In an effort to preserve rail access to industrial areas on Spokanes West Plains, a committee formed by a variety of business and governmental interests here is exploring ways of rerouting the Geiger rail spur at a cost estimated between $2 and a

Many idled Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. Steelworkers can receive one more year of curtailment pay before the company is obligated to begin paying them early-retirement benefits in the event they arent back to work, and while many Steelworkers

Initial results of a new Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce telephone survey hint that at least three of every five chamber members have been impacted negatively by recent economic trends and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Marty Dickinson, of

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has put its proposed new Coeur dAlene store on hold while it waits for the Idaho Transportation Department to finish a traffic study of U.S. 95.The company cant carry on with its planning work for the store, which it to

Spokane developer WAM Enterprises Inc. has started work on a $4 million speculative office building in Liberty Lake.The structure is being built on a 1.75-acre site at 23321 E. Knox, just west of the Foretravel Inc. recreational-vehicle Bruce on

Unicep Packaging Inc., of Sandpoint, is expecting big things from its small, squeezable vials.Demand has been so strong for its tiny MicroDose fluid and gel dispenserswhich some customers say look like hummingbirds, and which hold products to

The owners of Nascart Inc., a Spokane-based go-cart track operator, have formed a second company here called American Thunder Cart Inc. to manufacture go-carts and offer consulting services to other track developers.The new concern is operating

Most businesspeople here would welcome a new insurance operation that employed 1,000 people, a communications company that hired 500, or an accounting and back-office operation that provided 450 jobs.Such active prospects are looking at the

Lifestream Technologies Inc., of Post Falls, has enlisted a Spokane ambulance company and residents of assisted-living homes here to test its Privalink software in preparation for a national rollout of the product.Ed Siemens, Lifestreams chief

Spokane International Airport will proceed with $9.5 million worth of capital improvement projects next year, despite having suffered revenue declines since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It has put a temporary hold, however, on another $5.2 in of