Baker Construction & Development Inc., of Spokane, has begun site work for a $600,000 retail center at the northeast corner of Mission Avenue and Ruby Street, where a building that housed a former Chapter 11 steakhouse was razed earlier this of & a

Burly Products, a Spokane Valley metal fabricator and machinery maker, plans to move its operation to Post Falls by the end of the year, saying Idaho will provide it a more favorable business climate, the Idaho state Department of Commerce says on

Spokane-based Global Credit Union plans to close two of its branches, including one that's located inside a grocery store in Spokane Valley and the other in Moscow, Idaho, says Ed Neunherz, a senior vice president at the credit union. Neunherz says

Let's get the party started: An overseas run-up in real estate funds is rocking.International real estate funds are up 38 percent in 2009, or about 100 percent above their market bottom in March, according to Lipper Inc. Global real estate funds

Oct. 27 / Avista to receive $20 million for feeder upgrade Avista Utilities said it will receive a $20 million stimulus grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for an upgrade of 58 of its feeder lines that serve highly populated of /

Meetings & Events The Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau will hold its annual meeting, themed Strategic Optimism Ahead, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Tom Norwalk, of the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau,