Spokane Countys average weekly wage grew faster than King Countys in the first quarter of this year2.6 percent to 2.2 percent, compared with the year-earlier quarterbut that wasnt much to boast about, judging by the latest data released a

A longtime Mead foundry has laid off about half its employees after its only customer, a Michigan company that bought the foundrys name and sales operation in April and locked up all of its production, cut back on its orders.The foundry, long

D.A. Davidson & Co. has downgraded the shares of Sterling Financial Corp., of Spokane, and Walla Walla, Wash.-based Banner Corp., which operates bank branches here, partly on the belief that rising interest rates could hurt bank stocks Davidson, a

InCyte Pathology Inc., a longtime pathology practice and laboratory here, plans to develop and move into a new building at Mirabeau Point in Spokane Valley, says Terri Montano, its chief operating officer.Montano says the company plans to a on

The warm glow of Christmas tree lights and shimmering ornaments dazzle the eyes when you first enter the Christmas at the Lake store in downtown Coeur dAlene.Wandering through a small forest of decorated Christmas trees to the tunes of songs,

A company headed by prominent Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is building a $12 million, 192-unit apartment complex in Liberty Lake.Site work for the project started last month at the southeast corner of Country Vista Drive and Henry Road, in

Spokane-area business advocates will go to Olympia this legislative session asking for more than $115 million for higher-education capital projects here, most of which are just now being introduced, including $40.6 million for two major also be and

The Argonne-Mullan corridor, an area of Spokane Valley thats flush with partially vacant office buildings, is a focus of renewed interest from developers who recently have completed or are planning projects worth at least $13 million. During

The amount of air cargo handled at Spokane International Airport grew at a healthy 5.7 percent clip during the first 10 months of this year, signaling a possible turnaround following three years of stagnation.We had a very good October, and a

Jerry Newcomb, middle-aged and needing a job, was looking for something just to help tide him through to retirement when he decided seven years ago to open an auto-lube shop in Airway Heights.He and his wife, Jeanne, formed a company called J&J