With Washington state facing an estimated $3 billion shortfall as the Legislature readies to develop its 2011-13 biennial budget, civic and government entities here say they hope simply to hang on to funding they already have, and are going easy on

Prominent Spokane developer and contractor Dick Vandervert says a company he heads that already owned part of the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center on the South Hill has bought up most of the rest of the center and plans to give it a Joe's announced

The city of Cheney quietly has strengthened its infrastructure over the last couple of years and used conservative budgeting to avoid the recession-related financial woes that many local jurisdictions are experiencing.Now, it's taking steps to a

Red Lion Hotels Corp., with its new senior management team now charting the Spokane-based company's future, hopes to add 30 to 40 hotel properties to its chain within the next three years, including 20 in the next year, and says it has the in place