Ashley Blake assumed her new role as chief executive officer for the Spokane Sports Commission on Dec. 5. Formerly the organization's vice president, Blake is taking the helm for Eric Sawyer who was the organization's CEO for 30 years.

An estimated $36 million in commercial real estate has changed hands in Spokane's North Bank neighborhood since the new sports stadium was announced there. That's on top of $19 million in new developments and remodels permitted nearby during

Spokane-based Treehouse Deliveries, a third-party food delivery platform, is converting to a member-owned co-op and changing its name to Pacific Northwest Delivery Cooperative, says the company's founder and owner Neil Holford.

The concept of employee health benefits is expanding beyond conventional medical, vision, and dental coverage to include a whole-person approach to worker health and wellness, some Inland Northwest observers say.

Tiffany Claxton-Standley began her role as CEO of the Spokane Association of Realtors on Sept. 19, taking over for Rob Higgins, who retired from the association after having served as executive vice president for nearly 40 years.

Wealth managers are recruiting new financial advisers here and across the country to maintain service levels and replenish an aging workforce, industry representatives and educators say.

Spokane Community College is launching a one-year transfer degree which will allow students to complete a conventional two-year associate of arts degree in half of the time.

Austin Dickey and Jeff Fountain, architects and owners of the design-build company, Copeland Architecture & Construction Inc., have been steadily rebuilding the company's construction division over the last few years back to the size