The Washington state Department of Transportation is expected to begin design and engineering work this summer and to start construction early next year on a new freeway on-ramp that would carry vehicles headed northbound on Division Street from of

A handful of developers have revived projects in the Latah Creek area in Southwest Spokane, where, they say, lies the largest amount of available, undeveloped residential land within the city of Spokane.Four developers are hoping to bring a of a

Two Providence Services Eastern Washington hospitals here, Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, are getting ready to propose major expansion and remodeling projects on their respective campuses.Sacred Heart, Spokanes largest a

The Spokane Airport Board says it expects to select this month a consultant to update the Spokane International Airport master plan.The current master plan was done in 1993, and needs to be updated to reflect projects that have been completed at

Room-tax revenues in the city of Spokane and Spokane County grew 11 percent and 16 percent, respectively, during the first quarter, providing an indicator of growth in hotel business here, says Mina Gokee, director of sales at the Spokane Area and

Idaho Trust Co., a Coeur dAlene-based investment-management company, has formed a nationally-chartered bank, called Wealthbank N.A., so that it can offer its estate-planning and trust services across the country, says company President Thomas new

AT&T Media Services, the advertising sales and production arm of AT&T Cable Services, plans to move its offices to downtown Spokane from the cable companys main facility here at 1717 E. Buckeye in East Spokane.The media-services unit, which 18

P.OB. Montgomery & Co., a Dallas-based real estate company that owns Franklin Park Mall here, has started an interior demolition in part of the North Side retail center to make room for an unnamed big national retailer.Lance Taylor, a partner

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., the big Spokane-based financial-services company, has reported record net income of $16.3 million for its most recent fiscal year, an increase of nearly 60 percent over the previous year.The company also a

Martha Cummings is a mother, at heart and practiceand also by occupation.The fair-haired, rosy-cheeked grandmother of 10soon to be 11has spent the last 17 years nurturing her venerable downtown Spokane specialty store through its ups and a