So now the slow road to recovery begins. In most industry sectors, 2009 has been a year people would like to put behind them, and, after a couple of years of mostly negative indicators, observers now are offering hope that 2010 will provide at a

TV anchor launches Latin-themed show on cooking, culture Mike Gonzalez, an on-air personality at KXLY-TV, has launched a multimedia company here called the Hispanic Food Network (HFN).The company, which is owned by Gonzalez, Dwight

C Commence Inc., a Spokane tobacco-products retailer doing business as Discount Smoke, has leased 1,300 square feet of retail space at 7011 N. Division. Joe Ward and Raleigh Johnston, both of Pinnacle Realty Inc., handled the transaction. Discount

Spokane home builder Condron Construction Inc. says it's planning a 17-lot residential subdivision valued at more than $2.8 million in the Pasadena Park neighborhood north of the Spokane River near Spokane Valley.The development, to be called be

Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, has submitted an apparent low bid of $6.6 million for a project to replace roofs and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems at three Spokane Public Schools elementary schools.Greg Brown, the of

This holiday season, I'm thankful for the work that business, medical, and university leaders here, in Pullman, and in Seattle have done in evaluating whether it's feasible to develop a four-year medical school in Spokane—and for concluding it

A Spokane couple say they're opening a Jimmy John's sandwich shop franchise location at 124 N. Wall in downtown Spokane. The couple, Ric Rocca and his wife, Kathy, were to open the store Monday, Dec. 21. Rocca says the outlet is their first. has

Providence VNA Home Health (PVNA), formerly known as the Spokane Visiting Nurses Association, has moved to the Iron Bridge office complex from east Spokane.PVNA is subleasing 8,200 square feet of floor space on the second floor of Building 2,

Former physician group administrator and health-care consultant Brad Davis has started a company here to promote what are called "direct-care" arrangements between individuals and primary-care physicians, including general practitioners and is not