Northport residents want air quality monitors installed after state modeling suggested a Canadian smelter could be blanketing their town with heavy metals.
In a move that could allow the storied Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg to reopen, the federal government has settled a longstanding Superfund lawsuit against its owner.
The city of Spokane issued a near-record $516 million in building permits in 2017. Higher education, the medical industry and affordable housing were big drivers of construction.
Steelworkers’ Wednesday night vote against using binding arbitration to end a year-long strike at the Lucky Friday Mine hinged on workers’ fears about potential changes to pay and a long-established job bidding system at the mine.
Washington State University will close its WSU Connections store in downtown Spokane by May 19, saying the decision was based on changes in how people shop.
Spokane Rock Products has been purchased by Oldcastle Materials, a large U.S. supplier of asphalt, concrete, rock products and construction and paving services.
Nationally, the ski industry has been proactive in preparing for climate change, which expected to shorten the winter recreation season. Local ski areas are also engaged.
Today’s young skiers could see significant changes in snowpack at Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park by the time they reach middle age. And by the end of this century, temperatures above freezing could cost the local ski hill an entire month of snow.
Washington and Oregon should hold off on passing net neutrality laws for their states and wait for Congress to act on national legislation, an advocate for open internet says.
Avista customers could see a $50 million to $60 million benefit annually from federal tax reform, utility officials said Wednesday. Savings on individual customers’ bills won’t be known until later this year.
A $48 million federal project to keep heavy metals out of the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River gets underway this spring. The work will be visible from Interstate 90.
Potlatch Corp. has completed its merger with a smaller rival, Deltic Timber Corp., in an all-stock deal that creates a company with 2 million acres of private timber holdings.
As part of Black History Month, the contributions of African-American entrepreneurs to the Spokane-area economy will be showcased at Sunday’s Black Business Expo.
Stanly Easton, chairman of the Bunker Hill Mining Co., built a 14,000-square-foot house in Coeur d’Alene’s Sanders Beach neighborhood in 1922. The historic home is on the market for about $8 million.
Rapid development throughout Spokane County is galvanizing advocates of ponderosa pines. They want to find ways to preserve and replant urban forests as the region grows.
Hecla Mining Co. has agreed to binding, third-party arbitration to solve the strike at the Lucky Friday Mine. Union members will vote in March on whether to invoke arbitration.
Vandervert Construction lost more than $14 million on a string of hotel projects across the Northwest, which pushed the Spokane-based general contractor into receivership, company officials said.
With the goal of keeping its largest customer afloat, the Pend Oreille Public Utility District has settled a 2-year-old lawsuit with Ponderay Newsprint Co. The plant employs 139 people in one of the most economically depressed corners of the state.