Reporter Tina Sulzle covers the restaurant and retail industry. When she’s not reporting on Spokane’s evolving business landscape, she spends time with her daughter, writes screenplays, and creates fine art.
As fentanyl continues to cause significant damage to individuals, families, and the Spokane community, The Rayce Rudeen Foundation is on a mission to educate the public about the drug’s dangers and break the stigma surrounding addiction.
What began as a COVID-era kindness post on social media has evolved into a thriving home-based meal delivery operation, but in order to grow and meet demand, Spokane Helpers Network is now seeking to move into a brick-and-mortar location.
The total value of building permits issued in the city of Spokane declined significantly from January to September 2025 from a year earlier, according to permit data provided by the city of Spokane.
Spokane-based nonprofit Waters Meet Foundation has taken the initial steps to bring a pilot project serving individuals transitioning out of homelessness to the West Hills neighborhood.
After moving into a new location just east of downtown Spokane, Liberty Ciderworks is seeing growth in both distribution and visits to its family-focused taproom after a major revamp this year.
According to the Downtown Spokane Partnership Housing Action Plan study, Spokane should adopt a 10-year housing development target of 3,200 more market-rate housing units in downtown Spokane.
Spokane’s culinary scene will warm up just in time for winter with the addition of a new ramen restaurant in the Washington Cracker Co. building at 304 W. Pacific, in downtown Spokane.