A common sight in the heavily urban Kansai Region of Japan is that of a man in dapper business attire riding a bicycle, carrying a portfolio case in his bikes front basket and holding a cellular phone to his ear.Spokane delegates who returned

The Washington state Department of Transportation finally has released its preferred route for the long-proposed north-south freeway, which would carry traffic between Interstate 90 on the south and both U.S. 2 and U.S. 395 north of Spokane.DOT

Vandervert Development LLC, of Spokane, plans to develop a $9 million office complex on a 6.2-acre parcel behind the ShopKo store at Northpointe Plaza on Spokanes North Side, says Dick Vandervert, president of the development company.The which

Construction of an outlet for CompUSA, a Dallas-based computer retailer, will begin this summer just north of Cavanaughs River Inn and east of Ruby Street where Ruby splits away from Division Street, says Tom Barbieri, vice president of Goodale &

In the year ended June 30, 1996, deposits in financial institutions in Spokane County grew at the lowest rate in a decade, new figures show.Deposits in the county totaled $4.091 billion as of June 30, up just 1.3 percent from $4.039 billion at 2

After surpassing lofty goals for wholesale power sales last year, Washington Water Power Co. is raising the bar once again.The Spokane company had projected it would sell $190 million worth of surplus electricity in 1996. It did that and up $230

In two moves aimed at improving efficiency and patient care, Spokanes largest hospital has hired the Heart Institute of Spokane both to manage its cardiac services and, in a lesser role, to handle the admitting of patients who come to the for the

NISHINOMIYA, JapanSpokane civic leader and former businessman Ed Tsutakawa remembers as a teen-ager in Japan watching American baseball legend Babe Ruth play in an exhibition game at Koshien Stadium. The venerable old ballpark sits just across a

WTB Inc., a troubled Spokane trucking company that at one time purportedly commanded a fleet of 260 trucks operating nationwide, has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.Petitions submitted to the U.S.

A 2.5-mile one-way couplet proposed along the Sprague Avenue corridor in the Spokane Valley would displace between 25 and 30 single-family homes, some 50 to 65 mobile homes, and a seven-unit apartment complex, according to a draft supplemental on A