Startup Spokane returns this weekend for its 11th round of coaching entrepreneurs through creating a company in 54 hours.

About 740,000 people live in the greater Spokane-Coeur d’Alene metro area, and that figure could swell by nearly 15,000 next year if the projected growth rate pans out.

Robin Toth helped Eastern Washington’s aerospace manufacturing industry grow through her job at Greater Spokane Incorporated.

Changes to Washington’s overtime rules could significantly boost the number of professional workers eligible for time-and-a-half pay.

Greater Spokane Incorporated unveiled a new brand Thursday, which its chief executive officer says better reflects its dual role of recruiting new businesses while helping existing local companies grow.

Amazon’s desire to be closer to your doorstep is behind the company’s plans for a massive distribution center near the Spokane International Airport.

Online retail giant Amazon is now officially putting down roots in Eastern Washington.

After months of speculation, Amazon confirmed it’s the entity behind a huge warehouse planned near Spokane International Airport.

Greater Spokane Incorporated has won the 2017 Abilene Trophy, an annual award recognizing a community that is most supportive of its local Air Force base.

If Boeing builds a new, mid-sized airplane in Washington, Spokane could land more high-paying jobs in aerospace manufacturing.

An unnamed company has submitted conceptual plans for a huge warehouse near the Spokane International Airport. An Amazon spokeswoman declined to comment Thursday on whether the e-commerce giant was checking out the area for a fulfillment center.

Myrna O’Leary is retiring this year as director of the Spokane Ag Expo and Pacific Farm Forum. She’s been involved with the show for 30 years, which brings about 5,000 farmers, exhibitors and other agricultural experts to town.

Spokane’s business leaders played up the area’s colleges and universities as a “talent pipeline” in their pitch for Amazon’s second headquarters.

Hours after a top executive said Amazon isn’t likely to build its second headquarters in the Pacific Northwest, the company issued a statement backing away from his statement.

As Greater Spokane Incorporated crafts a pitch for Amazon’s second North American headquarters, real estate is an important consideration. The company wants 100 acres to accommodate rapid growth.

Greater Spokane Incorporated is honing its pitch to Amazon for the e-commerce giant’s second headquarters, with input from local business and community leaders.

In a speech before Greater Spokane Incorporated members that went around the world, urban scholar Bruce Katz of The Brookings Institution kept returning to Spokane and its ability to shape its future.

Spokane is joining the stampede of cities competing to become Amazon’s second headquarters. The e-commerce giant will announce its selection next year.