While Washington's recreational marijuana industry continues to have healthy sales, growers and retailers are facing a continued challenge with banking and now a new problem with oversupply. Steve Burks, manager of Spokane Valley retail shop Treehouse

Start with a glass of wine or a microbrew, sprinkle in artistic expression, mix in friends, old and new, and a quick sense of accomplishment. It's a recipe for what seems to be the new thing in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene: art-lessons-while-you-drink st

Mika Maloney and Karyna Hamilton, owners of Spokane small businesses Batch Bakeshop and Flora Yogurt Co., respectively, teamed up this month to share space and help promote each other and the Spokane small business community. Batch, which is located at

Spokane salvaged jewelry and home decor creators Tamra Brannon and Ginger Lyons, co-owners of Airway Heights boutique Buffalo Girls Vintage LLC, are preparing to roam to greener pastures as their business expands. 'We're moving into a big house,”

As the price of gasoline continues to fall in Spokane and throughout the U.S., consumers here are finding that they have more money to spend on other household needs, and businesses are seeing benefits as well. Some observers suggest, however, that the we