A downtown parking lot might seem to be an unlikely place to find a taste of life on the farm, but twice a week from May to October, the First Covenant Church parking lot near the southwest corner of Division and Second fills with farmers and their

Selling electrical parts to contractors and manufacturers has kept the lights on at Stoneway Electric Supply Inc. for years, but a recent surge in sales has given the Spokane-based company an even brighter outlook.Edward E. Ralph, CEO of the the

The Spokane-area lodging industry is enjoying a growth spurt thats producing increasing occupancy, rising average room rates, and growing room-tax revenues.Industry observers credit the improvement in part to strong convention business, a that

American Electronic Sign Co., which was forced to seek bankruptcy protection six years ago after losing an expensive patent-infringement lawsuit, shows clear signs of being back on a solid growth track.The Spokane-based maker of electronic and a

To prevent state Route 41 in Kootenai County from becoming a commercial strip, the city of Post Falls is seeking a consultant to draft a master plan that would govern future development of the highway and adjacent property. Post Falls received a

North Idaho College, in Coeur dAlene, is seeking architects to design two new buildings on campus that together are expected to cost nearly $16 million.In addition, the college already has hired an architect to design a third building, a an of

Greenstone Corp., a Spokane development company, is planning to develop a 174-home planned-unit development on nearly 96 acres of land between Barnes Road and Shawnee Avenue west of Indian Trail Road, says Greenstone President Jim Frank.The is a

Avaya Inc., an $8.3-billion-a-year subsidiary of Lucent Technologies, will open a corporate sales office in the Spokane Valley, a company spokeswoman says.Mary Thiele, of Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Avaya (pronounced uh-VY-uh), says the company to

Three top executives have left or are leaving Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. following the companys acquisition by URM Stores Inc. this summer.In addition, Spokane-based Rosauers is closing its sole Coeur dAlene location, saying that outlet has

In an aggressive new public-private partnership, a Spokane biotechnology company has joined with a Lolo, Mont., biotech manufacturer and the University of Idaho to launch a venture that expects to commercialize an innovative method for extracting U