Startup Weekend Spokane, a 54-hour event in which entrepreneurs pitch business ideas, will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, and run through Sunday, Nov. 15, at Gonzaga University's Jepson Center, at 502 E. Boone. The event enables people with bus

PayneWest Insurance has consolidated its Spokane-area offices into 21,500 square feet of space in the Riverpoint One office building, at 501 N. Riverpoint Blvd., in Spokane's University District, says Dan Antonietti, its managing director for administra

CR Clearview LLC, a company owned by Spokane chiropractor Rachae Bell, has bought the assets of the Clear Chiropractic Spokane office, located at 2503 E. 27th on Spokane's South Hill. The practice will continue to do business under the Clear Chiropract

Greater Spokane Incorporated has updated its main website, at GreaterSpokane.org, and has launched AdvantageSpokane.com, a site aimed at companies that are interested in moving or expanding here, says Maria Vandervert, vice president of marketing and comm

Northwest wheat growers are harvesting two to three weeks earlier than normal, due to recent drought and extreme heat conditions, says an agricultural outlook report from the Spokane-based Northwest Farm Credit Services. Typical harvesting times vary th

The YWCA of Spokane says in a recently released 2014 annual report that it served more than 15,800 people last year, almost all of whom were women and children. It helped about 2,000 people more than 2013, says Regina Malveaux, YWCA of Spokane's CEO.

Spokane Sunscreen LLC, a longtime window-tinting business here, has consolidated its Spokane Valley and Spokane locations into a 7,500-square-foot store at 7227 E. Sprague that has more space than its former two locations combined, says co-owner Rick John