The second phase of the city of Spokane's Martin Luther King Jr. Way extension project is expected to begin this week. The project, broken into three phases so far, is intended to provide a more efficient route for traffic moving along the south edge o

Dallas and Ellen Lightner and Ryan Towner, all of Spokane, have bought the assets of Fusion Juice of Spokane Inc. They plan to operate the independent restaurant in the James S. Black Building, at 107 S. Howard, as Spokane Fusion LLC. The restaurant occu

Old and historic aren't synonymous, and longevity isn't always cause for preservation. After years of reporting on construction, renovation, and architecture, I've arrived at those-arguably cold-hearted-conclusions. Most recently, I was remin

Many of the Spokane taxpayers who voted to approve a $64.3 million facelift for the cherished, but aging Riverfront Park no doubt expected to see work occurring there by now, 19 months after they commendably supported the big project. After all, how diff

Plans to develop a Burger King restaurant at the site of a former Shari's restaurant at the southwest corner of the busy intersection of Monroe Street, Indiana Avenue, and Northwest Boulevard have been shelved, sparking complaints from a commercial real

A real estate developer can't hold an appraiser liable for overvaluing property if an appraisal wasn't conducted on the developer's behalf, a Spokane-based Washington state appellate court panel unanimously has reaffirmed in a case involving disgrac