northwest economy

In the last election, it became easier to see the political divide between urban and rural areas. Now, people from California are moving to northern Idaho to find people similar to them.

Spokane city leaders have rolled out a new framework for planning large city projects, such as the East Sprague revitalization. The new Economic…

The Davenport staff and owners opened the new Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane today. The convention-style hotel holds 716 guests rooms, 3…

The Spokane Tribe Economic Project (STEP) has received the approval it has been waiting for from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs. That gives federal…

If you walked into a supermarket and found milk priced by the gallon at $3.46 plus 9/10ths-cent, you'd be astonished. But at the gasoline station next…

Some huge budgetary holes have been filled for scores of rural counties in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Under a newly revived Secure Rural Schools…

The founders of the Spokane company GaneshHimal work with producers in Nepal’s Kathmandu valley, less than 20 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake.…

story revised for accuracy 04/16/15 11:00amAds for Riverfront Park say this is the last summer to enjoy the park with its current features. That’s because…

Conservationists and an Indian tribe are gearing up for a new round of battles over an old gold mine in the heart of Idaho's Frank Church River of No…

According to the monthly update released Wednesday by Washington's Employment Security Department, the state’s unemployment rate stayed flat in February.