Spokane County will begin in March the design phase of a $2.2 million project to improve a section of Market Street, after recently securing a grant to help fund the project, says Tim Schwab, plans and contract engineer with the county. The project invo

Springfield, Mo.-based O'Reilly Automotive Inc. plans to construct a new retail auto parts store in Spokane Valley, according to preliminary planning information on file with the city of Spokane Valley. A representative at the company's corporate off

Sorenson Communications, a Salt Lake City-based provider of communication products for the deaf and hard of hearing, is trying to raise the profile of a year-old video relay service center it has opened here, says Spokane VRS Interpretive Center director

Spokane carpet and flooring retailer and installer Carpet Barn is planning to open a second location in March in a 6,000-square-foot leased space at 10425 N. Newport Highway, in the Ashley Furniture building, says co-owner Dean Culp. Culp, who owns Carp

Hart Capital Management, a Spokane-based investment firm, says the combined stock value of 11 publicly traded Inland Northwest companies, as measured in an overall index it compiles, rose 9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, beating out the S&P 500, w

Spokane document management company Northwest Vital Records Center Inc. has acquired the assets of Comstor Information Management Inc., of Spokane Valley, from owner Jim Lewis as of Jan. 5, says Dan Mouchett, vice president and general manager of Northwes

Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy Inc., of Spokane, has bought the assets of another independent pharmacy, the 60-year-old Fifth & Browne Pharmacy. Erik Nelson, owner of Sixth Avenue Medical Pharmacy, says he plans to close the Fifth & Browne operation, loc