For decades, Washington state's lack of a personal income tax was one of its defining economic advantages, a feature that drew executives, entrepreneurs, and high earners across the region. That era is ending.

Many Spokane-area golf courses opened for business ahead of schedule despite a mid-March snowfall and other temporary closures, and managers say they’re cautiously optimistic for the season.

The Millworx urban living development in Post Falls has two new businesses that are expected to bring food and gathering experiences to the growing district.

Selkirk Sport LLC has been named a finalist for the Large Business of the Year category in the Journal's 2025 Inland Northwest Business of the Year Awards.

The first phase of construction for the Prairie Medical Campus in Post Falls is expected to kick off this month and conclude in December 2027.

A $200 million Interstate 90 widening project is now underway in Kootenai County just as two other multiyear freeway improvement projects with a total construction value of $108 million are nearing completion.

Two downtown Coeur d’Alene hotel projects — a Marriott-brand hotel and Hagadone Hospitality Co.’s Sherman Tower project — are both in the middle stages of construction and expected to wrap up in 2027.

Work is continuing on the Millworx urban center in Post Falls, where Spokane-based developer A&A Construction & Development Inc. is breaking ground on a new mixed-use building dubbed Silo Block North.

The first phase of construction is expected to begin soon on a new sports complex featuring multiuse fields, pickleball courts, and baseball fields in northeast Post Falls.