Work is set to start soon to replace a water main and to repave portions of an about 1-1/2 mile stretch of Mission Avenue between Hamilton and Greene streets, the city of Spokane says.The city awarded the $3.3 million contract for the project to

As I watch the federal deficit grow, I'm reminded of a college buddy who once got a cash advance from his credit card so that he could pay his—drum roll, please—credit-card bill.My friend's one-time, counter-intuitive move was funny at

A frozen-yogurt outlet and a coffee shop have leased suites in a retail center at the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Sullivan Road, in Spokane Valley, and the lessees say they hope to open outlets there around Memorial Day Froyo Earth Inc.,

Spokane Valley-based Atlas Systems LLC, which custom designs bulk-material storage and retrieval systems, has landed a project to develop a wood-waste storage system at a Port Angeles, Wash., mill operated by Nippon Paper Industries USA Co. In a

Three new tenants are leasing office space in the River View Corporate Center, the big Class A structure in Spokane Valley developed by Worthy Enterprises LLC.Jack Marr, director of leasing at Worthy Enterprises, says one-third of the office now

Hart Capital Management Inc., a Spokane-based investment firm that tracks the region's top publicly traded companies, says the composite market value of 15 Inland Northwest stocks reached a record of $13.6 billion for the first quarter of 2011, up

Moscow, Idaho-based Columbia Tractor Inc. says it has bought the West Plains building and land formerly occupied by the Bonanza Ford Inc. dealership, and plans to move its Spokane-area John Deere dealership there and broaden the dealership's line a

Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $10.6 million contract to construct a new school that will replace Westview Elementary School, on Spokane's North Side.The new building will be located on the southeast corner of the current at