Investors who lost huge sums when Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and affiliate Summit Securities Inc. shut down about a decade and a half ago should recoup a final, small portion of their money by this fall.

The COVID-19 crisis has clearly rocked our community. Businesses are pivoting to continue operating remotely or reinventing their business models to meet consumer needs. Many are adjusting to the 'new normal” of social distancing.

While our hearts go out to family, friends, and colleagues of victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're also seeing that these worst of times can bring out the best in people. And despite current economic pain and the sacrifices that come with the social

Taylor & Rachel Gano Fluffy's Candy 9502 N. Newport Highway, suite 4B, Spokane 
 In November of 2019, after two years of throwing the idea of opening a full-service candy store around, my wife and I finally made the jump and began looking

XCraft Enterprises Inc., the Coeur d'Alene-based drone manufacturer, raised $1.1 million in angel funding in a campaign that closed early last month through the StartEngine crowdfunding platform. 

Most Pacific Northwest agricultural commodities are expected to be slightly profitable, though some will see drops in pricing due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a quarterly report by Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative

MultiCare Health System is consolidating operations temporarily at some of its Rockwood primary-care clinics in order to reduce potential exposure of staff and patients to those who have contracted COVID-19.

Longtime Spokane real estate developer Harlan Douglass has set his sights on his next big development, a 19-building, 1.52 million-square-foot industrial complex on the West Plains.

Over the last few weeks, a half-dozen businesses with employees in Spokane County have filed notices signaling the Washington state Employment Security Department of temporary layoffs of more than 800 workers.