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

The giant oil company ExxonMobil Corp. has obtained a permit to assemble a $3 million biodiesel blending project in Spokane Valley, and a young company based in Arlington, Wash., separately plans to extend to Eastern Washington the distribution for

Even as highly touted affordable-housing projects are set to be constructed here, groups that work to provide such housing are struggling to meet a growing demand for units.Projects under construction hereor soon to beinclude the Walnut The

The city of Airway Heights is considering taking a second shot at annexing a one-square-mile area along its eastern border thats part of a broader West Plains area the city of Spokane also covets. Spokane city officials say they likely would

Auto insurance rates continued to rise in the second quarter this year, according to a study by Insurance.com, which claims to be the nations largest online auto insurance agency. Insurance.coms quarterly Car Insurance Rate Report found on

Medical costs are continuing to mount at a pace well above inflation, but the practice of cost shifting, or shifting bigger portions of health-care premiums from employers to employees, may be leveling off, health-plan providers here say.As

Premera Blue Cross, the big Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based health-care insurer, says earlier projections that its Spokane campus would employ 630 people by next year might not come true, based on efficiencies the insurer is implementing. Still,