Roger Crawford, principal stockholder of Thermoguard Equipment Inc., a Spokane manufacturer of equipment for the corrugated box industry, is negotiating the possible sale of the company to H Enterprises, a Minneapolis company that also serves that

The mystique of Morocco is enveloping shoppers at Joel Inc.s store this spring.Silken draperies hang from the ceiling; stacks of lush pillows, heaps of baskets, and colorful boxes repose on exotic carpets; and trunks evoke far-off Intricate to

Plans for a development north of Spokane called Blue Heron Estates have been changed, and a company called Blue Heron Estates LLC now is seeking county approval for a proposed tournament-quality golf course and an upscale, 95-lot housing the is in

A Spokane orthopedic surgeon has begun performing an emerging procedure that involves extracting healthy cells from a patients knee, growing 10 million to 15 million new ones in a lab, then implanting the replicated cells back into the patient to

City of Spokane officials have quietly been discussing the possibility of moving City Hall to Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co.s Summit development site north of the Spokane Riverto jump-start that project, and perhaps to trigger use of by

The Post Falls, Idaho, branch of Cabletron Systems Inc., a Rochester, N.H.-based maker of computer networking hardware and software, plans to move across the Washington-Idaho border to Liberty Lake next month, bringing with it more than 100 has a

Japan remains a place of opportunity for businesses in Spokane and Washington state, despite being entrenched in the worst recession in its history and having a lingering reputation for resisting imports, says Thomas Foley, U.S. ambassador to Japan

Seattle-based Food Services of America has started a $3 million expansion at its Spokane distribution center at 3520 E. Francis.Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, is building the 33,000-square-foot addition to the food distributors facility,

Best Buy Co. Inc., a Minneapolis-based electronics retailer with 312 stores nationwide, is interested in opening stores here eventually, a spokesperson for that company says. When it would land here, however, still hasnt been are interested in

Companies affiliated with Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, have quietly loaned the owner of the Davenport Hotel property downtown more than $1.5 million over the last 18 months, Spokane County records show.The affiliate Inc. &