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Spokane County’s median home price soars to record $325,000 in February

Multiple offers and bidding wars are the norm in a Spokane County housing market that saw the median home price soar to a record...

Susan Tompor: Spot a big mistake on your credit report? Here's how to fix it

Equifax, TransUnion and Experian – the big three of credit reporting agencies – announced Tuesday that they’re going to continue allowing consumers to receive...

U.S. air travel rises to highest levels yet since pandemic hit

Across the United States, air travel is recovering more quickly from the depths of the pandemic, and it is showing up in longer airport...

Motley Fool: Serving up a promising tech company

If you’re in the market for a smallish tech company with lots of potential and a reasonable price, check out Super Micro Computer (Nasdaq:...

Hurting in the material world: Supply chain, increasing costs creating havoc with construction industry

The same material costs that have plagued homebuilders in the Spokane area also are creating havoc with large-commercial construction companies across the country. The...

Spiking energy leads wholesale prices up 0.5% in February

WASHINGTON – Energy prices continued to rocket higher in February, although overall wholesale prices moderated after a record jump in January. The Labor Department’s...

IBM's patent income slips as companies resist 'godfather' deals

IBM Corp. has reigned for nearly three decades as the top recipient of patents in the U.S. But in the past five years, the...

COVID-19 even affects apples: Washington farm exports crimped by cargo-container shortage

SEATTLE – In Wenatchee, tens of thousands of boxes of apples that should be on their way to the Middle East and Asia are...

Labor movement targets Amazon as a foothold in the South

BESSEMER, Ala. – The South has never been hospitable to organized labor. But that may be changing, with an important test in Alabama, where...

Auto industry urges emissions deal weaker than Obama's

WASHINGTON — A coalition of automakers has told the Biden administration it would agree to raise mileage standards to reduce tailpipe emissions but with...

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