“I’ve kind of wandered through life,” wasn’t the answer I expected from a founding member of one of America’s most formative folk groups. Most people assume Chad Mitchell spent decades chasing success. He insists the opposite is true. At 89, from his home in Spokane, Mitchell speaks less like a celebrity reminiscing on a star-studded career and more like an engineer looking back on a lifetime of completed designs.

Private citizens, business owners, and self-employed professionals can create their own version of a pension — guaranteed income for life — by using annuities.

Spokane is in the early stages of one of the most significant economic shifts our region has seen in a generation. Tens of thousands of baby boomer business owners across the country are approaching retirement, and many have not yet reckoned with what that means for the businesses they spent decades building. Here in Spokane, that wave is already arriving.

The former Bulldog Tavern property in Spokane's Logan neighborhood has changed hands. Erik Morris and J.D. Winn, co-owners of Logan Tavern — which occupies the site — acquired the property in April for $1.6 million through their company Morrwinn LLC, from Willard Quinn III.

A new dry-aged beef program at the Chinook Steak, Seafood & Pasta restaurant in the Couer d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel is driving both flavor innovation and increased sales, says executive chef Alex Santos-Cucalon.

As owners of the Italian Kitchen in Spokane, Bryce and Lyndsay Kerr successfully navigate a very difficult middle ground. Their restaurant is a locally-owned, hospitality-driven, relationship-based business operating in an economy increasingly dominated by convenience apps, chain restaurants, social media influencers, and ever-shortening attention spans.