In 2023, former KHQ-TV news anchor Stephanie Vigil left her 25-year post and embarked on a new career path inspired by her newfound passion for playing pickleball. Today, she travels the country as a benefit auctioneer. 

Over the past few years, Spokane has seen a growing trend in return retail or “reverse logistics” stores where overstocked, returned or liquidated goods are resold at a deep discount. 

Spokane-based health tech startup Credential Network has secured a $250,000 grant from the Health Sciences & Services Authority of Spokane County to expand its team and establish its headquarters in the region. 

Two years ago, Kittelson & Associates, Inc., quietly opened its first Washington office in Spokane. 
Today, the team of transportation engineers and planners is helping reshape the region’s roadways from recommending improvements on a single intersection to guiding regional plans for safer, more walkable neighborhoods.  

Shoot 360, a high-tech basketball facility in North Spokane, has emerged as a hub for athletes of all ages and is set to launch its first summer basketball clinic series. 

Two Spokane-based energy innovation groups, Urbanova, a nonprofit organization, and Intent, a tradename for Inland Northwest Center for Energy and Decarbonization LLC, have merged to launch a new energy innovation cluster backed by state funding. 

Nearly a decade after opening its first Spokane branch, Boeing Employees’ Credit Union has expanded to a fourth location on Spokane's South Hill. 

Nonprofit leaders across Spokane are bracing for the fallout of federal budget freezes, delayed grants, and looming funding cuts that could weaken essential services for thousands of residents in the region. 

Latinos en Spokane is in the early stages of planning a $10 million cultural center and affordable housing project that will create flexible space for the organization’s growing programs and build over 40 housing units.