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Spokane County's housing market gained $5 billion in 2020

Strong demand, intense competition for homes, an influx of out-of-area buyers and historically low mortgage interest rates have led to skyrocketing home values in...

Spokane County reports 142 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday

Another 142 people in Spokane County have contracted COVID-19, health officials reported Sunday. The Spokane Regional Health District reported the new cases Sunday afternoon,...

South Hill Safeway evacuated for unknown chemical issue, fire department investigating

The Safeway on 29th Avenue on Spokane’s South Hill was evacuated at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday after customers and employees smelled an unknown chemical...

Conspiratorial thinking: Why conspiracy theories are hard to eliminate, even before Donald Trump

The beliefs that prompted hundreds of people to violently break into the U.S. Capitol earlier this month are not the kind that can be...

Caterpillar 4Q sales slip, but results top Wall Street

Caterpillar’s fourth-quarter sales dropped 15% as an unchecked pandemic continued to sap demand for big machinery, but the damage was not as bad as...

U.S. consumer spending fell 0.2% in December in face of virus

WASHINGTON – U.S. consumers slowed their spending by 0.2% in December, cutting back for a second straight month in a worrisome sign for an...

Ponderosa fell from risky Spokane hillside, cutting off power to thousands Friday

A large ponderosa pine that had been scheduled for removal Saturday fell Friday night, causing a power outage that affected more than 8,500 homes...

U.S. contract signings to buy homes hits record for December

SILVER SPRING, Md. – The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined slightly for the fourth straight month, but it was...

Spokane Valley-based Kaspien hits $1 billion milestone

Kaspien achieved a milestone as the company marked $1 billion in sales this week. The Spokane Valley-based ecommerce growth platform has benefited from a...

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