Yellow Door Properties LLC, a Spokane real estate investment concern, has bought two adjacent downtown buildings known as the Jefferson Building and the Norman Building, and plans to rehabilitate the structures as mixed-use retail and residential developm

Amplified Wax LLC, a Spokane recording studio, has bought a 2,400-square-foot, single-story commercial structure at 314 E. Pacific, and plans to move there from smaller, leased quarters in December or January, says Mandy Hill, who co-owns the business wit

Spokane County commissioners should place on the fall ballot a proposal to move from three commissioners to five and let voters decide whether it's worth the expense of expansion. It's an idea that merits consideration, if crafted in a way that minim

People in Spokane Valley are watching the city of Spokane very closely. So are people in Idaho. Both areas stand to benefit if the Spokane City Council forces employers to pay for mandatory paid sick leave. If Spokane officials create a harsher, more res

Quest Aircraft Co., the Sandpoint-based maker of the rugged Kodiak light airplane, says it has been awarded type certification from the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee and the Civil Aviation Authority of Namibia, Africa. A type certificate is a saf

A state appellate court panel has ruled Spokane County failed to notify the public about a change made to population projections, resulting in a violation of the Growth Management Act. The decision upheld an earlier ruling made by the Eastern Washington

James Wedemeyer says he and his wife, Pam Wedemeyer, who co-own Lalo's Pizza & Calzone at 909 S. Grand Blvd. on Spokane's South Hill, hadn't planned on opening a second outlet until they started listening to their customers. 'We've got a loyal

Gold Reserve Inc. said in a recent press release that it expected to file a response by today to Venezuela's latest legal effort to forestall payment of a $740.3 million judgment the Spokane-based mining company secured against the South American nation