A pair of workforce development initiatives launched last year, one by Spokane Home Builders Association and another by the Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors of America chapter, have seen steady growth, leaders of the initiatives say.

Some Spokane-area farms have found success raising microgreens, as local demand for the nutrient-rich and profitable produce remains high enough to support an increasing number of growers in recent years.

Garden Party, a combined cocktail bar and plant shop, has opened at 107 S. Madison, in downtown Spokane. 'We sell fancy cocktails and plants at the same time,” says Kadra Evans, who owns the business with Kelly Fordice and Margaret Walser.

Founded in the garage next door to where its Spokane Valley office now stands, Simpson Engineers Inc. has operated as a family-run business for over 75 years. Today, brothers Aaron and Ed Simpson make up the third generation of Simpsons running the

The Coeur d'Alene-based franchiseof StretchLab, owned by Jaimee Cox, has expanded into the Spokane market and is eyeing an additional location here. The StretchLab at 2013 E. 29th, in the Grapetree Village commercial complex on Spokane's

Acme TV Home & Office plans to reopen its furniture outlet store, ReSkued, in a new building to be constructed at 1722 E. Riverside, in Spokane's Sprague Union District. ReSkued has been closed since May 2021, after operating as a clearance and

For many, the days of collecting newspaper clippings are no more, but Dan Beach is intent on keeping memories alive for high school athletes and their families. Beach is the founder and CEO of SBLive Sports, a national high school sports media company

Since its opening in 2006, Spokane-based RiverBank Holding Co., the parent company of RiverBank, has maintained an unusual approach to community banking: The bank operates out of just one office, located in a four-story building at 202 E. Spokane Falls

MultiCare Health System, in partnership with Kootenai Health, has opened its first Indigo Urgent Care clinic in the state of Idaho, at 2836 N. Ramsey Road, in Coeur d'Alene. Melanie Collett, director of marketing and communications for Indigo Health