Greater Spokane Incorporated and community fund partners have raised $3 million ahead of schedule to fund economic development initiatives and talent recruitment and retention efforts for the region. Alisha Benson, CEO of GSI, says the goal was to

Chicana Esthetics LLC has seen strong growth in its number of clients since launching in November as a cosmetic skin studio focused on skin health issues for people of Native American, Asian, African American, and Latino backgrounds.

Brothers John and Ken Towner retired late last year after selling the family's 55-year-old business, Towner's Conoco gas station, located at 1906 N. Ash in Spokane's West Central neighborhood. The new owner is local businessman, Avtar Brar, who runs

At the recently opened Affinity at Mirabeau retirement complex, residents take the lead in planning celebrations, holidays, happy hours, and other activities. 'It really is a community. It's people coming together as neighbors, and they become

Jim Fields stepped into his new role as general manager and CEO of Spokane Valley-based Vera Water & Power on Jan. 1. Fields, 60, took over for Kevin Wells, who retired after 49 years with the utility.

The startup ecosystem here, particularly relating to software and information technology, has benefitted from the emergence of remote and hybrid work, making way for Spokane-based companies to draw on talent from anywhere in the world, some entrepreneurs

Key Tronic Corp. is on the receiving end of a tenfold increase in contract-bidding opportunities as many companies-prompted by production delays, rising costs, and tensions with China-are pulling business out of that country and bringing it back to