Despite regional tourism being strong here again this year, local experts in the industry say a lighter convention event schedule could mean visitor traffic will soften slightly in 2017.
Visit Spokane President and CEO Cheryl Kilday says demand for overn
Most sectors of the Kootenai County economy are expected to continue to grow in 2017, although certain industries will be challenged to fill their workforces, some sources there say.
Sam Wolkenhauer, Post Falls-based regional labor economist with the Ida
Look for activity in the commercial and residential real estate markets to continue their post-recession upswing next year, some market observers here say.
Dave Black, CEO of Spokane-based NAI Black, says the Spokane-based commercial real estate brokera
Construction momentum in the Spokane area will continue upward next year, industry observers here say.
Andrea Frye, business development manager at Spokane-based Vandervert Construction Inc., says current positive economic indicators, such as continued j
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.
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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 Spokane-Coeur d'Alene job market has outperformed projections this year, and many industries in the Inland Northwest have strong momentum going into 2017.
While growth is expected on many fronts, the rate of expansion might not be as great next ye
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
Orthopedic specialists join forces with sports clinic
December 1, 2016
Recognizing an opportunity to provide more comprehensive treatment for its customers and a wider swath of the general community, two medical groups formed a partnership here more than a year ago with the intention of helping clients with sports-related in