The number of jobs in Spokane County has trended upward during the second half of 2012 and so far this year, with a net gain of more than 3,000 new jobs, labor observers say."We've seen significant gains of people employed; it's mostly jobs," of
Representatives of three Pacific Northwest biomedical companies toured Spokane this spring to consider relocating operations here, under a joint recruitment effort by the Health Sciences & Services Authority of Spokane County and Greater Spokane is
Blew's Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has started work on a $3.1 million addition and renovation at a fire station in Sunnyside, Wash., located between Yakima and the Tri-Cities.Jeff Orwick, a Blew's Construction project manager, says the
Empire Health Foundation, a Spokane-based private nonprofit health foundation, has won an $858,000 federal grant to help Eastern Washington residents enroll in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.In October, the state exchange a
Eastern Washington farmers say drier weather in many areas this year means they expect slightly lower to average wheat crop yields, unless more rain falls before harvest starts next month.The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that state's
Aero-Flite Inc., a Kingman, Ariz.-based company that's providing the U.S. Forest Service with next-generation air tankers for wildfire suppression, has based some employees at Spokane International Airport and expects to move other activity there a
After working nearly four decades as a commercial banker, Alan Stanford has spent the last few years as an adviser with a Small Business Development Center office in Spokane, showing business owners how to strengthen loan applications, among other
Eastern Washington University plans to build a 5,000-square-foot recycling center on the north side of its Cheney campus, with site-preparation work scheduled to begin this month.Shawn King, EWU associate vice president for facilities and says a
East Valley Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has started site work on the West Plains for a $1.4 million, 18,000-square-foot warehouse for Spokane-based records management company Northwest Vital Records Center Inc. Northwest Vital Records
MMDC Properties LLC, a development division of Spokane Valley-based Meridian Construction Inc., plans to renovate a nearly 5,000-square-foot vacant building into leasable medical space on Spokane's lower South Hill.Mark D'Agostino, president of