The owner of the Wolf Lodge Inn Restaurant, a North Idaho establishment long known for its big steaks, plans to open a steakhouse this spring in the building that the Otter Restaurant & Beach Club Lounge currently occupies.Wolf Lodge Inn owner a

Sterling Savings Bank, of Spokane, plans to open item-processing centers in Spokane and Seattle within the next two months, allowing the bank to do its own check processing and statement printing, which it currently pays others to handle.Heidi a

CKE Restaurants Inc., of Anaheim, Calif., says it plans to open between eight and 12 Carls Jr. fast-food restaurants in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area during the next two years.Suzi Brown, CKEs director of public relations, says the company

Hanson Industries Inc., of Spokane, has bought 113 acres of vacant land along Interstate 90 on the Idaho side of the Washington-Idaho state line, and has commissioned a study to determine the best use of the land, says Bob Boyle, the companys is

The downtown Metro Block, mostly vacated last year by Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., is to be renovated into a creative business incubator that would seek to attract artists, writers, designers, and some high-tech to a is

A new draft plan for the future of downtown, slated to be unveiled tonight, envisions substantial growth in retail, office, and housing space; development of a public square in the former J.J. Newberry Co. location; and designation of Howard Street

When Brian Abrams runs a marathon, hes just getting warmed up.When he downhill skis, cross-country skis, runs, bicycles, and kayaks solo through each stage of an Ironman competition and wins, hes getting in shape to do what he likes. The

Genie Industries Inc., the Redmond, Wash.-based company that has chosen to open a plant in Moses Lake that is scheduled to employ 1,300 people eventually, considered opening its plant in Spokane, but decided against it.Genie chose Moses Lake of

Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller LLP, Spokanes largest law firm, has launched an aggressive growth strategy that includes a merger last week with Spokanes fifth largest firm and the expectation of having as many as 100 attorneys within &

In a bonanza fueled by the economic dynamism of the high-tech industry, the employees and local-area investors of Packet Engines Inc. received $175 million when Packet was sold recently, founder Bernard Daines says.In addition to the stock that