Spokane Valley-based Numerica Credit Union has announced plans to merge with Springfield, Oregon-based SELCO Community Credit Union in a proposed “merger of equals."

Red Lion Hotel Templin’s on the River, a Post Falls waterfront hotel overlooking the Spokane River, will close on Friday Oct. 23 as its ownership group, which includes Hayden-based StanCraft, considers options to "reinvigorate the property."

Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson has selected nine low-income census tracts in Spokane County — seven of which are located within Spokane city limits — for the federal Opportunity Zones 2.0 program.