Pullman, Washington-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has raised its starting hourly wage for U.S. employees to $20 per hour, the company announced in a press release this week. Schweitzer ...

Taxable retail sales in Spokane County increased in the third quarter of 2024, with the city of Spokane's growth rate paralleling that of county as a whole.

The Journal of Business has selected its 2025 class of Inland Northwest Icons. This year's honorees are: Susan Ashe, longtime ...

Isaiah Clow, who has worked at Meridian Construction since 2018, most recently as vice president, acquired the construction company from Mark D’Agostino, who founded it in 1999. In the coming weeks, ...

Gierd Inc., a Sandpoint-based tech startup that helps companies scale e-commerce sales on leading marketplace platforms such as Amazon.com and eBay, has raised $8 million in series A funding, says CEO ...

Earlier this month, the Journal of Business hosted Dr. Elizabeth Cantwell, new president of Washington State University, for its most recent Elevating The Conversation podcast. The Elevating The ...

The old Keystone Elementary School, located at 612 S. McDonald Road in Spokane Valley, is due for an upgrade to meet the needs of the building's new owners, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Spokane County, ...

Meghan Fellows, a branch manager for Washington Trust Bank’s Manito location, says she felt compelled to find a way to educate senior citizens about scams targeting their demographic due to the ...

The founder and former CEO of Spokane pharmaceutical manufacturing startup Selkirk Pharma Inc. claims in corporate and legal filings that he was ousted from the company’s C-suite and board of ...

Eight new hotel projects are planned or underway that will add more than 800 new guest rooms in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market. In the past six months, the Journal has reported on seven new hotels ...

Mike McLean, deputy editor of the Journal of Business, has retired from a 37-year career in journalism in the Inland Northwest. McLean, 65, started out his career at a North Idaho weekly newspaper ...