The city of Spokane Valley says it plans to design this year an extension of Indiana Avenue, east of the Spokane Valley Mall, that will create an arterial, or perhaps a couplet on the north side of Interstate 90 to connect it to Mission Avenue. be

City of Spokane officials say that although the process has been long, plans to extend Riverside Avenue east of downtown are moving forward and construction on the first phase of the long-planned project could begin next year. Meanwhile, related to

SiteCrafting Inc., a Tacoma, Wash.-based Web-site design and Web application company, has decided to open an office in Spokane.Brian Forth, a Gonzaga University graduate and former elementary school teacher in Western Washington who started the

Costco Wholesale Corp. is planning a $2.7 million expansion of its Coeur d'Alene outlet to bring the store's total size to 152,000 square feet of floor space, according to building-permit information on file with the city of Coeur d'Alene.The a

AmericanWest Bancorp, of Spokane, satisfied a Nasdaq rule April 9 when it issued a press release saying its 10-K annual report included an auditor's opinion that contained "a going concern qualification."In such a qualification, an auditor says