McDonald's Corp. is well under way on construction of a controversial new drive-thru-only restaurant on the southwest corner of Hamilton Street and Augusta Avenue, near Gonzaga University's campus, in Spokane. The restaurant is expected to open in

Green energy technology company FlyBack Energy Inc. has leased an 8,000-square-foot building formerly occupied by TRC Tire Sales LLC, at 102 S. Flora Road, in Spokane Valley, and has consolidated its operations there, says Paul Babcock, company president

There has been a regional solid waste system in Spokane County since 1989, when the city of Spokane and Spokane County entered into an interlocal agreement. That agreement will expire on Nov. 17, and the system will become the county's responsibility.

By the time this piece is published, it shall have been about a month since Michael Lewis went on 60 Minutes to flog his latest Wall Street-oriented book. This one is called 'Flash Boys.” The boys, in this case, are those who oversee and administer th

Northwest Bancorporation Inc., the Spokane-based parent company of Inland Northwest Bank, has reported first-quarter net income of $588,000, up from $436,000 in the year-earlier period. The company reported earnings per diluted share of 14 cents for th

McAdams Wright Ragen Inc., a prominent Seattle-based financial services company that opened a branch office in Spokane two years ago, says it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Baird, an international employee-owned conglomerate with more tha

Retail space at Grapetree Village is all leased up, and the owners are considering developing two new buildings at the South Hill commercial center on the 2000 block of east 29th Avenue, says a real estate broker involved in the leases. Recently signed t

SNAP Financial Access has launched a Women's Business Center here that's intended to be a resource for female business owners or women who want to start a business, says Laurie Roth, manager of the center. The center opened earlier this month in the