Bob Tomlinson, who recently turned 76, winters six months a year in Arizona and no longer is actively involved in managing the Tomlinson Family of Companies real estate brokerage he helped develop into a major enterprise here over five decades.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court trusts have issued what might be the final payments to investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars when Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. and affiliate Summit Securities Inc. shut down nearly two decades ago

For many professionals, being notified that their jobs are to be eliminated would cause alarm and stressful uncertainty. For Lori Gibson and Jennifer Offereins, it provided the impetus to launch an entrepreneurial venture.

A big surge in new construction last year left the Spokane County Assessor's Office feeling alarmingly under water in its efforts to process a huge backlog of projects so they could be added to the county's property tax rolls.

Looking back on the high points from a career spanning more than four decades that has earned him broad praise in business and civic leadership circles here, Spokane's David A. Clack seems uneasy dwelling on personal achievements.

Investors who lost millions of dollars when Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co. shut down 14 years ago have recouped another small portion of their money.

A long line of parents, siblings, and friends of aspiring young gymnasts waited outside the Dynamic Athletic Center in mid-May to enter the facility and watch a season-ending gymnastics show featuring more than 800 young people of all ages. The crowd

The College Success Foundation, a Bellevue, Wash.-based nonprofit organization, has elevated its Inland Northwest presence and established a strong philanthropic base of support here since opening a Spokane-area office in 2014. The foundation provides an