Avista Utilities will start work in July on the first of four generator upgrades at its Noxon Rapids Dam, located on the Clark Fork River in Montana, that are expected to cost a total of $35 million.Each of the four generators, which were in a

Last month, representatives from Greater Spokane Incorporated and several Spokane-area companies traveled to Southern California looking to strike it rich. But unlike the gold rush of the 1800s, they were mining for workers, not precious metals.

ALK-Abell Source Materials Inc., the allergen supplier that includes the former Biopol Laboratories Inc. operation here, says its gearing up for a significant increase in demand for the raw materials it produces as its Danish parent rolls out a

Three longtime Inland Northwest waterfront real estate specialists have jumped ship and are now operating under a newly formed company called Century 21-Beutler Waterfront, says Bill Fanning, the broker at the new company and one of the agents who

In the half-century that Spokane specialty contractor Dix Corp. has been taking on unusual and risky construction projects, the only thing thats become routine at the company is family involvement.Founded here 60 years ago by Peter Dix as a a

A 164-acre parcel of former agricultural land in Hayden, Idaho, is on the market for $30 million, a price the Kootenai County Assessors Office says could be a record for a real estate deal in the county in terms of dollar value. The parcel, a

Attention female shoppers: Soon youll be able to get your hands on a guidebook that will provide the scoop on many of the locally owned stores and services in the Inland Northwest that cater specifically to women.The book, Nosey Parker, a

Spokane businessman John Crow has bought the former Wyvern Cellars property on the West Plains and plans to develop an industrial park there.Crow, who is president of Spokane Valley-based Lloyd Industries Inc., which makes pizza and bakery the

The owner of Northwest Steel Fabrication Inc., a maker of structural steel parts for construction projects, is building a $3 million shop and office in Deer Park and will consolidate the companys operations at that location, including an office

Construction is to start this fall on a $10 million subsidized housing complex for seniors on Spokanes North Side.The 50-unit complex, to be called Lilac Terrace, will be part of the Lilac Plaza Retirement Community, located at 7007 N. says a