Panera Bread, a Kirkwood, Mo.-based bakery chain, is considering building a restaurant in North Spokane, which would be the company's second such outlet in Eastern Washington. Panera Bread filed an application with the city of Spokane to explore the po

Nicks Handmade Boots has bought the former Display House building in Spokane Valley and plans to move its operations there this fall, says Nicks general manager Frank Petrilli. The 20,000-square-foot space, which is located at 6510 E. Sprague and will h

Hart Capital Management Inc.'s Inland Northwest Composite, which tracks the aggregate market value of 11 publicly traded companies in the region, fell by $736.5 million, or 8.8 percent, in the second quarter, to $7.64 billion, the company says. That'

Whitworth University professor Pete Tucker, who co-founded a software development startup a year ago, says its new text messaging app called TextMuse provides smartphone users with automatic content updated daily to share as quick communication with conta

Evergreen Restaurant Group LLC, the Pacific Northwest franchisee for both the Outback Steakhouse and Bonefish Grill full-service restaurant chains, plans to open outlets in the renovated NorthTown Mall, and the two restaurants possibly would have a shared