Construction of two new schools – Creekside Elementary and Highland Middle School – has started in the Mead School District north of Spokane, says Ned Wendle, the district's director of facilities and planning.

Community Frameworks, a nonprofit low-income housing provider, has submitted a predevelopment application to the city of Spokane for an envisioned 43-unit low-income residential complex that would be developed on a 1-acre site on the 400 and 500 blocks

Lumberbeard Brewing plans to open in late summer in what was formerly the Culligan Water Systems space at 25 E. Third.

Basic Kneads Personal Chef & Catering has returned to the Post Falls area. Owner and chef Rhea Skinner says she restarted the business about three months ago as an online service for customers in Spokane, Kootenai, Benewah, and Bonner counties.

Construction has started on Scofflaws Book Club, a new speakeasy-themed bar that's planned to open in the historic Legion Building, at 108 N. Washington downtown.

Connecticut-based telecommunications company Frontier Communications Corp. has agreed to sell its assets and operations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana to Kirkland-based WaveDivision Capital LLC and Searchlight Capital Partners LLC