The Spokane Park Board voted recently to use a general contractor/construction manager approach for the $64.3 million Riverfront Park update project, approved by voters in November, and now the search is on to hire an adviser to help the city select a GC

Beaver Pond Products, a retailer and wholesaler of antlers, furs, and leather, has leased 2,100 square feet of space in a multitenant commercial building at 10733 N. Government Way in Hayden, Idaho. The company has relocated to Hayden from the Redmond ar

I am jealous of Spokane. As a citizen of Tacoma and frequent visitor to Spokane, what I'm most envious of is your convenient, well-run transit system. Five years ago, voters in Pierce County faced a decision: Either raise the sales-tax rate by 0.3 per

Seeing Kim Zentz transition to the often insular world of academia, after so many years immersed in the free-wheeling, private sector-driven pursuit of economic development and technology innovation, can't help but evoke a bittersweet reaction. Zentz,

Halme Construction Inc., a longtime Davenport-based heavy-construction contractor, recently has moved its corporate offices to west Spokane. The new offices occupy 4,300 square feet of leased space on the main floor of the two-story former Bank of Whitma

Loon Lake-based 2 Loons Distillery LLC, which began operations last fall, has released its first batch of aged corn whiskey, says Trisha Schwartz, who co-owns the distillery with her husband, Greg. Four more spirits are planned, which would bring 2 Loons

Bobby Enslow, Spokane barista and owner of Indaba Coffee at 1425 W. Broadway, plans to open a second outlet at 206 N. Howard, in the Bennett Block in downtown Spokane. Enslow says the new coffee shop will occupy about 800 square feet of space near the n

Coffman Engineers Inc., the multicity engineering firm with a large Spokane office, has opened an office in Bozeman, Mont. The office is Coffman's eighth overall, and the 36-year-old company says it's intended to increase its presence in the Rocky Mo