Foreclosure actions completed in Spokane County in 2015 dropped by 27 percent compared with the number of foreclosures in 2014, finally falling out of the historically high range, says Phil Kuharski, a longtime Spokane economic data analyst.

Costco Wholesale Corp. plans to leave the city and move its busy north Spokane store a few miles north into an unincorporated area of the county.

Prominent Spokane construction contractor Bouten Construction Co. is heading up three projects in the Tri-Cities with a combined value of $127 million. The largest of the projects is a $72 million expansion of the River Pavilion at the Kadlec Regional Me

With expectations for a short state Legislative session that likely will focus on addressing public education mandates, many legislative priorities for the Spokane-region business community focus on protecting prior and ongoing commitments and encouraging

A Spokane Valley physician specializes in an alternative therapy that he says helps relieve some common forms of joint and muscle pain.