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KXLY May 24, 2021 3:30 PM Erin Robinson Updated: Rachel La Corte SPOKANE, Wash. — Governor Jay Inslee will visit Spokane on Tuesday to tour two new buildings and meet with local leaders to discuss housing and homelessness.  Inslee will begin his day at the Catalyst Building, Spokane’s first zero-carbon and zero-energy building. The five-story building is not only the first of its kind in the Lilac City, but also around the world.  Eastern Washington University will be the anchor tenant, using it for classes in their College of Science, Technology, Engineering a...

Credit Courtesy of EWU Interim President David May announced her death to the campus in a statement Monday. "I don’t have any details to share, but it is a shock.  It is the wishes of her family that no one reach out to them at this time, and the university will be respecting these wishes for privacy." Cullinan was the university's 26th president and the first woman to fill that role.  She was appointed in 2014 and was previously the president of Southern Oregon University. During her time as president, the university expanded its footprint in Spokane, with the energy neutral Catalyst Bui...

In 2013, architect Michael Green recorded a TED talk entitled “Why We Should Build Wooden Skyscrapers.” To date, it’s been viewed more than 1.3 million times and translated into 31 languages. “For many viewers, the idea of a massive building made of wood was a bizarre paradigm shift,” notes blog DesignMilk. “For Green, whose Michael […]

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Young Kwak photo McKinstry hopes the Catalyst Building it built near Spokane's University District in partnership with Avista Development will serve as proof that cutting-edge clean building techniques and technology don't have to come at a premium price. E ven before President Joe Biden announced his historic $2 trillion "American Jobs Plan" on March 31, which includes massive infrastructure investments, it was clear that his proposed solutions w...