The new owners of Spokane Valley-based foundry Spokane Industries Inc. say the company is responding positively to changes they've made since purchasing it earlier this year from brothers Greg and Tyrus Tenold. Pat and Lisa Turner claim that

Certificates are becoming a more popular offering at higher education institutions amid an environment of declining enrollment, representatives of Spokane's colleges and universities say. While students increasingly are seeking low-cost, low-time

After successfully launching a theater company for disabled actors in Coeur d'Alene, Wendy Carroll is working to establish a similar organization, My Turn Theater, in Spokane.

Exotic ornamental fish store The Marine Ravine is set to open this fall in Hayden. Owner Eric Cross says the store will open by early October at 2235 W. Dakota, in the Dakota Park Industrial Condos, just south of Coeur d'Alene

Funeral industry workers here say alternative burial methods are slowly gaining acceptance among Spokanites, while cremation continues to be the most popular overall option.

A pair of Spokane entrepreneurs has launched an employee cooperative business entity, which has received more than $711,000 in angel funding and loans.

Spokane Transit Authority has entered the second phase of construction on stops for its $92.2 million City Line rapid-transit bus line. Brandon Rapez-Betty, chief operations officer at STA, says installation of vertical elements at the 28 stops along

A 30,000-square-foot building in northeast Spokane's Hillyard neighborhood formerly used as a Masonic Temple is undergoing a makeover to become a restaurant, bar, and events center.