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

Hieber Properties, the Spokane-based development company that's renovating the historic Bennett Block in downtown Spokane, says it has signed Carhartt Inc., the Dearborn, Mich.-based maker of durable workwear apparel, as the anchor tenant for that prope

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has agreed to acquire Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle-based health insurer that has nearly 130,000 customers in Eastern Washington, Group Health announced this morning. The transaction is pending approval by

Waterford on South Hill, the big retirement complex owned and operated by Touchmark Living Centers Inc., of Beaverton, Ore., says it will change its name later this year to Touchmark on South Hill.Also, it says it is nearing completion of a big