Spokane International Airport has awarded a $5 million contract to Westway Construction Inc., of Spokane, to reconfigure its surface parking areas.As part of the project, the main parking lot's six-lane exit and payment-booth area will be moved

A $10.6 million expansion is under way at the city of Post Falls wastewater treatment plant that will increase its capacity and help reduce odors, says Terry Werner, the city's public works director.The upgrade will enable the plant to treat 5 a

Fred Meyer Stores, the big Portland-based retail chain, has leased a one-acre parcel across the street from its store in east Spokane and plans to develop a $1 million gas station there.The new fueling center will be located on vacant land at of

Discount Lumber & Building Supplies Inc., a longtime business located at 8003 N. Market, has expanded its services to include metal roll forming, a process that produces metal panels for roofing, siding, and post-frame, or pole building, Company

Manito Super 1 Foods Inc., a Spokane company owned by Hayden, Idaho-based grocer Ron McIntire, is seeking permits to open a Super 1 Foods supermarket in Sandpoint, says project spokesman Mike Winger.Winger, an employee of URM Stores Inc. who for

Inland Northwest Health Services, the nonprofit health-services provider owned jointly by Spokane's two main hospital systems, says it will buy 60,000 square feet of floor space it occupies in the Wells Fargo Center for $10.1 million.The will of

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