Mark Freeman started Kuma Stoves Inc. in the back of his pickup. A quarter-century later, Freeman says he expects the Hayden, Idaho-based wood- and oil-stove manufacturing company to continue to grow at a slow, but comfortable pace, with a

Three major retailersTarget Corp., Lowes Cos., and The Home Depot Inc.are rumored to be considering opening stores at the planned Pointe at Post Falls retail development where a Cabelas Inc. outlet will be built, says Post Falls Mayor Clay

Jamesee LLC, of Spokane, is developing a medical-dental office complex at the northeast corner of 20th Avenue and Grand Boulevard, just east of Manito Park on Spokanes South Hill.Construction already is under way on the nearly $1 million will

Premier Manufacturing Inc., of Liberty Lake, mostly a precision sheet-metal fabricator, is changing ownership and moving to a new Liberty Lake location, both effective Jan. 31.Kevin Collins, who owns Premier with his wife, Keri, and Chuck says

Construction is under way on a nearly $2 million luxury condominium project in Brownes Addition west of downtown Spokane, and the developer expects work will be completed there within a month.The project, called the Grizzly Bear Luxury will a

A Bend, Ore., man is developing a 114-lot subdivision just east of Pinehurst, Idaho, thats estimated to have a value of more than $51 million when completed.Mark Phillips, a Realtor with Coeur dAlene-based Century 21 Beutler & Associates, a

Sunwest Management Inc., a Salem, Ore., senior-housing management company with holdings in 25 states, has submitted site plans to the city of Post Falls for a proposed $14 million senior-housing complex.The development would include a facility,

A Coeur dAlene-based technology startup plans to launch next week a communications software package it has developed to help doctors while they make patient rounds at hospitals and other health-care facilities.The company, InstiComm LLC, has

Banner Retail Marketing Group, a Liberty Lake company that helps small retailers stay afloat in a competitive sea of advertising, is starting to make some waves of its own, says Bill Sauther, its president and co-owner.The company, which has 75

Union Pacific Corp. says it plans to implement an up to $1 billion technological system that will revolutionize the way it operates its locomotives, and has chosen a route that runs between Spokane and Cranbrook, British Columbia, as one of two for