Brothers John and Ken Towner retired late last year after selling the family's 55-year-old business, Towner's Conoco gas station, located at 1906 N. Ash in Spokane's West Central neighborhood. The new owner is local businessman, Avtar Brar, who runs

Frontier Behavioral Health has created a new model of caring for clients that relies more heavily on employees who have bachelor's degrees that supplement those who have more advanced degree in an industry desperate for workers.

Clint and Brenda Grassel, founders of Precision Cutting Technologies Inc., in Liberty Lake, have sold their business to a Washington state-based private equity company that they say will continue operations under the Precision name and expand the business

The Spokane City Council has a matter of days to decide whether to adjust transportation impact fees before a moratorium on new construction in the Latah Valley area expires. The Council could raise the fee to 600% or more of the current level. It also

Fixed indexed annuities-and their ability to guarantee zero market losses while providing a guaranteed life income-are to small business owners and the private sector what defined benefit pension plans are to government employees in the public

At the recently opened Affinity at Mirabeau retirement complex, residents take the lead in planning celebrations, holidays, happy hours, and other activities. 'It really is a community. It's people coming together as neighbors, and they become