Looking ahead to the rest of 2011 and beyond, Spokane is starting to see an uptick in the number of conventions and group meetings booked here, industry leaders say. In a nutshell, 2011 doesn't appear as bad as expected, and 2012 looks even than

Hospitality professionals throughout Washington are working to fill a void that will occur this summer, if, as appears inevitable, the state government stops funding and shutters the Washington State Tourism Office. As importantly, industry say

Washington State University will start work next month on a renovation and expansion of two of its oldest dormitories on the Pullman campus, Duncan-Dunn and Community halls, at a total cost of about $22.6 million.The general contractor for the a

The city of Spokane Valley plans to start the first phase of construction soon on a new park in the Greenacres neighborhood.Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder for that phase with a bid of about $938,000, which came a

Demolition work is wrapping up on two old warehouse buildings just southeast of the intersection of Division Street and Riverside Avenue. The project is making way for the first phase of the Riverside extension, which will run east through the The

In the currently stressed real estate market, an increasing number of homes are sitting on the market for several months or more at a time, and many of them are left empty until a prospective buyer comes along.In a growing number of cases, a is