Strong home sales and a tight rental market signal a healthy, growing Spokane economy. As the housing market expands and prices continue to increase, however, business and community leaders should keep a watchful eye on housing affordability, an issue t

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Kimberly D. Scott, who resides in the Puget Sound area, has been named president and CEO of the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, effective this June 1, the organization's board announced recently. 'Kimberly Scott has the perfect bl

Red Lion Hotels Corp., of Spokane, says it added a record number of new hotels and franchise license agreements last year. Through combined efforts with Coral Springs, Fla.-based Vantage Hospitality Group Inc., which it acquired recently, Red Lion says i

Providence Health Care announced this afternoon that it's eliminating the chief executive positions at Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, both of which have been held for the past 3 1/2 years by Alex Jackson. Jackson's last day w

Rick Welliver, owner and operator of Spokane Boxing Club & Martial Arts, says he's picked up more memberships since moving to the Jefferson Building, located at 115 S. Jefferson at the southwest corner of Jefferson Street and First Avenue downtown. '

Fairchild Air Force Base supporters have been putting so much effort into positioning the base to be an ideal host for next-generation KC-46A Pegasus aerial tankers that the U.S. Air Force's reported decision to place them elsewhere can't help but sti

Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced today that he has approved Kaiser Foundation Health Plan's $1.8 billion acquisition of Group Health Cooperative. Kaiser had filed its application to buy Group Health last March after the

Fairchild Air Force Base isn't a contender to receive a KC-46A tanker fleet, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a press release this morning. Murray said the U.S. Air Force has told congressional leaders that Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, i

Demand Energy Networks Inc., the Liberty Lake-based energy storage company, announced this afternoon that it has been acquired by Enel Green Power North America Inc., the renewables subsidiary of Rome-based Enel S.p.A. Enel Green Power operates more th