COEUR DALENEThe owners of Beehive Homes, an assisted-living center here, have broken ground on the $2 million first phase of a similar facility that will be located at the east end of Sherman Avenue. Beehives owners, Gary Ghramm and his a

To keep their businesses afloat in an era of do-it-yourself software, an increasing number of independent bookkeepers here have adjusted to meet the needs of tech-savvy business owners. Quickbooks and other accounting software, such as Mas 90 a

Income-tax relief passed in 2001 is beginning to bear fruit this year, and Spokane-area tax accountants say taxpayers still can take action to benefit from the measures now and in the future.The Economic Growth & Tax Relief Reconciliation Act a

The Bellevue, Wash.-based company that owns Land Rover Spokane has bought a former Cadillac and Infiniti dealership site on the west side of Adams Street between Second and Third avenues and plans to move its sport-utility vehicle dealership there

Spokane natives John Keegan and Lynette Byrne say they have entered into a franchise agreement with Batteries Plus, a Wisconsin-based retail chain, and plan to open three Batteries Plus stores here over the next two years.The franchisees say of

Kootenai County may be most commonly known as a tourist destination, but its economy increasingly is bolstered by the health-care industry.Health-care jobs account for one of the biggest chunks of the countys total payroll, far exceeding the

The city of Spokane quietly has begun building a case for a dramatically different way to fund street repairs here.Spurned last spring by voters, who overwhelmingly rejected a property-tax-supported bond issue to fix the streets, and dubious to

Representatives from a German energy company and a Quincy, Wash., dairy farm met last month at the downtown Spokane offices of the Inland Northwest Technology Education Center, or Intec, to hash out a plan to turn cow manure into electrical power a

Washington State University at Spokane says it will ask legislators to approve pre-design funds for a new facility for its College of Nursing, the second of three academic buildings the school hopes to construct at Riverpoint Higher Education Park

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians has launched a $6.9 million expansion of its Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, and has bought 140 acres of land a block west of the casino for future development.Separately, the 340-member tribe is building