While commercial and other kinds of loans have taken a hit over the years since the economic recession, agricultural loans have remained more robust, some industry leaders here say. Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based agricultural lending

With the popularity of cremation growing, the Fairmount Memorial Association, a Spokane-based nonprofit cemetery organization, is extending a new choice for honoring someone who was cremated, called cremation gardens.

Alliance Machine Systems International LLC, the Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of products and services for the paperboard packaging industry, is sponsoring a team of kids, called the Super Garfields, to compete in robotics competitions. The team, wh

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

Spokane County, as a whole, sees between $1 billion and $2.5 billion in outdoor recreation expenditures annually, which puts it in the top six counties statewide for outdoor recreation expenditures, says a recent study commissioned by the Olympia, Wash.-b

Phoenix Protective Corp., a Spokane-based provider of security services, had revenues of $10 million for 2014, up about 10 percent from the previous year, and is expecting more growth this year, says co-owner and President Sheila Leslie.

Three doctors have teamed up to form a teledermatology company here, called Virtual Dermatologic LLC, in an effort to give patients easier and faster access to dermatologists, says Monte Zarlingo, a board-certified radiologist and co-owner of Virtual Derm

Veteran Spokane entrepreneurs Andy Barrett and Tom Simpson are leasing space at the Spokane complex owned by Seattle-based McKinstry Co. for a manufacturing business incubator, called Toolbox. Toolbox is located in a portion of the former Habitat for Hu