The March real estate foreclosure rate in Spokane County jumped 81 percent compared with February. The rate in Kootenai County also climbed.According to RealtyTrac, 107 homes were foreclosed in Spokane last month, or one in every 1,844 homes. Only 59 homes were foreclosed in February,…
The city of Spokane recently gave out SMART -- sustainable management of assets, resources and technology -- awards to 47 businesses for their efforts in cutting waste and reducing energy use.This is the second SMART group getting the recognition (and window stickers, shown above) for…
The electricity supply in the Northwest will remain adequate this spring and summer despite low runoff levels in the Columbia River Basin, where hydroelectric dams provide more than half of the region’s electricity, an analysis by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council shows.“Low flows will…
A California electric car company called ZAP has licensed a battery-charger controller developed by the folks at the Pacific Northwest National Lab in the Tri-Cities.ZAP has made trucks and electric vehicles for customers in more than 70 countries.It announced it will use the controller (or…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
