Union workers at the Ponderay Newsprint plant walked out of the plant at 6 a.m. today, halting production at the mill near Usk in Pend Oreille County. Greg Jones, representative for the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers, said the 92 members of Local…
The unemployment rate in Washington fell to 9.1 percent in January as businesses added 11,000 workers. The gain, adjusted for seasonality, was the best since November 2007, the Employment Security Department said today. "It's unusual to have job gains in the middle of winter, so…
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that corporations have no right of personal privacy to prevent the release of documents requested through the federal Freedom of Information Act. The unusual feature was an 8-0 unanimous ruling, at a time when some critics have said the…
The Spokesman-Review business team follows economic development in Spokane and the Inland Northwest.
