In early February of 1986, when the Journal of Business published its first edition, I, too, was seeing my name in print for the first time. I was a freshman staff writer at my high-school newspaper who was basking in the glory of my first piece of

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a $3.7 million contract to construct the Spokane Valley Fire Department's new administration office building and to repair its firefighter training facility.Work on the new, administration

The Children's Choice, a Spokane pediatric dental practice, says it plans to develop a $2.7 million building at 9711 N. Nevada, and move its North Side clinic there.Dr. Charles Toillion, a principal at the practice, says construction of the will

GN Northern Inc., a Yakima, Wash.-based engineering firm, has opened an office in Spokane Valley.As part of its expansion, the company also recently acquired a Hayden, Idaho-based engineering firm, Earth Services Northwest PLLC, and retained its

RDH Investment Group LLC, a Spokane Valley financial management firm, has changed its securities-brokerage affiliation and now is an independent branch of St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Raymond James Financial Services Inc.The branch, which formerly

Spokane development company Wells & Co. has revived its plants to develop urban housing units on the west edge of downtown.Preliminary plans on file with the city show that Wells & Co. wants to develop Carnegie Square Townhouses, an eight-unit,

Prominent Spokane developer Harlan Douglass is seeking land-use designation changes that would allow more intensive commercial uses on two properties he owns in North Spokane.One of the two properties is about 6.5 acres of undeveloped land and a

Washington Trust Bank has posted $9.1 million in net income for 2010, up substantially from the $3 million profit it reported the previous year, but still well short of the gains it experienced in 2007 and 2008. Peter Stanton, the bank's and the

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, plans to start construction in March on a $35 million, 227,000-square-foot apartment and retail complex in the city of DuPont, Wash., about 17 miles southwest of Tacoma.The project, named The Trax at DuPont,