We hear about skyrocketing home prices in places like Seattle, San Francisco, and New York and shake our heads. Modest three-bedroom ramblers going for $1 million or more.

Spokane's mayoral race is shaping up to be an ugly campaign. Already. And it's just mid-August. The general election is just under 12 weeks away. At this stage, both candidates, current City Council President Ben Stuckart and former TV anchorwoman

Spokane-based financial advising company Hart Capital Management Inc. says the composite value of the region's seven publicly traded companies rose to $10.2 billion in the second quarter, an increase of 5.9%, or $566.8 million

Banks with branches in the Spokane area report operating in the black during this year's second quarter, according to their earnings releases.

Woodinville, Washington-based Locust Cider & Brewing Co. plans to place its first taproom in Spokane in the former Huppins building, at 425 W. Main downtown, this fall.

Construction has started on a planned interior remodel of a restaurant and adjoining brewery at the site of the former Watts Automotive & Driveline Service garage along the 1300 block of west First Avenue downtown.

Kevin Parker, co-owner of GTG Ventures LLC, which operates all nine Spokane County Dutch Bros. coffee stores, says the company plans to open a tenth store that will open in Airway Heights in mid-October. T

Dry Fly Distilling Inc. is exploring the possibility of moving its entire operation under one roof to part of The Spokesman-Review newspaper printing building downtown, according to a city pre-development application.

Signature Graphics Inc., a Portland-based commercial printer, has acquired Target Media Northwest, the Spokane-based commercial printing and mailing services company that publishes Wheel Deals and Nickel Nik publications.

VIP Production Northwest Inc. has purchased a 26,300-square-foot office and warehouse building at 724 N. Madelia near the Iron Bridge Office Campus that will more than double the company's operating space.