Brand Boost Prints, a newly formed company, has acquired Spokane Valley-based Lithograph Reproductions Inc., a nearly century-old commercial trade printing company, with the intention of repositioning the operation into a modern, data-driven, direct mail marketing platform for small-to-medium-sized businesses, says General Manager Paul Burns.

Residents of the small unincorporated rural community of Elk, in northern Spokane County, will soon have new boarding accommodations for their furry companions with the opening of Creekside Pet Lodge LLC, says owner and operating manager Alaina Hull.

Slate Dental Inc. has grown its operations from a South Hill garage just two years ago to launching its mini dental flosser product in 844 Target Corp. stores nationwide, marking a significant retail milestone for the Spokane-based dental-technology company.

Craft3, a nonprofit community lender that helps finance projects in underserved communities, is planning to invest between $25 million and $30 million in the Inland Northwest following an $80 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation.

Cinema Quattro, a four-screen boutique theater in Liberty Lake’s River District, is under construction and expected to open by fall 2026, says founder and creative director Jeremy Whittington.

Since late January, four men who made lasting impacts on Spokane’s culture, business landscape, and community have died: Gordon Budke, Larry Brown, Frank Bouten, and Steve Strom.

With a waiting list of over 150 prospective residents, Riverview Retirement Community is aiming to meet demand for senior housing by increasing its expansion project to include a 31-unit luxury condominium complex dubbed The Crest, CEO Danie Monaghan says.

Spokane Valley-based foundry Spokane Industries LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, citing equipment failures, rising material costs, a structural facility collapse, and more than $1 million in employee embezzlement as factors that strained the company’s finances, according to court records filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington.