As the Inland Northwest reels from nature's one-two punch of a pair of violent windstorms in late July and early August, some businesses have yet to tally losses, while cleanup and repair services and suppliers anticipate big gains. The first of the tw

Tacoma-based Columbia Banking System Inc. and Sandpoint-based Intermountain Community Bancorp have similar corporate cultures that will assist integrating the two banks following a planned acquisition that will mark Columbia Bank's long-envisioned entry

Recent enforcement guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission signals that the federal agency is targeting pregnancy-related discrimination as an area of emphasis, say knowledgeable observers, who add that Washington state also has rob

The new owner of the historic Washington Cracker Co. building hopes to convert the 33,700-square-foot structure at 304 W. Pacific downtown into a multiuse center, predevelopment plans filed with the City of Spokane show. Uses envisioned for the four-leve

The recently opened and already busy Target retail store at the Regal Plaza shopping center reflects the demand for new retail development on the South Hill, says prominent Spokane real estate developer Dave Black, who also notes that it took more than a

Recent high-profile, low-income senior housing projects here valued at some $34 million mark a brief surge in such developments before an impending drought, people involved in the projects say. The project pipeline for low-income senior housing projects