Regardless of how state constitutional challenges to the recently passed Initiative 976 play out in court, state and local entities will have to ask their constituents hard questions as they try to interpret voters' message and potentially reset

Redmond, Oregon-based homebuilder and developer Hayden Homes LLC has announced an initiative that will award a total of $150,000 in grants to three cities, counties, or agencies in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon

The 4-year-old Spokane International Academy has leased a new home at 777 E. Magnesium in north Spokane, says Travis Franklin, principal of the charter school.

The city of Spokane has approved plans for an apartment complex just north of downtown, near North Central High School. Spokane-based Barnham Group plans to develop the 24-unit Wall Street Apartments complex on a vacant lot at 1405 N. Wall

Born into a family of self-declared 'stashers,” Spokane entrepreneur Kara Dixon says understanding that she needed to get her possessions better organized led her to found Spokane Organizing Solutions Inc., a company dedicated

Sally Guthrie, a co-owner of Famous Joe's Vendor Emporium, says the goal she shares with her business partners ultimately is to fill the 12,000 square feet of space Famous Joe's is leasing at 9126 E. Sprague, in Spokane Valley.

A Sandpoint-based coffee company and a Spokane-based lobster bar are slated to be among the first eateries in the Wonder Market, located at 835 N. Post on the periphery of downtown Spokane. In addition to Evans Brothers Coffee and High Tide Lobster Bar,

Work has started on the planned expansion at the Morning Star Boys' Ranch, and while the project started later than anticipated, executive director Audrea Marshall says it's now 'cruising right along.”

Seattle-based Cascade Columbia Distribution Co. plans to build a 74,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility on the West Plains, according to conditional-use permit information on file with the city of Airway Heights.

Animal Emergency Clinic, a new after-hours emergency veterinary clinic, has opened in the former TLC Veterinary Clinic space at 6522 E. First, in west Spokane Valley.