As Spokane County and municipalities here develop new comprehensive land-use plans to comply with state-mandated growth management, a new topic will be looked at along with the usual issues of land use, transportation, and public services.Its

Gonzaga University is seeking approval of a $41 million bond issue to pay for a number of planned capital projects on the Jesuit schools campus northeast of downtown Spokane and to refinance some debt.The university has asked the Washington to

On the 11th floor of the Seafirst Financial Center downtown, the wallboard is still bare in places and unpacked boxes outnumber employees, but Spokanes newest corporate headquarters offices there are up and running.They are those of Potlatch a

John Stone Development LLC, of Spokane, is developing three apartment complexes in the Seattle area that together are expected to cost about $38 million and will include 300 residential units and 15,000 square feet of commercial space.Two of the

Pacific Security Cos., of Spokane, has begun constructing an office and retail building on the south side of Cataldo about a half-block west of Division.The 6,200-square-foot building, which is to be called the Cataldo Commercial Center, is to a

In a quarterly survey conducted earlier this month, Spokane business owners and managers voiced slightly greater confidence in the economy than they have all year, but suggested that they continued to believe Spokanes economy was slipping farther

Cost Plus Inc., an Oakland, Calif.-based retail chain that sells home decor and imported specialty items, says its eyeing several Spokane-area properties to find a site for an outlet it might open here by late next year.Melissa Oldenbourg, is

Are the city of Spokane and Spokane County putting down the right mix of materials to pave their roads?Spokane paving contractors say the city and county need to add recycled asphalt to the paving mix thats laid on roads here. They say it for

The U.S. Postal Service appears to be solidifying plans for a huge new processing-and-distribution center in the Spokane International Airport Business Park that will replace an older facility located near downtown.The agency recently completed

Heart surgery here and around the nation is going through a revolution.In some cases, surgeons now are using a variety of much smaller incisions to get to the heart, rather than opening up the entire chest, and are avoiding the use of a machine