The economy here is expected to improve in some metrics here in 2024 although it faces persistent challenges in interest rates, inflation fears, and labor shortages.
Elevated interest rates are behind market slowdowns across both commercial and residential real estate sectors in Spokane and Kootenai counties this year.
Dr. Katherine Tuttle, Providence’s executive director for research for the Inland Northwest, has received the most prestigious award given out by the American Society of Nephrology.