Spokane-based Brain Freeze Ice Cream, the retail affiliate of Brain Freeze Creamery LLC, has leased 1,000 square feet of space formerly occupied by a Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream shop, at 1228 S. Grand Blvd., in the Grand Place retail center, for a second Bra

Spokane's downtown area, though revitalizing in many ways, still has enough pockets of underused and deteriorating buildings that it's concerning when larger, landmark buildings also sit mostly vacant for extended periods. That's why it's so enco

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The nonprofit HUB Sports Center says it now has raised $1.8 million in its capital campaign aimed at generating $3.2 million so it can purchase its leased 66,000-square-foot multipurpose facility at 19619 E. Cataldo, in Liberty Lake. Executive Director P

While it's discouraging to see the number of Spokane-area publicly traded companies dwindle yet again with its announcement that Mines Management Inc. will be acquired, it's heartening that another Inland Northwest company, Hecla Mining Co., is the ac

Coeur d'Alene-based Hecla Mining Co. said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Mines Management Inc., of Spokane. The transaction is expected to be completed during the third quarter of 2016 and is subject to approval by Mines Management shareh

In need of more space, Urbanna Natural Salon Spa & Wine is moving a block north of its current location at 168 S. Division downtown to 104 S. Division on June 6. The spa, which opened in October 2009, will move from the historic Pine Creek Dairy Creamery

After months of information gathering, Gov. Jay Inslee is believed to be close to making a decision on the Spokane Tribe of Indians' proposal to develop an off-reservation casino in Airway Heights, near Fairchild Air Force Base. We urge him to act in t

Carolina Johnson and Susannah Stoltz, of Spokane, have launched a new business here named SEAM Interiors LLC, a residential design investment company that they will operate mostly out of their homes. Through that business, Johnson and Stoltz will purchas