Avista Corp., of Spokane, announced plans this afternoon to sell its energy-management subsidiary Ecova Inc. for $335 million in cash to Cofely USA Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of French multinational utility company GDF SUEZ. Avista spokeswoman Dana Anders

Delta Air Lines announced today plans to add late this year four daily, roundtrip flights between Spokane and Seattle, among other expanded service to and from the Emerald City. Starting Nov. 3, Delta plans to have flights departing Spokane Internation

A refinancing plan being proposed by the city of Spokane as a way to reinvigorate Riverfront Park and improve streets is financially intricate enough that voters might have a difficult time grasping exactly how it would work. And given the readiness of t

Memphis-based Barnhart Crane & Rigging has bought longtime Spokane Valley-based Hite Crane & Rigging Inc., and has converted the company name to Barnhart, says Chris Teague, a Barnhart spokesman based at the company's headquarters. The new Barnhart bra

Alcamo Inc., which does business as Pro Cut Saw & Tool, a Spokane Valley tool-sharpening concern, has bought a 14,000-square-foot building at 18909 E. Appleway, where it plans to move from smaller quarters a half-mile west of there. John Alcamo, who owns

The Journal of Business Market Fact Book goes live today, and the 90-plus charts and graphs suggest overall economic improvement. Some data suggest slower growth than one would want to see, and some facets remain stubbornly sluggish, but on the whole, thi

L.D.E. Inc. will close the 19-year-old 50 Percent Off Card Shop in mid-June, one of four such stores it operates in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, says Linda Powell, longtime owner of the stores, citing a decline in sales as the reason for the planned

Hans Van Dongen, a researcher at Washington State University Spokane, has received a patent for technology that is designed to detect when drivers are about to go to sleep behind the wheel and thus to help catch fatigue much earlier than video-based syste