A company headed by Spokane developer John Stone has doubled the size of the big, mixed-used Riverstone development in Coeur dAlene, by agreeing to buy a neighboring, massive gravel quarry along the Spokane River from Central Pre-Mix Concrete of

State Farm Insurance Co., of Bloomington, Ill., is consolidating its Spokane-area and Coeur dAlene automobile and homeowners insurance claims offices by moving them to a building at the Iron Bridge Corporate Campus here.State Farm will 60 a

Two developers, one from Coeur dAlene and the other from Santa Barbara, Calif., plan to transform a trailer park and some mostly vacant land just north of Interstate 90 in Coeur dAlene into a big commercial development that would include a a of

The Spokane County Medical Society has been discussing with the Seattle-based University of Washington School of Medicine ways in which the school could expand education opportunities here.Dr. Don Cubberley, the societys president, says the a

Harold Gilkeys older brother got the first glimpse of his siblings business savvy when Harold was 6 years old.The older Gilkey, Duane, had set up a lemonade stand near the familys home in Livingston, Mont., then turned the operation over

Manufactured-home dealerships here have been hammered in recent years by an industry slump that has decimated sales, gutted staffing levels, and caused many stores and some plants to close.A frenzied surge in competition and reckless lending to

A plan to replace the big Johnson Hall research laboratory at Washington State Universitys Pullman campus has ballooned into a proposed six-building research and education complex that would cost an estimated $333 million.The half-dozen would

Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is ready to breathe new life into two long-dormant buildings in the citys core.With an anchor tenant in hand, a newly formed company headed by Vandervert is taking on an anticipated $9.2 million project the a

Most Monday mornings these days, youll find Mert Malek faithfully chasing the ol white ball around Liberty Lake Golf Course.The retired banker is one of about 200 men who call themselves the Over-the-Hill Gang and meet once a week on the to

Once mostly interested in young, healthy males, clinical researchers here say seniors now play an integral role in testing new drugs and medical devices.Spokane has a large, fairly nontransient population of older adults, they say, allowing the