Raising taxes on 'the wealthy” might seem like a great idea until you realize that many of the proposals coming out of Olympia would apply to small business owners who don't meet most folks' definition of wealthy. For example, a proposed 66 perce

Welcome news has arrived for business travelers in recent weeks, as Spokane Airports has announced four new direct flights between Spokane and major metropolitan markets. Difficulty getting to and from work-related destinations is a common complaint amo

Rathdrum-based Interstate Concrete & Asphalt Co. says it has acquired a new location in Colville as part of what it calls 'an exchange of assets” with Knife River Corp. The Colville site becomes Interstate Concrete's second location in Eastern Wash

Firehouse Subs, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based restaurant chain, plans to open a restaurant in the Northgate Center retail complex, at 7808 N. Division, says Natasha Wojcik, a company spokeswoman. The 2,100-square-foot restaurant, to be located at the southe

Quest Integration Inc., a Post Falls-based specialty manufacturing-design software seller and support provider, has expanded into Western Washington with a new office in West Seattle, says Chantel Wilkes, a Quest spokeswoman. The new office adds to Quest

The city of Spokane hasn't decided yet whether to give neighborhood residents and business owners a chance to test lane reductions that would result as part of a controversial planned North Monroe Corridor improvement project. Marlene Feist, city of S