Cheryl Stewart contends that 2020 will be another strong year for the commercial construction industry, albeit not as strong as 2019. 'Everybody is sitting back watching for a recession,” says Stewart, executive director of the Inland Northwest

Tourism in Spokane has been riding a wave of growth, and industry experts here say they expect the trend to continue in 2020, albeit at a more measured pace. Matt Jensen, corporate director of sales and marketing for the Davenport Hotel Collection, says

Sales of single-family homes and condos are expected to slow even more in the coming year as supply continues to lag behind demand, say area experts. Rob Higgins, executive vice president of the Spokane Association of Realtors, expects the real estate

Mark Michaelis, CEO of Spokane-based software company IntelliTect, contends a growing number of emerging exponential technologies -- those that can double in capability or performance, or reduce costs by half within a short time frame -- leads him to

The Journal of Business has begun accepting nominations for its second annual Icons awards, which recognize legends of the Inland Northwest business community. Former Spokane-area businesspeople who are chosen to receive the awards will be recognized at

Momentum from a decade of economic growth in Kootenai County is expected to carry over into 2020 with a mix of developments recently underway or planned for the coming year. The Coeur d'Alene City Council last month approved an urban renewal plan and

After respectable – albeit slower – gains in employment this year, Spokane-area economists are projecting up to 1.5% growth in jobs next year. That would equate to roughly 3,000 new jobs in the Spokane Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2020, which

Although the current decade of economic expansion still appears to have some momentum rolling into 2020, prognosticators here are expecting a slowdown in growth in major economic sectors. Spokane-area economists are projecting up to 1.5% growth in jobs

Amy Knapton Vega has been executive director of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery for about 13 years. The nonprofit organization, named for a Spokane two-year-old who died in 1982 due to injuries from child abuse, has been serving children at risk of abuse