Is the next Jordan Allen working among us right now? It's a good question--and one we're hoping our readers answer for us in the coming weeks.

Whether it's newspapers or television stations, blogs or radio programs, media always have one strong news story to fall back on this time of year: the effects of road construction on business. Regardless of which paper or what station, most it,

A recent walking tour of $3 million worth of new improvements to Avista Stadium with Spokane Indians Senior Vice President Otto Klein brought back a lot of great old memories of times I've spent there with colleagues and friends. It also convinced

During part of the keynote address at Greater Spokane Incorporated's Manufacturing Expo earlier this month, Pearson Packaging Systems Inc. CEO Michael Senske mentioned Spokane's quality of life as one of the Inland Northwest's positive attributes.

The recent announcement by Huppin's that it plans to close its downtown consumer-electronics store came as a shock to me, as no doubt to many longtime patrons, and got me reminiscing about the place.I don't remember the first time I walked into

I consider myself a seasoned air show junkie, but I'm not lamenting the recently announced cancellation of the popular SkyFest event and Thunderbirds precision flying exhibition that had been set for mid-May at Fairchild Air Force Base.Visit a I

It's easy enough to come down hard on Spokane City Councilman Mike Fagan for putting his name to a fundraising letter that called Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee a "lying whore." Everybody from his fellow city council members to Spokesman-Review a

If you're looking for a terse, tidy directive of what precisely your company should do to prepare for the health insurance changes coming down the pike with the Affordable Care Act, you aren't likely to find it. There isn't a one-size-fits-all a

For months, we've been hearing quiet conversations about Spokane economic development leaders' courtship with Boeing Co., along with varying degrees of optimism that the aerospace giant eventually will build a manufacturing facility on the West day

It would be a predictable post-mortem for us to blast historic preservation advocates for killing Campus Advantage's plans for a job-generating $25 million student housing project on the University District site where the 102-year-old former after