Two Spokane-area churches are investing a combined $6 million that will expand their campuses and accommodate more attendees.

Jessica “Jessie” Laughery joined Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce as president and CEO on May 11, replacing Lance Beck, who took a new job at Greater Spokane Incorporated.

Since opening in downtown Spokane in early 2022, Petunia & Loomis LLC has grown a loyal base of customers who appreciate the bizarre and unusual.

The city of Spokane Valley has been awarded a $20.8 million federal grant to reconstruct the traffic-jammed interchange at Sullivan Road and Trent Avenue.

Groundworks LLC, a national foundation repair company, is expanding to Liberty Lake in October, where the company will increase its coverage area to service roughly 360,000 single-family homes across Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Even as higher vehicle prices, insurance premiums, and borrowing costs continue to squeeze household budgets, Spokane-area lenders say auto loan activity is picking up this year as customers refinance existing loans, stretch payment terms, and hunt for more affordable vehicles. 

Driven by a silver tsunami of retiring baby boomers, Spokane-based Stewardship Concepts Financial Services LLC has seen its assets under management surge from $78 million in 2024 to $200 million in April 2026, says Noah Schwab, co-owner and certified financial planner at Stewardship Concepts.

A surge in artificial intelligence investment is reshaping the venture capital landscape, driving record valuations and deal sizes while creating new challenges for startups that aren't centered on AI technology.

Encompass Health Corp., a Birmingham, Alabama-based healthcare provider, is planning to build a new 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls.

Washington state is on the leading edge of a demographic shift that is placing pressure on senior housing providers, long-term care operators, healthcare systems, and developers as the state's aging population grows substantially faster than the workforce and housing inventory needed to support it.

As behavioral health patients at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center age and their medical needs grow more complex, the hospital is redesigning its staffing strategy for inpatient psychiatric services.