AmericanWest Bank, the main operating subsidiary of Spokane-based AmericanWest Bancorp, says it plans to expand into Utah by opening a loan production office near Salt Lake City by June and a full-service financial center there later this has to of

A joint venture formed by N.A. Degerstrom Inc., of Spokane Valley, and Acme Concrete Paving Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded the contract to reconstruct more than a mile of the Interstate-90 viaduct in downtown Spokane.The entity, called The

Spokane-based OneEighty Networks Inc. is creating a new subsidiary through which it plans to begin offering converged voice and data communications direct to business customers desktops in the Inland Northwest, says Greg Green, its chairman a

Fasteners Inc., a longtime fastener and tool distributor here, says it will open a store in Lewiston, Idaho, this summer, and hopes to open two more stores in Washington by the end of the year, which would give it 11 stores.The company has a in

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Canddle Development Inc. says it plans to develop a 287-unit senior housing facility in North Spokane at a cost of about $30 million.The envisioned five-story, 250,000-square-foot complex, to be called Vintage at for

As prom season descends upon Spokane-area high schools in all of its budget-busting glory, formal wear retailers here say theyre anticipating their highest-grossing prom season yet.Although the increasingly extravagant high school event is an

Ambassadors Group Inc., the Spokane-based provider of educational travel programs, plans to build a 100,000-square-foot-plus corporate headquarters on the West Plains. Jeff Thomas, Ambassadors Group president and CEO, says the company has for 2

Five proposed Community Colleges of Spokane building projects, with a combined value of about $89 million, have made a statewide short list of projects competing for future state funding.Making the list, issued in February by the State for

The Spokane City Council later this month will consider approving an overhaul of the citys residential development code. The councils public hearing on the proposed residential code is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, April 10, in the City on the

Avista Utilities will begin boring underneath the Spokane River near the mouth of Lake Coeur dAlene next week to install a 6-inch diameter natural gas pipe for nearly 1,000 feet to extend gas service to the south side of the river.The Spokane