Wemco Inc., a heavy-equipment manufacturer based on the West Plains, has been trying for two years to obtain zoning approval to build a new, larger manufacturing plant here and the companys president says hes so frustrated at the delay that the

Inland Construction Co., of Spokane, plans to develop a $4 million, 54-unit apartment complex on Spokanes South Hill, five blocks south of the Cedar Canyon Shopping Center.Darin Davidson, a spokesman for Inland Construction, says site work for

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is moving forward with plans to remodel and significantly expand its Spokane Valley store into whats called a Wal-Mart Supercenter, which involves adding a full-service supermarket to the stores retail mix.The big, chain

A Bellevue, Wash.-based company that bought the assets of Land Rover Spokane last fall is considering moving the high-end sport-utility vehicle dealership from Liberty Lake to downtown Spokane.We just need to get into the mainstream of Were

Spokane real estate developer Rob Brewster Jr. and telecommunications entrepreneur Greg Green plan to team up to develop loft-style apartments on the upper floors of the three-story Montvale Block building downtown. It is the first of what we

Zak Designs Inc., of Spokane, expects in coming months to expand its international operations substantially by opening new offices in Mexico, Brazil, and Australia. The Airway Heights company, which makes tableware and childrens dinnerware as

POST FALLSCousins Cory Siverson and Chad MacDonald say theyre like everyone elselooking for that million-dollar idea.To get where theyre going, though, they help other companies and individuals develop their ideas.Their young venture,

Companies headed by prominent Spokane developer Dick Vandervert have two big West Plains apartment projects in the works that are to include 870 living units and are to be built at a total cost of nearly $56 million.Work already is under way on

After having endured two tough years in a row, Potlatch Corp. is setting a new direction.When the big Spokane-based wood-products company announced March 18 it was selling its coated printing papers business, Chairman and CEO L. Pendleton Siegel

Spokane software developer Aurora Consulting Group says it expects to generate tens of millions of dollars in additional revenue in the next 18 months through strong ties it has forged with software giant Microsoft Corp., a relationship thats to