New organizers have taken over the annual Northwest Entrepreneur Competition, with a vision for expanding the competition and increasing participation from students outside the Spokane area.

Beth Fifield Hodgson says she didn't plan to start an environmental consulting firm in which most of the staff would be made up of women. It just worked out that way. Fifield Hodgson co-owns Spring Environmental Inc., with her sister

Food has always been a passion for Josh Hechtman, a senior at Lewis and Clark High School, in Spokane. 'Growing up, food was a big part of my family and culture,” he says. 'Cooking food, eating it, and sharing it with others is a big part

More than half of all jobs in Washington's energy industry are in clean energy, according to a report released in December by Washington, D.C.-based industry group Environmental Entrepreneurs.

Preterm birth rates from the local to the national level have remained fairly stable for the past few decades, but some in the obstetrical care community say the fact rates haven't declined is frustrating.

After 20 years of chronic back pain, former Stevens County Commissioner Fran Bessermin decided quality of life was more important than the fear of having spinal surgery and elected to undergo a new surgery technique developed last year.

Though notable strides in workplace culture and policy change undoubtedly have improved employment conditions for many women over the last several decades, the impacts of sexism on women are particularly evident in male-dominated fields.