A Spokane building contractor has filed a $2.4 million lien against one of Marshall Chesrowns Coeur dAlene-based development companies for alleged nonpayment for work done at the Bellerive residential waterfront condominiums in the mixed-use in
Kim Zentz loves a challenge. Zentz has been at the helm of Sirti, a Washington state economic-development agency that assists technology startups here, for the past three years after taking the post when the agency was in the midst of a and the
The Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau has completed three research reports this year, has implemented a fourth done last year, and is part way through an accreditation effortall aimed at improving how well it performs its slew of in
Dave Smith Motors, the high-volume motor-vehicle dealership based in Kellogg, Idaho, has added home mortgages to its product mix.The dealership has created a new department called Dave Smith Home Loans, which is operating in a 600-square-foot a
Business has slowed for most Spokane-area furniture stores in the last nine to 12 months, forcing some to make changes and others to close their doors.Furniture store operators blame the cooler overall economy for fewer sales. Slumping home are
Since July, once quiet Aslin-Finch Feed Co. has acquired a seed company here that has launched it into a new market, and has purchased a massive warehouse here formerly used by a giant grocery wholesaler.The moves, says company President Jay a
Wheat Montana Farms Inc., of Three Forks, Mont., says it has closed or is closing all four of its corporate-owned retail bakery and deli stores, including outlets in Spokane and Coeur dAlene, to focus on its wholesale bread, grain, and flour and
The Washington state Department of Transportation is planning a $16.3 million project to relocate the weigh station at the Washington-Idaho state line on Interstate 90 to improve traffic flow at the nearby Idaho Road interchange and to update the
Spokane-based law firm Lee & Hayes PLLC has seen both its staff numbers and billings jump more than 40 percent so far this year, and it expects its brisk growth to continue as it plans expansions at its offices here, in Seattle, and in Austin, up,
Spokane County is adding $812 million in newly constructed buildings and newly platted land to its tax rolls this year, which is down from more than $1 billion in each of the previous two years, but still quite healthy, says Assessor Ralph county a