Walking through the eerily quiet Reliance Trailer Co. office building on Geiger Boulevard two weeks ago while looking for someone who could tell me about a looming auction of the shuttered company's assets, I half-expected to encounter some ghosts

Spokane Valley businessman William Tonani has filed for personal Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, listing assets of $1.2 million and debts of $1.5 million.Tonani was co-owner of the now-defunct University Appliance & TV Inc.,

Precision Machine & Supply Inc., a fabrication and precision machining company based in Lewiston, Idaho, plans roughly to double its space at a repair center it operates in the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, in Spokane Valley.Dan Wenstrom,

A large site south of Spokane Valley where an investor group had begun developing a 253-home subdivision that was to include residences priced mostly upwards of $500,000 has reverted back to Spokane lender Sterling Savings Bank after falling into a

The Idaho state Department of Labor says it has begun site work for a $4 million building in Post Falls and plans to move its Coeur d'Alene office there next fall.The 17,800-square-foot structure will be the first office building to be in the at

A development company owned partly by Spokane general contractor Doric Creager is proposing to develop and construct a $10 million to $12 million affordable housing project in Twisp, Wash., for the Housing Authority of Okanogan County.The which

Pearson Packaging Systems, a West Plains maker of packaging equipment, says it has signed an exclusive co-marketing agreement with Italian manufacturer CT Pack under which it will begin selling specialized equipment made by that company.Pearson

Spokane has held its own compared with peer metropolitan areas when it comes to criteria that measure such things as business growth, education, prosperity, quality of life, and basic needs, a new report issued by Greater Spokane Incorporated 20 in