Local business

For those of us in the routine of eating delicious, charbroiled hamburgers more often than we should, it looks like that tendency won’t change anytime soon after Habit Burger and Grill opened Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene .

The Spokane Police Department apologized Tuesday for not notifying downtown businesses before the removal of 45 parking spaces underneath railroad viaducts last week.

A big city with a small-town feel.

They may no longer be directly involved in the work, but these six former business leaders are still “icons” in the eyes of the Spokane Journal of Business.

Two different surveys this week came to virtually the same conclusion: some two-thirds of Spokane-area residents area are considering a move to another state.

Born out of a nation’s need for lightweight metal to create the aircraft it needed to wage war, Spokane Valley’s aluminum legacy was created when the U.S. government built the Trentwood Rolling Mill in 1942.

The smell of sage, sweetgrass and incense is the first thing that hits visitors when they open the door to the newly opened Good Medicine Apothecary in downtown Spokane.

After a rough six years since the pandemic, Spokane-area brewers are rekindling their self-promotion efforts as economic forces squeeze profits harder than a logger's hand on an aluminum can.

Washington Trust Bank will be opening a new location in the old Wells Fargo building in downtown Spokane on Monday – a one-block move from their existing spot.

Long serving a taste of Mexico City to downtown Spokane customers, Tacos El Sol is now seeking to satisfy Cheney residents' hankerings for quesabirria, burritos, sopes and more.

Sandos on Ash Street reopened Monday with new owners – a two-woman team carving their place into Spokane’s food and drink scene.

A Texas-based restaurant chain that specializes in chicken parts is about to take wing in downtown Spokane.

A developer has submitted plans to the city of Spokane calling for a $49 million project that would add 111 townhomes between John A. Finch Arboretum and Thorpe Road. 

Spokane’s iconic Skyway Café remains closed indefinitely as repairs drag into the second year after a devastating fire.

Oil and gas prices continue to rise rapidly across the globe, spurred by the Middle East war, which has cut off critical transportation routes.

The Mexican-inspired fast -casual restaurant Chipotle is slated to come to Cheney in September.

At 6 p.m. on a recent chilly Tuesday, Jim Sullivan’s thermostat in his Maple Valley, Minnesota, home automatically turned down to 60 degrees — not because he set it, but because his utility adjusted it down 4 degrees during a “rush hour” event of high energy demand.

Last summer, Juris Sarins hosted a bevy of first-time guests for two weeks on his property in Klickitat County's Snowden, feeding them fresh vegetarian meals. His visitors: More than 100 goats, chomping through several acres of thick vegetation.