The surge in pickleball popularity in the Inland Northwest has sparked growth in business ventures from entrepreneurs making sports gear and clothing for the sport's aficionados. Hayden-based Selkirk Sports, a pickleball focused company founded in

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians is completing work on its River Tower hotel expansion at the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, at 100 N. Hayford, on the West Plains. The expansion, which was designed by Integrus Architecture PS, of Spokane, adds about 200

Jammie and Trace Miller plan to defy traditional quick-service food trends at Konala LLC, their new restaurant located at 107 E. Seventh, in Post Falls. 'There's a gap in the market for offering convenient, healthier food and high-protein options

The Arc of Spokane is expanding into Spokane Valley with its second thrift store. The Spokane-based nonprofit is leasing the former Safeway grocery store space at 1441 N. Argonne, in the same building as a Rite Aid store and an Altitude trampoline park.

Post Falls-based Prairie Falls Golf Club is preparing to open a new $10 million, 43,000-square-foot hotel, event, and retail facility this summer that is intended to be a community hub for residents and golfers on the north side of town.

Despite late openings at Spokane-area golf courses, managers are expecting an uptick, compared to last year when courses closed early.

Commercial development at the mixed-use town center in Liberty Lake, dubbed the NoLL, has slowed slightly due to current economic conditions, but residential development in the area remains strong and includes the ongoing construction of about 75 rental

Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, is nearing completion of a new, $11.5 million facility on the West Plains for Goodwill of the Inland Northwest. Located on a 6.3-acre site at the southeast corner of Deer Heights Road and Flight Drive

Steam Plant Restaurant & Brew Pub, located in Spokane's historic Steam Plant Square building downtown, has added a new event space that's a little outside of the norm, general manager Jeff Cooney says. The space tentatively is being referred to

Spokane-based Contract Design Associates Inc., a 43-year-old commercial furniture dealership, has relocated recently into a 16,000-square-foot space in the former Spokesman-Review production building, at 1 N. Monroe downtown.