View Larger Map Tuesday's LaunchPad event, starting at 1 p.m. at the Riverpoint Higher Education campus, offers a cross-section of area researchers and business people talking about Spokane's health sciences sector. Around 1:15 p.m., Seattle journalist Luke Timmerman will talk about biotech prospects for the…
The price of gas continues rising and the busiest driving season is a few months away. The Associated Press reports the average price of gas in Washington has reached $3.88 per gallon of regular gas. Prices quoted rely on a AAA auto club survey of…
Women earn 77 cents for every dollar earned by men, and women in Washington and Idaho get an even smaller share, according to a study released today by the National Partnership for Women & Families. In Washington, a woman working full-time is paid $38,521, a…
While Spokane-area foodies await the much-heralded arrival this year of a new Trader Joe’s, here's a touch of reality, although the news is hardly anything approaching serious. The California-based food market chain has voluntarily ordered nearly 131,000 pounds of frozen pizzas to be recalled. It…
You all see those ads saying you can win an auction for an iPad for $5. Does anyone really win something at those prices? We'll follow up here after talking later today with Nick Darveau-Garneau, the CEO of BigDeal.com, one auction site that claims to…