When Beau Burdett visited the Inland Northwest in June to check out Kirishian Imports, a Spokane-based rug retailer and cleaner he was considering purchasing, what he found scared him — in a good way.

At least $577 million in Spokane County manufacturing facility investments, developments, and expansions are planned, underway, or have wrapped up since July by major regional employers including Kaiser Aluminum Corp., Jubilant HollisterStier LLC, and Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.

A new Midwest Motor Express Inc. truck dock is being planned in Spokane's Hillyard neighborhood, according to a State Environmental Policy Act application filed earlier this month.

To meet increasing demand, Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital has converted and relicensed 17 beds from long-term acute care to inpatient medical rehabilitation as part of a joint venture between Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Ernest Health and Coeur d’Alene-based Kootenai Health.

Higher education institutions with nursing programs in the Inland Northwest are reporting high graduation rates, with many graduates landing health care jobs close to home.

A permit application for a new Topgolf facility, full-service restaurant, and bar in Liberty Lake has been filed this month by developers known for their work on other Topgolf locations around the country.

The National Weather Service has predicted the Inland Northwest will see a colder and wetter 2025 winter season, and local ski resorts are expecting to have a particularly successful season because of it.

A 24-unit townhome project has been proposed at 7724 N. Austin Road in the Five Mile Prairie neighborhood of North Spokane.

A storm drainage extension project at 4221 S. Regal and 2900 E. 42nd, just northwest of a Maverik gas station and a Mister Car Wash location on Spokane’s South Hill, is temporarily halted but nearing completion, according to information from the city of Spokane.

Some homebuilders and developers here have expressed frustration with increased costs of permit fees and general facilities charges related to residential building permits in the city of Spokane.