Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest has named building-industry executive Jim DeWalt as its new president and CEO.Associated Industries, a Spokane-based nonprofit employers group, had been looking for a new CEO since February, when J.

A Spokane-based franchisee for Del Taco fast-food restaurants says it has begun work on a Del Taco outlet in Coeur dAlene and hopes to opening another one soon in Post Falls.The franchisee, Liberty Foods & GVD LLC, opened its Del Taco first a

Lanzce G. Douglass Inc., of Spokane, appears to be moving ahead with a $24 million, 328-unit apartment complex on Spokanes South Hill.Spokane County issued building permits late last month for the project, which was proposed for a site at S.

D.A. Davidson & Co., the Great Falls, Mont.-based stock brokerage, has boosted its 2004 and 2005 earnings estimates for Avista Corp., based partly on the Spokane companys potential for greater electric and gas rate relief than projected earlier.

A real estate investment company has bought the former Pre-Vocational Training Center facility on the busy Division Street-Ruby couplet and plans to redevelop the site for retail uses.The company, Magnolia Enterprises LLC, bought the property a

The Spokane area added far more jobs in both April and May than it had in any month since June 2001, the latest figures from the Washington state Department of Employment Security show.Some 3,800 more people had jobs in May than in the month, a

HAYDEN, IdahoRandy Henry wanted to change the world one golf swing at a time. The co-founder of Henry-Griffitts Inc., a 21-year-old golf club maker here, created a business to build custom golf clubs for average players who otherwise would to

A Coeur dAlene development group says it hopes to undertake about $60 million in commercial development near the new Wal-Mart store in Post Falls and the site where another Wal-Mart is proposed at Hayden, Idaho.The group, which includes Coeur

Demand for small retail spaces is picking up here, offering signs of rising business confidence following a long soft spell, commercial real estate specialists say.Some partially filled retail centers that saw new leasing activity grind almost

A Canadian company thats proposing to build a high-capacity power line from northern Alberta to Eastern Oregon says an $80 million-to-$100 million power-conversion station near Spokane would do much to optimize benefits from the line.The says