Local business

The trade war with United State's closest neighbors kicked off Tuesday with 25% tariffs levied against the goods from Canada and Mexico and another 10% on products from China.

Spokane consumers can expect to pay more for cars, lumber, appliances and electronics once President Donald Trump's higher tariffs on goods from China, Mexico and Canada kick in on Tuesday.

After almost 12 years in operation, the soup and sandwich shop, Brooklyn Deli, closed for good in July of 2023. Since then, the space at the southwest corner of Monroe Street and First Avenue has sat vacant. But soon, the Griffin Tavern will call the street corner home.

Alaska Airlines’ flight attendants overwhelmingly approved a tentative contract with the SeaTac-based airline, concluding more than two years of negotiations and setting the stage for more bargaining with Alaska and Hawaiian flight attendants later this year.

Washington state has awarded a new $1.5 million grant for a planned sustainable aviation fuels and renewable diesel production facility projected to open in 2029 at Wallula Gap on the Columbia River.

State regulators have fined a local U-Haul franchise $231,000 after inspectors discovered the company had not properly dealt with floor tiles that were found to contain asbestos.

A bouquet, in any form, is an expression of emotions, said Susie Matteson, former owner of Peters and Sons Flowers and Gifts.

A Seattle law firm has purchased the home of Spokane's founder, James N. Glover, and plans to transition the Glover Mansion from an events-and-wedding venue to a fulltime law office.

Morgan Lynch, owner of Jupiter’s Eye, the new downtown bookstore cafe, gave her establishment a name with two meanings. Lynch’s favorite book series is the “Three Investigators” by Robert Arthur Jr., which she described as “kind of like the ‘Hardy Boys’ but a little bit older, a little bit cooler.” One of the main characters is Jupiter Jones.

The new owner of DoubleTree by Hilton Spokane City Center said that it plans major upgrades to the hotel that it recently purchased. 

Sometime after he moved to Seattle, Souma Mondal began hankering for Chili’s.

Costco shareholders overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to probe its diversity, equity and inclusion practices for legal risks. The Issaquah-based company’s board characterized the proposal from an activist shareholder as a bad-faith effort to undermine its DEI initiatives. The National Center for Public Policy Research, a Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank, pitched the proposal and ...

It's cold in Spokane, which means its time to dream about dumping one's retirement savings into a towable example of opulence.

REI CEO Eric Artz is retiring at the end of March, the Issaquah-based co-op announced Wednesday.

The building at the center of the local winning bid to establish a Tech Hub, started as an eastward expansion of Boeing that took advantage of another influential perk: the Lilac City being home to a rather influential politician at the time.  

Asian, Black and Hispanic small-business owners pay higher interest rates on loans than their white counterparts, a new University of Washington report found.

The holding company for Wheatland Bank, which has two branches in Spokane and several in Eastern Washington, has signed an agreement to acquire the Idaho Falls-based Bank of Idaho.