Three Western Washington companies have filed an involuntary petition against Paper Direct Inc., a Spokane maker of corrugated shipping cartons and a distributor of paper products, apparently seeking to force Paper Direct into liquidation under the

Sierra Development LLC, an investment group headed by Spokane developer Dick Vandervert, plans to break ground next month on two big retail centers on opposite sides of Spokane Countyone at Cheney and the other at Liberty Lakethat both will be

Sandpoint, Idaho-based direct-mail retailer Coldwater Creek Inc. has added furniture to its lineup of products through a new catalog, Coldwater Creek Home, which combines the wares featured in the companys Bed & Bath catalog with items for other

Rodeway Inn City Center, at 827 W. First, has closed and the owner of the property, Avista Corp., is working to make the lot the motel sits on available for future development that could help rejuvenate that area of downtown Spokane.Possible for

Fairwood Village Retirement, a retirement community on Spokanes North Side, plans to begin work on a $6 million expansion within the next four months.The project will include adding about 40 units to one of the campuss 10 multi-unit and 45 a

JP Realty Inc., the Salt Lake City-based real estate investment trust that owns NorthTown Mall and Spokane Valley Mall, is moving forward with part of a previously announced expansion at NorthTown Mall, says G. Rex Frazier, the companys president

From the street outside, the plain-looking storefront at 1705 N. Hamilton seems to be an unlikely place to find a sweet fantasyland of cake-decorating and candy-making tools and ingredients.Inside Carolyns Cake Decorating & Candy Supplies, of

A Spokane-area contractor will start work in about two weeks on an $11.2 million highway project on U.S. 395 north of Spokane.The contractor, S.A. Gonzales Construction Inc., of Newman Lake, will transform a two-lane section of U.S. 395 into a a

The bar is rising.Executives of publicly traded companies here enjoyed big pay hikes on average during their employers most recent fiscal yearevidence, some say, that Spokane-area companies increasingly must open their coffers wider to top a

Collection agencies here are coming under fire from two Spokane attorneys who accuse them of violating federal and state laws pertaining to garnishments, the legal procedure by which debtors wages or other money or property can be attached for of