The tariff train derailed again this past weekend as officials from Canada and the U.S. spoke of economic war as duties on Canadian goods jumped to 50% for some products with threats a larger range of goods coming on January 1.
While customers perused Rings of Chain's table displays of abalone shell pendants, beaded earrings and brooches, owner Ha-huli-tud Tionna Marie Hawk greeted a Suquamish Tribal elder, Kippie Joe, approaching her business' canopy tents.
Bank of America on Tuesday announced the company is directing $250,000 to the American Red Cross to support relief and recovery efforts across the Pacific Northwest, including in Spokane.
Avista wants to charge Spokane-area customers more for electricity and gas by raising rates, but the Washington state attorney general’s office is challenging how much of a rate increase Avista needs. Avista wants to collect more money on everything it builds, but the attorney general argues the company needs to collect less than it’s asking for. The attorney general says the utility needs $115 million less in returns than its proposed increase in the first year alone.
The owners of Rancho Chico Spokane, which operate two Mexican restaurants in Spokane, and one each in Colville and Omak, have agreed to pay $750,000 in mostly backpay to employees after federal authorities brought legal action on behalf of those workers.
Rob Curley, who has served as the executive editor of The Spokesman-Review since 2016, was placed on administrative leave Friday. Publisher William “Stacey” Cowles says an outside investigator and outside counsel will be brought in to examine the circumstances preceding the decision.
A cluster of north Spokane insurance agencies, impacted by weekend Old Trails fire evacuations, has relied on limited staffing to service more than double their regular volume of client claims.
Avista hopes to restore electricity and natural gas service as crews get access to safely enter areas with damaged infrastructure after Saturday’s wildfires in Spokane County.
Hotels in and around Spokane have filled up in recent days as thousands of residents have fled the three wildfires that had burned over 10,000 acres in the area as of Monday, but local hotels are coordinating to offer discounted rooms to evacuees.
One of Spokane’s most impactful nonprofits is planning a roughly $1.3 million remodel to a downtown building, according to plans submitted to the city of Spokane.
Korean corn dogs, also known as “kogos,” use rice and wheat flour batter instead of the traditional cornmeal breading. And compared to American corn dogs, K-dogs are considerably more creative. Within one of Izzie’s K-dog’s is any number of fantastical and quirky coatings and fillings.
Clarks Cleaners near Division Street and Second Avenue will be closed by the end of the week, according to Jamie Shartle, an employee at the location. The dry cleaning business has been there for more than 40 years.
Construction is planned for three vacant lots immediately west of Emerson Park in north Spokane, according to a commercial building application submitted to the city of Spokane.
