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Family works to carry on Taqueria Fiesta Brava

Restaurants & Retail

January 14, 2021

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.

Magnolia Place senior complex planned in Spokane Valley

Assisted-living, memory-care center to have up to 124 residents

January 14, 2021

Virginia Thomas

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.

Spokane accounting firm splits into two units

Assure CPA focuses on public company auditing

January 14, 2021

Virginia Thomas

Spokane accounting firm DeCoria, Maichel & Teague PS is splitting into two entities but will remain under the same roof. Jeff Maichel, who founded the firm in 1997, says it will be divided into Assure CPA LLC, which he'll

Panda Express to rise at White Elephant's North Division site

North Division location to have drive-thru access

January 14, 2021

Kevin Blocker

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.

Mixed-use project eyed at old McKinley school building

Residential, restaurant, office space in works

January 14, 2021

Natasha Nellis

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

Pandemic increases reproductive-care barriers

Local health agencies work to ensure access

January 14, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Contraception access has decreased during the pandemic, with nearly a third of women canceling or delaying doctors' visits, according to a recent study, which has led state and local medical professionals to find new ways to ensure access, say

Dragseth hits road with mobile frame design shop

Restaurants & Retail

January 14, 2021

Kevin Blocker

Custom art designer and framer Treasure Dragseth says her mobile business, Treasure It? Frame It!, is quickly gaining traction. For several years, Dragseth has run her own art and frame shop out of her home on Long Lake in the Suncrest neighborhood

Copper Creek Landscaping to expand in Hillyard

Project to take year to complete

January 14, 2021

Kevin Blocker

The owner of a Spokane-based landscaping company located in the Hillyard neighborhood has his sights set on expanding his current office and constructing a new 18,000-square-foot light-industrial incubator starting the middle of the year.

Alcohol use rises among women during pandemic

Health therapists urge 'take care of yourself' in current environment

January 14, 2021

Kevin Blocker

A recent report revealing a sharp increase in women's consumption of alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic comes as no surprise to Colonial Clinic co-owner Huston Stolz.

Speak Studios looks to expand quickly

Spokane podcast venture to open third location in Boise

January 14, 2021

Natasha Nellis

Speak Studios Inc, a young, Spokane-based podcast production company, is looking to expand rapidly. 'The goal for Speak is that we want to have a Speak Studio in â€¦ every major city in the country,â€ says Steve Dobbs, the company's creative