Hiring a smoker could cost business owners nearly $6,000 extra per year. That was the finding of a recent study comparing the cost of employees who smoke with nonsmokers, published in the peer reviewed journal Tobacco Control. This cost includes increa

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee this morning signed into law a bill that clears the way for Washington State University's proposal to create an independent medical school in Spokane. Specifically, the new law amends a 98-year-old statute that gave t

Spokane County has awarded West Co., of Airway Heights, the contract for a $1.05 million Christensen Road Bridge project, says Chad Coles, assistant county engineer. Coles says the project will replace the bridge, which spans Deep Creek west of Airway H

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office has moved its training and personnel units to the former Mountain View Middle School, says sheriff's Sgt. Martin Tucker, who oversees the units. The sheriff's training center now occupies 46,200 square feet of le

Ride-share companies Uber and Lyft prevailed in a court case here earlier this month when Spokane County Superior Court Judge John Cooney granted a preliminary injunction blocking the city from releasing information to the Journal of Business about each c

Two popular ride-share companies, Uber and Lyft, have been granted temporary restraining orders in Spokane County Superior Court that stem from public-records requests the Journal of Business filed seeking information on the fees they paid to the city of