Associated Painters Inc., the Everett, Wash.-based commercial- and military-aircraft painting company with operations at Spokane International Airport, is taking preliminary steps to add a second hangar at the airport to accommodate a backlog in a

With financial resources constrained due to the weak economy, some nonprofit social-service agencies here say supporters appear to be stepping up their donations of time and effort as an alternative to cash contributions.The increased part of it

For more than two decades, Integrated Health Professionals Inc., a Spokane Valley-based home-heath venture, has been helping to keep the chronically-ill patients it serves across the Inland Northwest out of long-term medical care facilities and in

Stepping into Pink Salvage Gallery LLC, a newly opened store at the west end of downtown Spokane, is a bit like stepping into a vintage wonderland.The eye candy greeting visitors to the shop, located in the historic Luminaria building at 154 S.

Some Inland Northwest universities say they're seeing increased enrollment in their master's of business administration programs, bucking an international trend over the last year of declining interest in such programs.Others, however, are a in

The number of Spokane-area seniors who rely on nonprofit meal programs for at least one hot meal per day has increased significantly in the last couple of years, and that demand is expected to continue growing as baby boomers enter their senior in