Ten months after the arrival of the coronavirus in Washington, the Legislature is convening for a new legislative session amid a pandemic that will shape every aspect of the session, from the way lawmakers conduct business (over computer screens instead

School district funding has been thrown into upheaval by changes at the state level in recent years. New rounds of replacement levies are important steps toward stabilizing funding for those districts in the next few years.

The Idaho Division of Veterans Services says it will resume construction in the spring on a 64-room veterans home in Post Falls on a 7-plus-acre parcel of donated land. Veterans Services broke ground and began site work in the final quarter of 2020

Despite the death of 60-year-old Roberto Alvarado Ochoa on Nov. 18, family, friends, and longtime customers of the restaurant he founded, Taqueria Fiesta Brava, say they're determined to keep both his food and memory alive.

Work on an assisted-living and memory care facility in Spokane Valley is expected to begin this winter, according to preliminary planning documents filed with the city.

A Panda Express restaurant is planned at the site of the former White Elephant retail store on North Division Street, according to a building permit application submitted to the city by a Midwest-based architecture company.

A $4 million overhaul is planned for the former McKinley School, located at 120 N. Magnolia, in Spokane's East Central neighborhood, according to predevelopment plans on file with the city of Spokane. The plans call for the four-story structure to be r