The economic downturn hit the collectibles market hard.Prices tumbled and many collectible items were not even put up for sale because owners who had purchased during the price run-up feared offers would be too low. Many potential buyers were to

Nov. 9 / Voters elect Condon, reject propositionsCity of Spokane mayoral challenger David Condon received 52 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Mary Verner. Among other results, the City of Spokane Valley's Proposition 1, which would have a

Meetings & EventsGreater Spokane Incorporated will hold an estate tax planning update luncheon today, Nov. 17, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division. John Bjorkman, of LarsonAllen LLP, will speak. The cost is $40. To or

Women who leave engineering jobs after obtaining the necessary degree are more likely to leave the field because of an uncomfortable work climate than because of family reasons, according to findings from a study being undertaken at the University

Just beyond the DNA-like helical staircase in Drexel University's new Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, the atrium's great showpiece is a vertical wall of living plants, 20 feet wide, rising five stories—or 75 feet—in height. But

The fastest-growing firms in the design industry are relying on traditional methods to achieve marketing results, according to ZweigWhite's 2011-12 Successful Firm Survey of Architecture, Engineering, Planning & Environmental Consulting Firms.In

After an encouraging uptick in August, the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Billings Index retreated again in September, falling to a score of 46.9. Since any score below 50 indicates a decline in billings at architecture firms, this

A Spokane engineering firm says recently completed safety and technological upgrades that it designed for the Kibbie Dome, on the University of Idaho campus in Moscow help elevate the 36-year-old structure to a state-of-the art multipurpose firm, a