Spokane-based companies Sonderen Packaging Inc. and Inland Empire Paper Co. have begun a recycling partnership in which the paper maker is buying the packaging company’s manufacturing waste.

Site work has begun on a 107-unit multifamily complex at 6020 E. Fourth, in Spokane Valley, says Spokane developer Jordan Tampien.

The Journal recently sat down with Frontier Behavioral Health CEO Kellie Miller to discuss how she plans to lead the organization during this transition, what lessons she learned from late CEO Jeff Thomas that she hopes to continue, and how she came to work in health care administration.

Sima Tarzaban Thorpe, CEO of The Arc of Spokane, will retire from the post she has held for the past eight years, effective Nov. 17.

More than 30 competitors are signed up to participate in this year’s Sparks Weekend, an annual three-day event that provides Inland Northwest entrepreneurs with a space to pitch their business ideas. 

Spokane Valley-based Key Tronic Corp. has reported a reduction in workforce of over 100 employees in the U.S. and Mexico in its recently released earnings report for the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal year.