Phil Kuharski, the former Fidelity Mutual Savings Bank executive long known as the leading economic authority on the Spokane real estate market, says he's been working with numbers since he was 6 years old.

The sounds of coins clanking into a piggy bank are etched indelibly into our collective consciousness. Putting those pennies, nickels, and dimes into a ceramic sculpture felt good when we were 5 or 6 years old.

How will you ensure your legacy leaves this community a better place? The legacy that each of us leaves isn't entirely preplanned but written in part through our daily acts of kindness, hard work, and generosity.

Americans love donating to charities. Charitable giving continues to grow in popularity as online donation platforms make it easier than ever to give. In 2019, over $500 million was donated online in the U.S. on Giving Tuesday,

Paul Viren, owner of the financial investing firm Viren & Associates Inc., in downtown Spokane, says two-thirds of his nearly 600 clients are Baby Boomers. The average age among all his firm's clients is 56.

Service organizations long have been a staple in the Spokane community, and despite dwindling membership numbers, they are still hard at work giving back to the community, with well over $500,000 in donations given in 2019.

A wedding is typically a happy event, but what comes afterward can be anything but pleasant, if the newlyweds haven't planned how - or whether - to integrate their financial lives.

Imagine building a house without blueprints or having any construction experience. The outcome is going to be unfortunate, if not downright dangerous. The same is true about financial planning. Unless we don't care what happens, we all ought to have a