Thomas Clouse

Current Position: deputy business editor

Thomas Clouse joined The Spokesman-Review in 1999. He s currently the deputy editor for the business section. He previously worked as an investigative reporter for the City Desk and covering federal, state and local courts for many years.

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Most Recent Stories

News > Local business

‘She was cherished by everybody’: Former CEO of Pearson Packaging Pam Senske dies

Sun., Jan. 12, 2025

Pam Senske came back to the Spokane-based company, that her father founded, as a non-paid advisor in the early 1980s. It led to a decades-long run that ended when she finally stepped down last February from serving on its board of directors.

News > Business

Macy’s closing store in Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 10, 2025

The parent company of Macy's announced this week that it will be closing several dozen stores, which includes its Coeur d'Alene location at the Silver Lake Mall.

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REC Silicon shutting down Moses Lake facility

Wed., Jan. 8, 2025

A company that once been a world leader in Moses Lake's emergence as a manufacturing hub for high-tech industries, will be mothballing a plant that had been used to make a key gas used in production of polysilicon, which is used in everything from lithium-ion batteries to solar panels.

News > Real Estate

Housing prices across Spokane skyrocket, pricing many out of the market

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 6, 2025

The recent sale of an $8.4 million Spokane Valley mansion is the most expensive home sold in Spokane last year.

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Avista rate increases approved by regulators

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 30, 2024

Avista Utilities customers can expect higher bills for electricity for natural gas starting on Wednesday, but the those increases won't be as high as the company had requested.

News > Spokane

Difference Makers: Spokane’s first couple of soccer, Katie and Ryan Harnetiaux

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 23, 2024

Spokane’s first season on the pitch, featuring two professional soccer teams, has brought a never-ending series of challenges to the Bellevue-based couple who brought the teams to the Lilac City’s newly minted ONE Spokane Stadium.

News > Idaho

Idaho population surpassed 2 million this year

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

The Gem State keeps packing them in as it surpassed 2 million people in 2024. For perspective, the state had 1.14 million in 1994.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Snowman interaction results in fall, Coeur d’Alene Police interview

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 20, 2024

A Coeur d’Alene Resort employee wearing a snowman costume was interviewed for a potential battery charge, and a teenage girl was treated and released for a head injury as a result of an accidental fall.

News > Local business

Spokane entrepreneur who boldly and bluntly created popular coffee brand focused on sustainability dies at 70

UPDATED: Mon., Dec. 16, 2024

Spokane coffee roaster Deborah Di Bernardo dreamed of a sustainable industry supported by organic beans, living wages and practices that enhanced the natural world rather than profits built off plundering it.