Knife River Corp., a Bismark, N.D.-based construction materials conglomerate, says it plans to build two ready-mix concrete plants in the Spokane and Coeur dAlene areas that together will employ up to 50 people.The plants should open by July a

Some people call Gabriel J. Mendez a doctor of salsa.Actually, his doctorate is in Latin American history, but when he couldnt find a college-level teaching job within commuting distance of Spokane, he made salsa his business.He founded in

Rahco International Inc., the longtime Spokane industrial manufacturer, has landed two contracts to design and build mining and canal-building equipment worth a combined about $21 million. That work comes on the heels of delivering another about of

POST FALLSA Coeur dAlene-based partnership wants to leverage the draw of the soon-to-be-built Wal-Mart store here by embarking on two commercial developments near the stores site that would have a combined value of $24 million. Real estate a

Power-plant developers have proposed building three big gas-fired generating plants in Eastern Washington that could produce a total of 3,350 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power the city of Seattle three times.The projects include a in

Half of the people who bought homes in Spokane and Kootenai counties last year had lived in the area less than two years, and about a quarter of those people moved here to be near their families, not for job-related reasons.Furthermore, while to

Welch Comer & Associates Inc., a consulting civil engineering company based in Coeur dAlene, is opening a 12-person office in Liberty Lake. For its new office, the company will lease about 2,000 square feet of space in a new building at 2310

The development team thats pursuing a proposed $50 million-plus office tower in downtown Spokane is working to cut estimated costs enough to ensure the project is viable, and hopes to move forward with construction design this summer.Were to

Two companies owned partly by Spokane developer Steve Schmautz plan to develop two professional buildings in the Liberty Lake area that together are expected to cost about $3.6 million. Work is expected to get under way on both buildings by May,