As consultants continue work on a master plan to transform the north bank of the Spokane River between Howard and Washington streets for educational, recreational, and sports uses, public land holdings there could be on the verge of increasing.A

U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee Jack R. Reeves has filed a motion seeking to have the Mars Hotel & Casino property, which includes a building and an adjacent annex at the northwest corner of Sprague and Bernard downtown, declared abandoned.The for

A Spokane delegation of business and education leaders is expected to embark on a 10-day trade mission next spring to Seoul, South Korea; Shanghai, China; and Taipei, Taiwan.The trip is being organized primarily by Whitworth Colleges Institute

Community Colleges of Spokanes board of trustees has given approval for design work for both an expansion of the Spokane Community College student center and an addition to the fitness center at Spokane Falls Community College. If both projects a

Downtown Toyota Inc., of Spokane, has agreed to buy the assets of Lexus of Spokane from Appleway Automotive Groups owner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Industries Inc., and plans to move the dealership downtown.Before the move can must

Adam and Cindy Yonch, of Spokane, have bought Beneficial Home Health Care Inc. here from Jeff Divilbiss, and the couple now plans to nearly double the companys employment by the end of next year.Adam Yonch says he and his wife began managing a

The U.S. Postal Service has brought in a team of expert managers it hopes will improve relations between workers and management in the Spokane Postal District and end recent complaints about service problems, says Al DeSarro, a Denver-based for the

A Spokane steering committee thats pushing for development of a big indoor sports complex here has narrowed to three the number of sites its considering for the facility.Initial plans call for the proposed structure to have at least 150,000

In an attempt to tap into $700 million newly available from the federal government for important freight corridors and international border crossings, the state Department of Transportation is making a case to spend some of the money on to U.S. new

Spokane developer Jim Frank says that he and about nine other people recently have begun meeting to study the viability and economic feasibility of incorporating Liberty Lake.Frank, president of Greenstone Corp. and a developer in the MeadowWood