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Spokane Valley is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States, and the largest suburb of Spokane. It is located east of Spokane, west of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and surrounds the city of Millwood on three sides. The city incorporated as the City of Spokane Valley on March 31, 2003.
The Department of Labor and Industries was created by an act of the state legislature in 1921, overseeing industrial insurance, worker safety, and industrial relations. [2] [3] The new agency superseded the Bureau of Labor, created in 1901 to inspect workplaces, and minor state boards and commissions monitoring worker health, safety, and insurance claims.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Spokane metropolitan area has a workforce of about 287,000 people (255,000 non-farm) and an unemployment rate of 5.3 percent as of February 2020; the largest sectors for non–farm employment are education and health services, trade, transportation, and utilities, and government.
The Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) is a department in the U.S. state of Washington that provides fire protection, rescue services, emergency medical assistance, and hazardous materials responses in Spokane Valley (including Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake, Millwood and other unincorporated parts of Spokane County).
The Spokane–Spokane Valley Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of Spokane and Stevens counties in Washington state, anchored by the city of Spokane and its largest suburb, Spokane Valley. [2] As of July 1, 2021, the MSA had an estimated population of 593,466. [3]
The Washington State Department of Commerce is a state agency in Washington.Based in the state's capitol, Olympia, Washington, the agency is responsible for community and economic development.