Greg Brown bought his first Corvette when he was 24, and over the quarter-century since then has owned four others. He and his wife each own one now. The longtime member of the Spokane Corvette Club rattles off trivia about the venerable sports car

Nitze-Stagen & Co., the Seattle-based real estate investment and development concern, has agreed to co-develop the 76-acre Summit site west of downtown Spokane with Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., which owns the property.

As senior citizens and policy experts continue to debate the merits of prescription-drug coverage under new Medicare-reform legislation signed into law this week, for most hospitals, the laws benefit is clearthey get more money to care for in

Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank plans to hire about 100 people in coming weeks to work in its headquarters here, and is negotiating to lease about 30,000 square feet of additional space downtown to help accommodate that growth.The expansion

The 141st Air Refueling Wing of the Washington Air National Guard plans to renovate and expand its medical-training facility at Fairchild Air Force Base next year.Construction costs would fall in the $1 million to $5 million range, says Lt. is

Developers have spent millions of dollars to add new inventory to Spokanes downtown office market over the last several years, but much of that space still sits empty, due to the weak economy. Furthermore, theres more space about to come on

As trucking companies approach Jan. 4, the date on which they must begin complying with new federal rules related to driver rest time, some here are unsure of exactly how the changes will affect their bottom lines.They do say, however, that the

Western Rail Inc. moved to the West Plains so it would have rail service.Little did the seller of used locomotives and parts know it would end up providing rail service itself.With whats known as the Geiger spur facing closure, Western to

Construction is expected to begin in March on an $11.9 million building at North Idaho College, in Coeur dAlene, that will house the schools nursing, health-professions, and natural-science programs. The new structure is expected to help in

Actor Dennis Franzbetter known to some as Detective Andy Sipowicz, of the television drama NYPD Blueis the apparent buyer of 100 acres of property on Coeur dAlene Lakes Kidd Island Bay. Franz is said to have bought the property from USA