Spokane-based Weldon Inc. is looking to trim off a share of the mens haircutting market in the Seattle area.Just over six months after the company opened its first six shops, all in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene market, it now hopes to open four

The owners of Fast Frames, a Colville-based embroidery equipment manufacturer, plan to develop a 96,000-square-foot industrial complex this summer on the West Plains and move their operation there. Their project also will include a 400-unit work on

Merlin Motors Inc., the young Renton, Wash.-based maker of Merlin Roadster three-wheel motorcycles, plans to move its Spokane Valley assembly facility into larger quarters as it ramps up production and prepares to release to consumers its high-end,

Spokane businessman Terry Tombari and his wife, TJ Tombari, plan to develop a $5 million retail center at the northwest corner of 44th Avenue and Regal Street, on Spokanes South Hill. Work on the project was to start this week, and the complex is

Mimi Ross Blank loves the Internet. The owner of Tiles by Mimi has found her own slice of heaven in Spokane by creating in her home studio expensive custom murals on tile for customers across the country.If it werent for the Internet, I

Businesses along Third Avenue are struggling to survive as work crews reconstruct the street and replace an important water main there. A half-dozen Third Avenue businesses say their revenues have dropped between 20 percent and 60 percent since

What used to be the boonies north of Spokane is booming with activity.Development is forging farther northward, away from well-establishedand still bustlingretail centers like NorthTown Mall and the Northpointe Plaza shopping say new homes

It was a good year, in 2004, for most of the Inland Northwests publicly traded companies, and their executives, in turn, reaped huge payoffs.Such executives, on average, saw their overall compensation skyrocket 63 percent in 2004, an annual a

Lexington Homes Inc., an 8-year-old Spokane Valley home builder, plans to construct a 6,000-square-foot office building at 11900 E. Broadway and move its headquarters into a portion of the building. It also plans to add three more buildings on the

Northwest Building Components Inc., a young Rathdrum manufacturer that makes roof trusses for homes and commercial buildings, plans to expand its operation to meet surging demand from Inland Northwest builders.The companys production has and