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‘Move along’: Businesses ask to make it easier to remove loitering homeless downtown, want more police resources

As the Spokane City Council prepares to reform local homelessness laws, a slate of business groups has asked for carve-outs to make it easier to remove homeless people when they linger near downtown businesses.

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The Dirt: Developers planning apartment building near County Courthouse

Sun., June 15, 2025

Dozens of units of housing are planned to be constructed on a vacant lot just north of Kendall Yards.

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Home Depot holding opening ceremony Wednesday at South Hill store

UPDATED: Thu., June 12, 2025

Officials at Home Depot will host a grand opening at its newest store on the South Hill on Wednesday.

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Corporations left Spokane Pride in the lurch. Then the community stepped up

UPDATED: Sun., June 8, 2025

April was a tough month for Matthew Danielson, director of Spokane Pride.

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Washington grocery workers may strike following union vote

UPDATED: Fri., June 6, 2025

The union that represents about 56,000 mostly grocery and health workers across Washington, North Idaho and northeastern Oregon voted Thursday night to authorize a strike for employees of Albertsons- and Kroger-owned grocery stores.

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Avista launches safety mode as conditions move toward fire season

UPDATED: Tue., June 3, 2025

Avista Utilities announced on Tuesday that with the onset of summer-like conditions and increasing wildfire danger in the region that it has moved to what it calls "Fire Safety Mode," which will lead to temporary changes to its power line operations.

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‘We’ve all been waiting’: Sety’s hardware store reopens original location two years after fire

Tue., June 3, 2025

CHEWELAH – In August 2023, Nica Kubik left her Thursday shift at the Sety’s Ace Hardware garden center expecting to return the next day to business as usual. Or at least a building to do business in.

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Recently acquired Spokane Valley laboratory could lay off 310 workers

UPDATED: Fri., May 23, 2025

Some 310 Spokane Valley-based laboratory workers’ jobs will be affected after their parent company was purchased by an industry giant.

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‘How are we going to survive that long?’: Spokane-area companies adjust to ‘inefficiencies’ of tariffs

Thu., May 22, 2025

Tom Barany, of Spokane, was at the Toy Fair in New York in March looking at the newest and greatest offerings when on the second day of the event President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico and a 20% tariff on China took effect.

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‘It’s been a challenge’: Business owners assess Bellingham’s new minimum wage

UPDATED: Tue., May 20, 2025

Bellingham’s minimum wage increased by $1 this month, reaching $18.66 and impacting local businesses. As the idea of a higher minimum wage helps offset the rising costs of housing, groceries, school and everyday expenses, it can put small business owners in a corner. New Bellingham minimum wage increase will be above WA statewide rate “Minimum wage is such a tricky topic,”Anna Marie Adams, ...

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Trump administration withdraws $48 million from Spokane-Coeur d’Alene aerospace ‘tech hub’

UPDATED: Mon., May 19, 2025

WASHINGTON – Inland Northwest leaders from both parties on Friday objected to the Trump administration's decision to withdraw a $48 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to create an aerospace manufacturing hub in Spokane.

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STCU completing transfer after 2024 purchase of Community Bank

UPDATED: Tue., May 6, 2025

Several months after STCU purchased Oregon-based Community Bank, officials this week announced that the two financial institutions will integrate at the end of the week.

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Albertsons tells suppliers it is ‘not accepting cost increases’ from tariffs

UPDATED: Wed., April 30, 2025

In late March, just before President Donald Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs, Boise-based supermarket giant Albertsons sent a letter telling suppliers to eat the cost of any related price increases.

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The Dirt: Developers planning $42 million nursing home

UPDATED: Tue., April 29, 2025

The owners of Riverview Retirement Community, located just east of the Avista Corp. headquarters in the Logan neighborhood, are planning to demolish and replace a nursing home on the property, according to plans submitted to the city of Spokane.

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Artisan marketplace opening soon in Hayden

UPDATED: Thu., April 24, 2025

A new retail store, called Marketplace@Miles, which will be catered to support local artisans and crafts enthusiasts is expected to open later this month or early May in Hayden.

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Washington launches online tariff guide to help businesses

UPDATED: Fri., April 11, 2025

For business leaders trying to make sense of President Donald Trump's tariff policy, which has changed scores of times, the state of Washington has launched an online guide to help provide information for everything from showing the tariff percentage from each country and tips to possibly avoid higher costs.

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Tariff worry boosts Spokane-area car sales: ‘Buyers want to get ahead’

UPDATED: Tue., April 8, 2025

March is generally a good time for those who sell new and used cars. But the chaos swirling around the potential economic impact of President Donald Trump's wave of new tariffs made this past March particularly good.

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Miami area company recalls dog treats from Washington. Salmonella was found at a Spokane store

UPDATED: Tue., April 8, 2025

Supercan Bulk shipped one lot, 50 cases, of 15.9-ounce bags of Supercan Pig Ear Slivers, Thick Cut Piggy Ear Slices to North 40 Outfitters’ Spokane store, 9646 U.S. 2, in April 2024.

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Trouble brewing: Tariffs hit Spokane coffee roasters already facing higher prices

Sun., April 6, 2025

Crop conditions had already made a cup of Joe more expensive in Spokane, but the announcement this week of new tariffs on the countries that produce coffee beans bring even more uncertainty and will likely cause even higher prices, local roasters said.

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Engineer and entrepreneur Edmund Schweitzer III writes a few rhymes on tariffs

Sun., April 6, 2025

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Biggest Seattle-area employers’ stocks aren’t reacting well to tariffs

UPDATED: Thu., April 3, 2025

Tech stocks continued their downward slide from Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs, costing several huge Northwest companies billions in market value.

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