In fields where competition for talent is keen, some companies here say they often go beyond monetary compensation to create a community workplace culture they hope will help them attract and retain employees. The steps they take to that to

Decorative artist Shirley Offill always has been in touch with the business side of her art, even as a child in her hometown of Missoula, Mont., where she recalls selling pictures on the school playground for a dime.Now, Offill applies her to a

Apollo West LLC, of Tukwila, Wash., has bought Spokane-based Apollo Plastics Inc., thereby largely resolving a lawsuit and bankruptcy filing involving the latter company, says Kevin ORourke, Apollo Plastics bankruptcy attorney. ORourke to

The city of Spokanes taxable retail sales growth slowed dramatically in the third quarter of 2007, with sales rising just 2.7 percent over the year-earlier period, the latest available figures show. That compares with growth of 11.7 percent 5

Gonzaga University has received environmental approval from the city of Spokane for a planned two-building, 632-bed residence complex. Dale Goodwin, a Gonzaga spokesman, says the university wont build the structure anytime soon, but is for a

Health-plan costs for businesses here will rise mostly from the upper single-digits to upper-teens percentage range, which is mostly up from the hikes seen last year, say representatives of health plans offered here. They say theyll continue to a

Though the mortgage-lending industry has slumped badly nationally, with reverberations felt in the stock market, residential mortgage specialists here say the Spokane areas conservative nature has allowed it to remain relatively here largely have

Issues that involve caring for senior citizens have gotten a jump-start in the planned 60-day legislative session this year with the filing of a report Jan. 11 by a joint legislative task force on long-term care residential facility payment The was

The city of Spokanes newly revised six-year water and sewer plans outline nearly a quarter of a billion dollars worth of projects, a number of them new on the list in the 2008 to 2013 version of the plan. Jim MacInnis, a senior engineer with

Spokane-area doctors say they think a commonly prescribed osteoporosis medication approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration last fall for use in preventing breast cancer is a welcome addition to the drug arsenal and could help boost awareness