Liberty Lake-based BSBS LLC has purchased as investments the 64-unit Brookstone apartment complex, at 2405 E. Upriver Drive, in East Spokane, and the 18-unit Brookside apartment complex, at 13129 E. Valleyway, in Spokane Valley.

Discerning what can and can't be recycled can be as much of a hassle as trying to figure out where to dispose of nonrecyclables, says Andy Dunau, executive director of the Spokane River Forum. That's why the nonprofit is expanding its waste directory

Maybe Cassie Cleary will slow down a bit. Or, maybe she won't. After she debuted Honest in Ivory Bridal Shop in 2018, on June 3, she unveiled her latest creation: Dearly Consignment Shop.

In a time like this, the value of the nonprofit Craft3 can't be underestimated, claim two of the organization's Spokane employees. Craft3 specializes in lending to businesses and people who can't secure funding from conventional sources.

Shamrock Machining Inc., at 5704 E. First in Spokane Valley, has invested about $1 million in new equipment that business development manager Mike Oliver says will make the machining shop more efficient and add capabilities the company didn't previously

The owners of AquiPor Technologies Inc. claim that after about a decade of research and development, they've produced a porous, hardened material with the ability to absorb surface stormwater and alleviate drain flooding in heavily paved urban

Cassel Promotions & Signs started with a tube of fabric spinning in the wind atop a car. Cassel President and co-owner Tracy Cassel, now age 63, came up with a windsock in 1987 to advertise his now-defunct Spokane Valley deli delivery business.

With banks limiting contact between employees and their customers, the use of digital and mobile banking tools that the institutions have been investing in for years have seen sudden, dramatic spikes, Spokane-area financial industry representatives say.