Tod Stephens

Current Position: business reporter

Tod Stephens joined The Spokesman-Review in July 2023 as a business writer. He is a graduate of the University of Wyoming with degrees in English Studies and Economics. He recently covered business, education and military beats at the Rapid City Journal in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Email: tods@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5581

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News > Business

Providence plans multiple facility upgrades

UPDATED: Fri., Aug. 23, 2024

Providence officials submitted permit applications last week to the city of Spokane for a round of projects a totaling about $3 million.

News > Business

Liberty Lake City Council aids Topgolf project

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 22, 2024

A new golfing complex is inching closer to reality after Liberty Lake city officials shaved a couple strokes off the zoning restrictions.

News > Business

Topgolf planned for Liberty Lake

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2024

Liberty Lake has a few golf courses to go around for its 12,000-some residents, but another golfing attraction could be headed for the town.

News > Business

From refeshments to investments: work begins to turn Applebee’s into credit union

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 15, 2024

Customers of a South Hill Applebee’s may have visited it to save some money, what with the $1 margaritas and $20 dinner for two.

News > Business

The Dirt: Townhomes planned near Drumheller Springs

UPDATED: Mon., Aug. 19, 2024

Developers are planning to build 17 townhomes adjacent to Drumheller Springs Historical Park in northwest Spokane.

News > Business

The Dirt: Whitworth gets go-head for science building

Sun., Aug. 11, 2024

Permits have been issued to developers by Spokane County building officials for a new engineering and physics building on the Whitworth University campus at 300 W. Hawthorne Road.

News > Business

New business lobbying group names Cooley as CEO

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 1, 2024

The recently formed Spokane Business Association has named Gavin Cooley, a former-longtime-chief financial officer at Spokane City Hall, as its CEO.

News > Business

The Dirt: T-Mobile adding Latah Valley antennas

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 1, 2024

In the heart of Latah Valley, telecommunications company, T-Mobile, is planning to build six antennas on top of a city of Spokane-owned water tower.

News > Pacific NW

City removes rope swing at Boulder Beach

UPDATED: Thu., Aug. 1, 2024

For decades people have stood on rocks above the Spokane River at Boulder Beach and pondered whether they should grab a rope hanging from a tree and swing their bodies over the water and let go.

News > Local business

Work set to soon begin on long-awaited high-rise project near Spokane Falls

UPDATED: Sun., July 28, 2024

When a project north of Spokane Falls near the Spokane Arena was first pitched in 2017, it was supposed be two 13-story mixed-use buildings. Then a couple years later, plans were expanded to add a third, taller tower.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Wildfire sparks near Palisades Park in west Spokane

UPDATED: Fri., July 26, 2024

A wildfire that sparked in the Palisades Park area west of downtown Spokane Friday night was threatening hundreds of structures within hours.

News > Local business

‘Growing in the same direction’: North Spokane Mazda, Lincoln dealership opens under new leadership

UPDATED: Thu., July 25, 2024

In February, a deal was made to sell Foothills Lincoln Mazda. The buyer, Eve Knudtsen, is also the president and owner of Knudtsen Chevrolet in Post Falls.

News > Business

The Dirt: Fidelity Building owners plan exterior overhaul

UPDATED: Fri., July 26, 2024

Adjacent to the Parkade in downtown Spokane, the Fidelity Building, which used to host restaurants like Pho City and Wild Dawgs, is undergoing an upgrade to its façade.

News > Local business

Spokane businesses owned by people of color awarded new state grant funds

UPDATED: Mon., July 22, 2024

People of color own about 8% of businesses in Spokane county despite making up about 16% of the population, according to the Spokane Trends community indicators website.

News > Business

The Dirt: Winery planned for historic North Monroe building

UPDATED: Fri., July 19, 2024

City Brix, a winery and bistro, is planned to open this fall in a 1905 building between Birdie’s Pie Shop and Terrain Gallery.

News > Local government

‘I may pour concrete’: Saboteur vandalizes new Beacon Hill bike trails with grease, threatening signs

UPDATED: Thu., July 18, 2024

A saboteur is making mountain biking even more dangerous at Beacon Hill by damaging trails and threatening more vandalism as the city of Spokane makes improvements to the popular area’s parking lots and trails.

News > Business

Plans MUV slowly for South Hill gym

Wed., July 17, 2024

It turns out, opening a new gym takes some heavy lifting.

News > Business

The Dirt: Car wash planned for South Hill

Sun., July 14, 2024

Developers are planning to add yet another Mister Car Wash in the Spokane area.

News > Local business

‘This is just the beginning’: Spokane Tribe Casino opens hotel addition

UPDATED: Fri., July 12, 2024

The Spokane Tribe Resort & Casino opened an addition Friday that included 175 rooms, a pool, fitness center and dining hall.

News > Local business

Developers are planning Kendall Yards’ tallest building near the Monroe Street Bridge

UPDATED: Wed., July 10, 2024

Plans are taking shape for part of the long-vacant lot where Kendall Yards meets the Monroe Street Bridge.

News > Business

Clearwater Paper fined for failing to report chlorine releases

UPDATED: Tue., July 9, 2024

Federal regulators announced Tuesday that Clearwater Paper Corp., based in Lewiston, has agreed to pay a fine for failing to properly report chlorine releases in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

News > Business

The Dirt: Grocery store planned for East Sprague

Sun., July 7, 2024

Developers have submitted plans to build a roughly 14,000-square-foot building at a vacant property on Sprague Avenue between Havana and Freya streets.

News > Local business

The Garland movement: After decades, the Iconic Spokane theater’s sign spins once again

Thu., July 4, 2024

After decades of immobility, the sign that has stood in front of the Garland Theater at the corner of Monroe and Garland is turning.

News > Business

Spokane tech hub project misses out in competition for federal funds

UPDATED: Wed., July 3, 2024

Local business and government leaders received disappointing news Monday when the White House released its list of 12 groups that will receive millions of dollars to propel aerospace manufacturing that excluded Spokane.

News > Business

Spokane car dealers lose services to cyber attack

Tue., July 2, 2024

On an unassuming morning last month, Bob McLean, general manager of Findlay Lexus, arrived to find the computer system at their downtown Spokane car dealership to be unresponsive.

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