In an effort to preserve rail access to industrial areas on Spokanes West Plains, a committee formed by a variety of business and governmental interests here is exploring ways of rerouting the Geiger rail spur at a cost estimated between $2 and a

Many idled Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. Steelworkers can receive one more year of curtailment pay before the company is obligated to begin paying them early-retirement benefits in the event they arent back to work, and while many Steelworkers

Initial results of a new Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce telephone survey hint that at least three of every five chamber members have been impacted negatively by recent economic trends and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Marty Dickinson, of

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has put its proposed new Coeur dAlene store on hold while it waits for the Idaho Transportation Department to finish a traffic study of U.S. 95.The company cant carry on with its planning work for the store, which it to

Spokane developer WAM Enterprises Inc. has started work on a $4 million speculative office building in Liberty Lake.The structure is being built on a 1.75-acre site at 23321 E. Knox, just west of the Foretravel Inc. recreational-vehicle Bruce on

REARDAN, Wash.Sitting on a table at Piper Farm Toys here is a gray recipe-card box with the words wish list written on it; inside are index cards, each of which bears a list of items such as Case/IH STX 440, or Cat skidder, or of the

The city of Spokane could begin moving forward shortly with work on a series of aggressive annexations, providing that the City Council approves.Weve got a framework of a plan, says Dave Mandyke, the citys deputy director of public works

Potlatch Corp. is seeking to gain certification of sustainable and environmental forestry standards for its more than 1.5 million acres of timberland in four states and also is working to gain certification of standards for suppliers who provide it

Two California real estate investors say they plan to build a $16 million office-and-hotel complex atop Sunset Hill in West Spokane.The investors, Jack Branagh and Gaylon Patterson, both of Oakland, have hired WAM Enterprises Inc., of Spokane, a

Unicep Packaging Inc., of Sandpoint, is expecting big things from its small, squeezable vials.Demand has been so strong for its tiny MicroDose fluid and gel dispenserswhich some customers say look like hummingbirds, and which hold products to