Sackett Contracting & Excavating, of Nordman, Idaho, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $1.6 million, for a city of Cheney contract to make infrastructure improvements to the 38-acre Cheney Research & Industrial Park, which the city is with

Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank reported sharply lower earnings for 2008, but says its loans, deposits, and assets all continued to grow at a healthy pace, despite the financial trauma that's plaguing the banking industry nationally.The held

Rite Aid Corp., the Camp Hill, Pa.-based pharmacy and retail store chain, plans to move a store it operates at the northwest corner of Pines Road and Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley to a $2.3 million building that a developer here says he will for

Remodels are currently under way at two Albertsons Inc. grocery stores here—one on the South Hill and one in Spokane Valley.The 56,000-square-foot store that's being remodeled in Spokane Valley, at 13606 E. 32nd, will have a Starbucks Corp.

The owners of Savage Land Pizza plan to reopen the longtime Spokane Valley family restaurant in mid-May, about a year after it was destroyed by a suspected arson-caused blaze.Pamela Veach-LaRochelle, who owns the business with her husband, Ian a

Kootenai County has awarded a $4.7 million contract to Sommer Construction Inc., of Nampa, Idaho, to expand its Kootenai County Farm Landfill operation by 14 acres. Roger Saterfiel, director of the county's solid waste department, says a highly

A sports-venue advocacy group plans to unveil soon the results of a $75,000 feasibility study that supports the idea of developing a 6,000-seat sports and entertainment complex envisioned for Coeur d'Alene.Dave Tomson, development manager for of

Sen. Chris Marr, D-Spokane, is spearheading a bill in the Washington Legislature that aims to strengthen environmental standards spelled out by voter-approved Initiative 937, but give electric utilities more ways to meet the standards bill, Senate

Whitewater Creek Inc., of Hayden Idaho, and the nonprofit Spokane Housing Ventures are working together on a $27 million deal to buy a struggling South Hill retirement complex and to develop 180 additional units of rental housing there for families