Developers of the planned Best Western Peppertree Inn at the northwest corner of Third Avenue and Division Street say they haven't been able to obtain commercial loans to complete financing for the $9 million project and they are no longer that any

The Institute for Systems Medicine, which just received a $675,000 grant to help establish a human tissue bank and a clinical data repository here for biomedical researchers to use in studies, also will seek a federal grant for the project, has its

Spokane-based GVD Commercial Properties Inc. says it has bought the Rodeway Inn, in downtown Spokane, and plans to convert it this year to a boutique-style hotel.Gerald Vance "Jerry" Dicker, the company's president, says the planned remodeling a

How would you invest $10,000 in the New Year?We pose that question annually to a panel of investment experts.Returns from the selections made a year ago have been remarkable, with not one taking a dive. The leading performers focused on or in

Jan. 12 / Sterling hit with class-action suit Seattle-based law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP said it and Pennsylvania-based Brodsky & Smith LLC filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court alleging that Sterling Savings

Meetings & Events The Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a Business Connections Breakfast, titled Biz Buzz, on Friday, Jan. 15, from 6:30 to 8 a.m., at the Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley. For more