The Plummer-Worley School District, in North Idaho, will begin construction soon on a new, $8.5 million elementary school to replace an old elementary school that was condemned last year. That building, located in Worley, was deemed unsafe for a

Drink Nectar blogger to open tasting room Online wine blogger Josh Wade says he plans this month to open the Nectar Tasting Room, which will serve wine from five Washington state wineries, later this month.Wade has been writing an at

D Square Energy LLC, a North Bend Wash.-based company that sells, services, and maintains electrical generators that provide backup power for the commercial and industrial markets, has opened an outlet in Spokane Valley.The new shop occupies of

Two Taco Del Mar Mexican-food outlets have closed here recently, one at 3007 E. 57th on the South Hill, and a second at 8801 N. Indian Trail, in North Spokane.The owner of those two outlets, Frank Schoonover, who operates the franchises with his

Attendees at events at the three venues operated by the Spokane Public Facilities District accounted for nearly $116 million in direct spending in the 12 months ended Jan. 31, 2010, a new study says.The people who attended the events at the the

Avista Corp. has started to provide "guidance," or projections on future profitability, to securities analysts for 2011, announcing in its just-released third-quarter earnings report that it expects to earn $1.60 to $1.80 a share next year.The a

Coldwater Creek Inc. CEO Dennis Pence told securities analysts Oct. 18 that five factors were behind disappointing results in the company's third quarter ended Oct. 30.The shares of the Sandpoint-based women's fashion retailer fell almost 35 on

Litehouse Inc., the Sandpoint-based salad dressing maker, says it plans to spend more than $10 million to open a plant in the southern Utah rural community of Hurricane, and expects that the facility eventually will employ 162 full-time Frank, says

Spokane-based building-supply chain Ziegler Lumber Co. says it will close its 45-year-old, original retail store on North Market Street this month to make room for the North Spokane Corridor project. Company founder Vern Ziegler says he decided