The number of jobs in the Spokane area inched upward in November, as did the unemployment rate, according to preliminary data from the Washington state Employment Security Department.

Funding for emerging companies is in a lull, but overall, the Inland Northwest’s startup ecosystem is growing, and that growth is expected to continue in 2025, experts here say. “We’re seeing more ...

To be recognized among the People of Influence, candidates must be decision makers in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area who are working to improve quality of life in the Inland Northwest. In addition to ...

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The Machinists Institute, a nonprofit workforce development organization, is expanding its Spokane training center with a $3.6 million project, says Shana Peschek, the institute's executive director.

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In early December, the Journal of Business hosted Washington Trust Bank Chief Economist Steve Scranton for its most recent Elevating The Conversation podcast. The Elevating The Conversation podcast is ...

Melissa Valdovinos’s latest business venture is developing just two blocks south of the coffee stand that marked the beginning of her entrepreneurial career. Eats on Spokane Street LLC, a food truck ...

It wasn’t long ago that Washington state lawmakers were awash in a multibillion-dollar budget surplus thanks to a surprisingly strong rebound from the pandemic lockdown and a flood of federal relief ...

The Coeur d’Alene-based nonprofit originally known as Jobs Plus, which was formed in 1987 to diversify the extractive resource-dependent economy in Kootenai County, has become more selective in ...

When it comes to looking ahead at the state of agriculture, there is always some uncertainty on how Mother Nature will turn and how each crop will respond, says Josh Siler, Washington state president ...

A burst of construction permitting activity in the beginning of the year has given way to a development slowdown that's projected to stabilize at a slower rate in 2025--and feature a mix of resilience ...