Our take-away from Washington State University's announcement of a $27 million gift from Washington's fruit tree industry is the diversity with which growers responded to a plan to tax themselves in order to raise that amount. Apple and pear growers said, OK, we'll do it.…
View Larger Map It's taken Patrick McPherson pretty much a full year getting his new business, the Manito Tap House, open. McPherson, who hails from the Tri-Cities, started the process of converting the former Pear Tree Inn at Manito Shopping Center back in fall of…
The new North Face Store, which took over the River Park Square space held by Talbot's, will open on Friday Sept. 30. The outdoor gear retailer has been working on its interior for the past two months. If there's going to be any sort of…
The next Executive Connect Breakfast, this Thursday, gives you the perfect chance to ask Jim Frank how things are going at the big MeadowWood Technology project in Liberty Lake or the Kendall Yards project near downtown. The meeting starts at 7:30 a.m. at the Spokane…
August is a typically decent jobs month, but the latest job totals from the state and from Spokane County show a continuation of a generally OK year, but nothing great. The preliminary jobless number for Spokane County for August is 9.2 percent, according to the…
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