National Refractories & Minerals Corp., a Livermore, Calif.-based manufacturer of heat-resistant materials for industrial furnaces, has leased space in the Spokane Valley for a regional distribution center.The new distribution center is located

Accra-Fab Inc., a Liberty Lake-based precision sheet metal fabricator with 300 employees here, has been bought by its president and a company director, dismantling an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) that had owned most of the company for the a

Attracted by high visibility, easy access, and increased development activity, vehicle dealerships have begun showing a keen interest in property along Interstate 90 near burgeoning Liberty Lake.RnR RV Center, which sells motor homes, travel a

Lyle E. Bergy Bergeleen has been kicked in the ribs, suffered numerous broken toes, and even had several of his front teeth and his upper jaw broken since becoming a horseshoer 30 years ago.Rather than making him callous or abusive toward a

McLeodUSA Inc., a fast-growing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based telecommunications company, is taking steps to join the handful of companies competing here for local phone-service customers.McLeodUSA, which provides local and long-distance telephone to

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on the new, $4.5 million manufacturing and administrative facility in Colville, Wash., announced recently by Aladdin Hearth ProductsConstruction began last month on the about pre-engineered a

The Sullivan Group LLC, a development company here headed by Spokane real estate executive Mark Pinch, has broken ground on an about $2 million retail center in the Spokane Valley.Pinch says the project, which is located at 506 N. Sullivan, is

A new North Idaho company called Kettle Works plans to make soups and sauces for the restaurant industry at a new food-processing plant now under construction in Rathdrum, Idaho.The 21,000-square-foot production kitchen being built in the Thayer

The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded an $11.2 million contract to Harcon Inc., of Spokane, for construction of a new interchange at Interstate 90 and Evergreen Road, as well as other related work.Regional DOT spokesman a

The Spokane Area and Spokane Valley chambers of commerce are forming a political action committee that will support ballot measures that impact the regions business climate positively. The PAC also will recruit and support elected officials who a