The city of Liberty Lake is making its fourth attempt at annexing 644 acres of land west of its current city limits. Doug Smith, the citys director of planning and community development, says a public hearing on the annexation request is for

D.A. Davidson & Co. has increased its estimate of Potlatch Corp.s fourth-quarter earnings, to 28 cents a share from 21 cents, and also has boosted its estimate of the Spokane wood-products companys annual earnings for 2006.In addition, D.A.

A startup here that develops technology to speed up greatly the communication between data servers and remote computers used to access them has set up shop in the incubator space at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology company, Inc.,

The town of Harrison, Idaho, nestled on the eastern shore of Lake Coeur dAlene about 45 minutes from Coeur dAlene, has given a green light to the $30 million first phase of an upscale, three-phase residential development that could more than to

Spokanes Sarah Gilcher says shes got the ideal survival product for women on the go. Its called the Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit, and it combines practicality with pleasure, including, among other items, instructions to change a flat to

The number of foreclosures filed in Spokane County last year dropped precipitously, falling below the 500 mark for the first time since 1997.Randy Barcus, chief economist at Avista Corp., says that with property values rising, most people who a

Spokane-based Integrus Architecture PS has designed four high-security U.S. Embassies currently under construction at a combined cost of $213 million in the African nations of Guinea, Mali, Sierre Leone, and Algeria. The structures will replace in

MatriCal Inc., a company in Spokanes U District that makes sophisticated research equipment for large pharmaceutical companies, is expecting a strong surge in sales this year and is ramping up its work force. The 6-year-old companys are to

Specialty Construction Systems Ltd., of Post Falls, has benefited for many years from its close working relationship with Spokane developer Walt Worthyand its owners say they expect to do the stud and drywall work on Worthys proposed 19-story a

Prium Development LLC, a Tacoma-based real estate development concern whose sister company bought the big Rock Pointe Corporate Center here late last year, plans to develop a 54-acre industrial park near Spokane International Airport. The site