The Spokane Parks and Recreation department has selected a Minneapolis-based catering and food-service company to handle the food and beverage operations at city parks.

Eastern Washington University will offer a series of new graduate-level degrees and certificates online beginning this fall. The Cheney-based university announced via press release on June 14 that it's expanding its online course offerings for graduate

Sheri House, owner of Mountain View Gymnastics Inc., of Airway Heights, says she hopes to consolidate the business into a renovated building this summer.

A dog training and boarding business plans to construct and move into two new buildings worth a combined $5 million along East Sprague, in the Veradale area of Spokane Valley.