PotlatchDeltic Corp., of Spokane, has reported second-quarter net income of $13.7 million, or 17 cents a diluted share, down from income of $22.3 million, or 28 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. 

Total employment in the Spokane-Spokane Valley metropolitan statistical area continues to tick upward, although the unemployment rate also is rising as more people are looking for work here. 

A “bad actor” lawsuit filed against Coeur d’Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. by a coalition of tribes and environmental groups has been voluntarily dismissed.

Two Spokane-area supermarkets are expected to change hands as part of a divestiture related to Kroger Co.'s planned acquisition of Boise-based Albertsons Companies Inc.

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown is proposing a sales-tax increase that's due to appear on the general-election ballot in November.