As the effects of the coronavirus continue to reshape our world, several factors are accelerating the shift to a more digital, hybrid future in Spokane.

It's a beautiful spring morning in the Inland Northwest. The year is 2030. As your morning alarms goes off, and you get out of bed, your smart device announces that you have a prescription delivery. Just a few hours earlier, while you were sleeping

Work by a city-appointed group tasked with exploring options for a fiber optic network has been on hold since the pandemic began. But City Council President Breean Beggs anticipates the city will revisit the subject and perhaps regroup this spring.

Some lenders in Spokane County have experienced an increased volume of digitally initiated mortgage applications since the onset of the pandemic, though not all attribute the shift to COVID-era behavior changes.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing and packaging company Jubilant HollisterStier has started a $92 million expansion of its plant in east Spokane. Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the general contractor on the project, which involves adding

Construction on a 147,700-square- foot manufacturing facility on the West Plains for Spokane-based biotech startup Selkirk Pharma Inc. is nearly complete, and operations are expected to begin there by early next year. Bouten Construction Co. is the

Amazon.com Inc. continues to expand its presence in the Spokane area with two current projects having a total construction value of $56 million underway on the West Plains. A nearly 280,000-square-foot structure widely presumed to be an Amazon sorting

Several major construction projects with a combined value exceeding $178 million are underway or recently completed at Spokane-area colleges. One of the larger projects underway is the 90,000-square-foot, four-story medical and health education building

Shaleesa Mize, owner and founder of Pacific Design Co., says what intrigues her the most about the commercial design landscape in Spokane is the number of new boutiques, quirky businesses, little restaurants, and coffee shops that she's noticed popping