After years of litigation followed by several delays, Spokane-based Gold Reserve Inc. says it has received an initial payment of $40 million from Venezuela as the strife-ridden South American nation struggles through economic and political hardships. Add

As the state's oldest and largest business association, the Association of Washington Business is recognized as the voice of employers, advocating on behalf of businesses of all sizes and from all industries to promote a healthy economy. We're proud

Voters approved $64.3 million in bonds to renovate Riverfront Park and restore the sparkle to the city's crown jewel. Since then, however, signs that the city is straying from what voters were told-or what they perceived-have tarnished the complex p

A restaurant named Clark's Fork that's the second outlet opened by a Montana man who hopes to grow the enterprise into a retail chain has become the first retail tenant to open in the multiuse Matilda Building in the 1000 block of north Hamilton Stree

North Spokane fitness supply and supplement store Hardcore Supplements LLC plans to open a second location in the Peppertree Plaza, at 2 W. Third. Hardcore offers national-brand fitness and nutritional supplements, as well as fitness supplies including

Whether it be on the congressional floor or around grandma's Thanksgiving dinner table, mention topics like governmental funding of birth control or reproductive rights of women in a room full of conservatives and progressives, and one is likely to rece

The City of Liberty Lake is starting planning to revise the Harvard Road overpass spanning Interstate 90, in an effort to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion. The city's website shows that plans for the project include creating an additional r

The city of Spokane Valley recently has issued building permits valued at a total of $35.5 million for two big phases to neighboring, but separately owned apartment complexes. One set of permits is for the $20.3 million, 192-unit second phase to Bella Te

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, will start construction as early as this month on a Super 1 Foods supermarket that will be the first building in a new commercial center in Athol, says Andrea Frye, a Vandervert spokeswoman. The 57,000-square-foo