While a new building here for the Intercollegiate College of Nursing still is three years and more than $30 million from becoming a reality, a vision for the new facility already is coming into focus.Whats clear, says the nursing schools is

In the good ole days, pickup trucks were designed to haul and pull stuff from Point A to Point B, with no frills and only enough room for two or three passengers. Fuel economy, passenger comfort, and handling were after-thoughts. These days,

A number of Spokane-area new-car dealers have renovated their properties over the last few years and more such projects are in the works, spurred by requests from the automakers whose product lines the dealers carry.The projects are part of a a

Spokane Motor Cars Inc., a recently formed company, has bought the assets of both the Jaguar Land Rover Spokane and Lithia Volvo dealerships here.Jan Richardson, owner of Spokane Motor Cars, says the new company has leased the established Land

Williams Inland Distributors Inc., of Spokane, has bought the former Empire Beverage Inc. building in Spokane Valley.Williams Inland, an ice-cream distributor, moved its offices to the 28,000-square-foot building, at 1505 N. Bradley, late last

Spokane Hardware Supply Inc., a Spokane distributor of hardware mostly to home builders, plans to begin construction of an 11,000-square-foot addition to its warehouse and store at East Trent to meet growing sales volume from its Internet new which

The city of Spokane is considering building an arterial that would connect U.S. 195 in southwest Spokane and the Moran Prairie on Spokanes South Hill.Tentatively called the Hatch Road bypass project, the arterial would be an alternate route a

Pool World Inc., a Spokane Valley-based pool and spa retailer, has opened a store in Coeur dAlene with hopes of capitalizing on the strong housing market in Kootenai County. Pool World is leasing a 4,200-square-foot floor space in a building

Spokane attorney and developer Jamie Wolff plans to build a three-level, 34,500-square-foot medical-office building just south of Valley Hospital & Medical Center, in Spokane Valley.The structure is slated to be built on a two-acre site at E. a

The first phase of a large, long-planned residential development in West Spokane, now called Canyon Bluffs, is moving forward after a number of revisions and years of controversy.In the project, Canyon Construction NW Inc., a Spokane company by