Spokane-area golf courses, hammered by a several-year, recession-triggered downturn in activity followed by an abnormally wet spring in 2011, budgeted mostly for flat revenues this year but say they're seeing an upturn in rounds played.Some of
An investor group comprised of Spokane-area real estate developers is resuming work on the big Elk Ridge Heights gated community project south of Spokane Valley after buying the foreclosed property last year from Sterling Bank and redesigning up a
May 22 / Employment here climbsAbout 204,800 people held nonagricultural wage and salary jobs in the Spokane area in April, up about 400 from the prior month but down about 700 from the April 2011 level, preliminary state figures said. results
Meetings & EventsThe Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold Valley Chamber Founder's Day Celebration on Friday, June 1, from 3 to 5:15 p.m., at its Valley Chamber Business Center at Liberty Lake in the Liberty Square Building, 1421 N. For
The world can significantly slow the pace of climate change with practical efforts to control so-called "short-lived climate pollutants" and by bringing successful Western technologies to the developing world, three UC San Diego scientists assert a
While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Prosku-rowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, until the wind picked up and most of of
Since mid-January, about 50 Spokane-area homeowners have scrapped their old, inefficient wood-burning stoves for cleaner heating options under a wood stove change-out program, the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency says in a press release issued is
More consumers today want to trace groceries back to the dirt and to buy produce grown as close to the plate as possible, say Inland Northwest farm leaders and food distributors.To that end, a regional farm cooperative, Genesee, Idaho-based a as
McKinstry Co., the Seattle-based construction and energy-efficiency contractor, says it has reached deep inside its own toolbox to construct a showcase for its expertise in sustainable development and maintaining green practices at its Inland which
Jay Savage is an avid NASCAR fan. A few months ago, the 51-year-old man bought a new motorhome and infield passes to the May race at Talladega Superspeedway. He hoped to see his favorite driver, Kevin Harvick, post his first victory of the season a