Brooklyn Iron Works Inc., with support from several other companies here, has designed and fabricated a large snow-hauling trailer that will be shipped out of Spokane within a few weeks for use at the South Pole.Ben Finnoe, a project manager at

Storhaug Properties LLC, a company formed by Spokane engineer Jerry Storhaug and his wife, Yvonne, has bought the former Harry Os restaurant and bar building east of downtown and plans to convert at least part of the structure into office Inc., a

Ednetics Inc., a Post Falls company that designs, deploys, and services high-tech communication systems for the education sector, is enjoying strong growth and plans to expand next year.The 7-year-old company creates infrastructure packages of

Eddie Bauer Inc., the Redmond, Wash.-based clothing chain, plans to reopen a retail store in River Park Square here after closing an outlet there more than a year ago. Its not clear when the store will open, its exact location, or how many it

Moody Aviation, the aviation training arm of Chicago-based Moody Bible Institute, has started work on a 21,600-square-foot hangar facility at Felts Field, in Spokane Valley, where it will move its operations from Tennessee next summer.Meantime,

Northwest Business Development Association, the Spokane-based nonprofit that puts together government-backed loans for small businesses, says its loan volume in the federal fiscal year that ends today was looking to be nearly double what it was has

Seeking to get more value out of its vast timberlands, Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. plans to sell this week a conservation easement that will cover almost 23,000 acres of its forests near North Idahos St. Joe River for $4.1 million.The sale a

For 20 years of Mick McDowells working life, what he did for a living depended on what day it was.From 1975 to 1996, he was a city of Spokane firefighter who would work the standard firemans schedule at the time: 24 hours on duty and 48 not

Invigorated by new leadership and armed with new strategies for recruiting employers here, the Spokane Area Economic Development Council says interest in the Spokane area is on the rise.A year ago, the EDC was talking with about six to 10 that

Economic-development leaders here were disappointed when Miami-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. opted recently not to lower a gangplank here and instead set compass for Springfield, Ore., with plans for a reservation call center that would employ