Washington state Sens. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, and Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, Wash., are co-sponsoring a bill that would create two elder justice centers-one in each senator's city-in a pilot program designed to help protect seniors from abuse

Two of the nation's largest ride-booking service companies, Lyft and Uber, have been operating in Spokane under interim operating agreements they signed with the city in late September, and they appear to be thriving, with drivers saying they enjoy the

Revenue, passenger count, and total freight rose at Spokane International Airport in 2014 compared with 2013, also exceeding the airport's projections for last year, according to a preliminary financial report, submitted recently to the Spokane Airport