Spokane Valley-based online marketplace retailer etailz Inc., the one-time poster child for startup success in the Inland Northwest's entrepreneurial ecosystem, expects to increase its sales and market presence this year after a brief era of transition.

The growing trend of medical clinics entering neighborhoods will continue here in 2020. Big hospitals are still prominent places in the community, but increasingly, medical offices now are in residential neighborhoods, occupying space in mixed-use

An ongoing trade war with China, an attempt to impeach President Trump, and a presidential election within the next 12 months have the potential to influence the economy and retail sales growth in 2020. Grant Forsyth, chief economist for Spokane-based

The Washington wheat industry's 2020 forecast received a boost when the Japanese government ratified the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement at the beginning of this month. Also, at the beginning of the month, the state's apple industry went on a global