Red Diamond Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder for an about $516,000 contract with the city of Spokane to repave and widen a major South Hill arterial route that includes parts of Hatch Road and 57th Avenue.The project is

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, says it has won a $3 million contract to erect an office building on the West Plains for Enduris Washington.Meridian owner Mark D'Agostino says the company expects to begin construction of the this

When I entered the newspaper business in 1972, it was well established that to boost circulation, small papers put peoples' names and faces in their pages so their friends and relatives could see them. Today, in a new twist on an old idea, Facebook

New deli provides frozen yogurt, lunch A new frozen yogurt and lunch eatery, Chill Spot, has opened at 2706 N. Monroe, says co-owner Rick Purcell.The 1,400-square-foot restaurant, which can seat 28 patrons, offers eight varieties of

Gibby Media Group, a Spokane multimedia production company, says it this week is releasing an interactive digital disc that highlights the Spokane region with staff-produced videos and hundreds of links to Internet sites.Titled "Spokane/Coeur at

DeVries Records Management Inc., a Spokane company that does business as DeVries Business Services and provides records management and storage services to about 500 businesses in the Inland Northwest, has acquired the records storage operations of

Veteran Spokane journalist Linn Parish, who worked as a staff reporter at the Journal of Business from 1998 to 2006, will rejoin the Journal's news staff on Jan. 1 as deputy editor. Parish, 39, will work with Kim Crompton, who will take over as

Spokane real estate broker Mike Schmitz says he plans to develop a small retail center at the southeast corner of Ruby Street and Montgomery Avenue north of downtown, and Williams Seafood Market & Wines, of Spokane Valley, plans to move of the real

Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mining exploration company that's fighting Venezuela in arbitration after that South American country seized its promising Brisas gold deposit, says it has had informal but "constructive" talks recently with of

Itron Inc., of Liberty Lake, has won a "smart metering" contract with Italgas, Italy's leading gas supplier, to deliver and install electronic gas-volume converters and two-way communication devices across much of Italy on an estimated 30,000 and a