Challenge and opportunity alike have landed at Spokane International Airport since Lawrence Krauter took the helm as director and CEO last March. Fresh off a 12-day lapse of Federal Aviation Administration funding following a congressional and is
Despite an escalation in job competiveness across the U.S. and here, a Spokane-based nonprofit called The Artisans says it's seeing success in placing the developmentally- and physically-disabled people it assists in local employment than 100 in 40
Spokane-area mental health practitioners say they've seen a noticeable increase over the last several years in the number of crisis-level psychiatric patients who are seeking immediate care at hospital emergency rooms and other crisis-response this
aNeMonE Handmade Paper Flowers, a specialty shop here that sells varieties of paper flowers as well as other locally made gift items, soon will close its doors at River Park Square.Owners Nathan and Mary Eberle say that on Aug. 31, aNeMonE will
Many businesses throughout Spokane and Spokane Valley say they have faced challenges in maintaining sales and customer traffic amid a number of large-scale street repair projects across the metro area.Several of those projects have required road
As Inland Northwest farmers continue to face rising costs in crop seeds, chemicals, labor, and equipment, agriculture specialists say industry-specific GPS-based technologies are becoming more widely used to help improve efficiency.Those include
A Spokane man has developed an apartment building near Gonzaga University that he set up as a sustainably designed coed housing cooperative targeted at GU students.The developer, Buzz Price, says the building, which he has named The Gee with the
LA Aluminum Casting Co., the Hayden, Idaho-based metal foundry, says it has added a new line of equipment that's resulted in a 20 percent increase in sales during the last several months, and it expects to see that double-digit growth this spring,
Tom Powers says his personal board game collection includes about 3,000 different games.The self-described hobbyist gamer has turned his enthusiasm for noncomputerized styles of games into a full-time career. He owns an online board-game store,
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital has taken the preliminary steps necessary for a sizable expansion and remodel of the hospital's emergency department.The hospital submitted an application for environmental-impact the