Businesses here that supply goods and services to the home construction market say as home building slows, theyre looking to other markets within the construction industry to help sustain them during the downturn.Commercial construction, and

URM Stores Inc., the Spokane-based grocery distribution cooperative, says its considering a big expansion of its warehouse and distribution center to handle strong growth and to meet increasing demand for frozen and perishable goods.The to of

Spokane County is considering a change to its zoning code that would allow three or more units of attached single-family homes, called row housing, in all residential zones. Although there apparently isnt high demand for such units so far, say is

Developers of three planned low-income apartment projects here that together are expected to cost about $21 million say theyve been able to sidestep a worrisome downturn involving one of their main sources of development moneyhighly coveted tax

Pearson Packaging Systems, a longtime West Plains-based maker of packaging machinery, says that after investing heavily in product development in recent years, its now looking at ways to market those products aggressively as it seeks to grow in a

When family-owned Knight Construction & Supply Inc. began looking to diversify its revenues a couple of years ago, little did the owners know that the manufacturing business they would launch could eventually overshadow their longtime Deer says now

Tom Quigley had little doubt while growing up here that he would carry on the family legacy, operating Spokane Neon Sign Co., which his grandfather, Jack, had founded in the 1930s and later passed down to his father, Glenn.That was intended a

Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, has begun work on a $5.1 million project for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane to replace the Bishop White Seminary near the Gonzaga University campus. The 22,000-square-foot complex will be located at

The city of Spokanes newest six-year street plan, which is expected to be adopted by the City Council June 30, includes three sizable projects, totaling $13.5 million, that would beautify two downtown streets, make North Division more friendly to

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative that obtains all of its power from the Bonneville Power Administration, says its exploring the possibility of participating in a non-federal power pool to meet some of its future