The Spokane Area Economic Development Council is working to respond to a request from Airbus North American affiliate for information about communities that could be potential sites for a $600 million U.S. aircraft manufacturing plant.The for

Ideas are beginning to emerge for the Post Street pedestrian bridge project thats slated to get under way as soon as the Monroe Street Bridge reconstruction is completed, and one of them calls for retail kiosks or a farmers market or public the

The mother-daughter team that owns Exit Real Estate Gregg Jones & Associates has bought an old funeral home building near downtown Spokane and plans to remodel the structure into a new home for the longtime real estate brokerage.The team, Gregg

Frys Electronics Inc., a San Jose -Calif.-based home electronics chain, says it is considering opening a store in the Spokane area.Weve held discussions with various parties in Spokane, says Manuel Valerio. The demographics of Spokane

Zak Designs Inc. has set the table for a greater presence in Europe.The Airway Heights-based dinnerware designer and manufacturer opened Zak Europe this month, with a main office just outside of Zurich, Switzerland, and a sales office in The an

When the Spokane enterprise owned by John and Annette Cummings botches any of the products it makes, as inevitably occurs while its training new employees, they dont go to waste. Theyre consumed, and eagerly so.Our neighbors love us,

Bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington fell in 2004 to the lowest level since the economy began to sour in 2000, ending a four-year streak of record-setting increases.While bankruptcy activity here is still steady and remains in what would be

Coeur dAlene developer Marshall Chesrown plans to build a $125 million lake-estate development at Lake Coeur dAlenes Sun Up Bay, which is just south of his exclusive Black Rock development in North Idaho.Chesrowns Ridge at Sun Up Bay is

Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, the Spokane pharmaceutical maker, is taking an early first step toward a major manufacturing expansion at its northeast Spokane plant.Tony Bonanzino, the companys president and CEO, says Hollister-Stier plans

A one and a half mile stretch of Hayford Road between U.S. 2 and the Spokane Raceway Park entrance is scheduled to be widened from two lanes to five this summer.With all the truck traffic and development along that road, there is no way we to