As the last of the snow melts-let's hope it's the last of it-the buckles in the roads and must-dodge potholes remind Inland Northwest drivers of the heavy toll snow, ice, and cold weather have on roadways.

Goals of the state's Growth Management Act are in conflict with sentiments of neighbors to urban infill development in many cases, and local governments must muster the political will to see that such development can occur within existing urban growth

Border counties in Washington state face major challenges when competing with Idaho and Oregon for businesses looking to relocate or expand. Legislators, especially those representing the Spokane area, should back a bill that would provide a sustainable

The Washington state Legislature should delay approval of the School Employee Benefits Board program and look for a less-expensive option. As it stands, the program would cost the state an estimated $900 million in the upcoming biennium and rise

As state lawmakers address housing affordability this legislative session, they should heed calls to revise laws and regulations that create barriers to homeownership.e

With the city's Nov. 6 stadium advisory vote falling nearly 2-1 in favor of retaining the Joe Albi site in northwest Spokane for a high school football facility, rather than build new on the North Bank near downtown, public sentiment would seem abundant

Wonder Spokane LLC has inked the Spokane office of Parametrix Inc. engineering firm as its first tenant in the recently renovated, former Wonder Bread Bakery building-now called the Wonder Building-on the periphery of downtown Spokane. Based in Sea

Centennial Properties Inc., the Spokane-based property developer that is part owner of the River Park Square downtown retail center, said it has agreed to buy the downtown Macy's building, at the northeast corner of Main Avenue and Wall Street. The

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee announced this afternoon that he has approved the Spokane Tribe of Indians' STEP project in Airway Heights. Inslee says in a press release that his decision concurs with the U.S. Department of Interior's determinati