The Spokane Transit Authority has taken steps to condemn about 14 acres of land near the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center to use as right of way for a proposed light-rail line and as a site for a passenger station.STA filed a petition in late a

Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank plans to enter the Seattle market soon with a limited-service branch, says Lea Werner, the banks spokeswoman.Washington Trust plans to offer through the new branch customized business and personal financial

Spokane Railway Credit Union plans to change its name to Numerica Credit Union to reflect the nature of its expanding membership base more accurately, says Robyn Baird, senior marketing specialist for the credit union.The new name will go into a

Gonzaga University plans to raze in July the soon-to-be-vacated building that currently houses the library and classrooms for its School of Law, and build in the structures place three apartment buildings for student housing.The apartment will

COEUR DALENE Ilene Moss suspects that theres a mischievous leprechaun loose in the land who steals Irish-wool knit hats.She sells such hats at her Coeur dAlene shop, All Things Irish; the funny thing is, she says, most of the people who

Crown West Realty LLC, which owns and manages the 600-acre Spokane Business & Industrial Park in the Spokane Valley, plans to demolish an office building it occupies at the parks northern entrance and erect a larger, multitenant structure in its

Inland Northwest businesses will find no relief this year from the now seemingly relentless rise in health-plan rate increases, with many employers here once again feeling the sting of double-digit premium hikes after a number of years in which of

Vending machines, which came on the scene in the 1920s to sell candy bars and tobacco products, now dispense everything from freshly brewed coffee to just-cookedand brownedfrench fries.The technology already exists to make vending machines a

To put a reverse, business-oriented spin on a familiar sports clich, the best defense sometimes is a good offense.Thats what longtime Spokane retailer Huppins Hi-Fi Photo & Video Inc. has discovered with a mail-order division, dubbed One it

Plans for a proposed new office tower in downtown Spokane appear to be gaining momentum.A couple of Spokane investors who envision developing such a high-rise structure at the southeast corner of Howard Street and Riverside Avenue expect to an 1