Spokane and surrounding area residents will walk for cures in the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Northwest Chapter's Take Steps Walk on Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. at Riverfront Park in Spokane. Take Steps is a family-friendly community celebration dedicate

Initiative 1433, which would raise Washington state's minimum wage and would require all employers to begin offering sick leave, has noble intentions-to boost the income of more than 730,000 low-income workers, lift families out of poverty, and grow t

BDO USA LLP, Gallagher Benefit Services Inc., and Moss Adams LLP are the three finalists in the 1,000-plus employee category of a Best Places To Work Inland Northwest recognition program launched this year by the Journal of Business. Prominent names also

Gamers Arcade Bar, a bar offering a variety of video games, has opened in a 1,000-square-foot leased space at 321 W. Sprague, says Adam Norwest, co-owner of Tacoma, Wash.-based parent company Bark Entertainment LLC. Norwest, whose company also owns Spoka

Spokane Transit Authority, in its second attempt in as many years to raise sales taxes for ongoing operations as well as and expansion, has made sensible changes to its ballot measure. Because of those changes and the fundamental importance of mass transi

Spokane accountant David Green has filed recall charges this afternoon against Spokane Mayor David Condon, citing several alleged instances of malfeasance related to the firing of former Police Chief Frank Straub. Green is the managing member of David

In Spokane, it's not difficult to spot what might be classified as nuisance properties-meaning those that have been abandoned, where unsafe conditions exist, and where crime occurs repeatedly. Some city leaders believe that since the Great Recession,

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