Spokane's beautiful nature can be experienced from the views and brews in Green Bluff to the never-ending horizon atop the Rocks of Sharon. Our outdoor recreation, access to public lands, and all four seasons create opportunities to savor the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest year-round. While exploring downtown, you can encounter the staggering power and majesty of the Spokane Falls running through the core of our city, creating an experience that can’t be duplicated anywhere else.
It’s not just poetic language or our own impressions that highlight Spokane’s charm — you told us so yourselves. Greater Spokane Inc. (GSI) has released the third edition of The Pulse, a nonpartisan, data-driven quality of life survey of voters in the Spokane region. First launched in October 2024, this community survey has provided elected officials and community leaders with meaningful insight to guide reflection and policy action.

What exactly is Low Voltage? Telecom? IT Design? LV? Telecommunications? And what do all these terms entail? Regarding building design, we group all these older legacy titles under the current industry: Information and Communications Technology or ICT.

I am sometimes asked how the Journal of Business got its start. The answer is the kind you can’t exactly provide in an elevator speech. But I was there, so if you have a few minutes, let me tell you the story.
It’s a yarn I’ve written in various ways for past anniversaries of this cherished newspaper, so my apologies if you’ve heard the punchlines before. It’s also a story of how a new publication beat the odds to survive in a difficult industry, and one that became even more challenging years later.