Bank, credit union, and investment market executives here are mostly bullish about the coming year, despite potentially growth-dampening effects of anticipated Federal Reserve rate hikes and uncertainties stemming from the recent presidential election. T

Health care industry executives here are gazing into a murky crystal ball as they try to plan and budget for changes in the coming year, amid new major players entering the market and the possibility of the federal Affordable Care Act being abolished or d

Employers added jobs this year faster than some Inland Northwest economists projected, and observers expect further gains in 2017, though possibly at a slower pace. Doug Tweedy, the Spokane-based regional labor economist for the Washington state Employm

The SmileMobile, a mobile dental clinic, made a recent visit to Spokane. Sponsored by Washington Dental Service Foundation and funded by Delta Dental of Washington, the SmileMobile travels around the state providing low-cost care to those unable to access

A former Skippers restaurant near the Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d'Alene is being converted into a Dickey's Barbecue Pit restaurant. The new restaurant's owner, Mark Engberson, is a Spokane-based franchisee for both Dickey's Barbecue Pit and Wing

Two retail tenants are lined up so far for ground-floor commercial space in the Matilda building that's nearing completion in the University District. Also, many of the upscale apartments in the upper three stories are leased or reserved, say the leas