OpenEye, a Liberty Lake-based video-surveillance technology manufacturer and software development company, is in the midst of an aggressive recruiting initiative to boost its engineering and sales workforce by year-end, says founder and CEO Rick Sheppard.

Less than a year after buying the shuttered Katerra plant in Spokane Valley, Mercer Mass Timber LLC plans to invest $50 million in capital projects at the cross-laminated timber factory over the next two years.

Tony Bonanzino, former president, CEO, and part owner of pharmaceutical manufacturer Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, now Jubilant HollisterStier, has been a constant role model in life and business for people around him.

The city of Liberty Lake has approved a zoning change for the Meadowwood Technology Campus that will allow for new land uses, including increased residential and commercial uses, says Jim Frank, CEO of Greenstone Corp.

On a mission to help young people discover how their skills and interests can help decide which career to aim for, Spokane entrepreneur Tyler Lafferty has started Slingshot, a nonprofit professional training and coaching program.

While funding opportunities have slowed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Spokane's startup community remains active, bolstered by employees located throughout the U.S. and events that bring attention to new companies, some market observers

As the effects of the coronavirus continue to reshape our world, several factors are accelerating the shift to a more digital, hybrid future in Spokane.

It's a beautiful spring morning in the Inland Northwest. The year is 2030. As your morning alarms goes off, and you get out of bed, your smart device announces that you have a prescription delivery. Just a few hours earlier, while you were sleeping

Work by a city-appointed group tasked with exploring options for a fiber optic network has been on hold since the pandemic began. But City Council President Breean Beggs anticipates the city will revisit the subject and perhaps regroup this spring.