Shrinking used-car supplies and rising prices have sent auto dealers in the Inland Northwest scrambling farther and more frequently to wholesale auctions to help stock their lots, those in the industry say.Although it means that people visiting a
Hearth Homes, a Spokane Valley-based nonprofit that provides safe housing and life skills for homeless, abused, or economically challenged women with children, has received a donation of $125,000 to buy a house next door to its existing six-bedroom
Icon Corp., a Spokane Valley-based commercial roofer, soon will begin work to replace portions of roofing at the Spokane International Airport complex as part of a $760,000 contract it was awarded recently.Icon Vice President Jack Johnson says a
Northwest Specialty Hospital, of Post Falls, has opened an urgent care clinic, says Vaughn Ward, the hospital's CEO.The clinic, called Premier Urgent Care, occupies 5,700 square feet of floor space in the first floor of a medical office building
Flamin' Joe's Inc., a Spokane-based hot wing restaurant operator, expects to open a new eatery this August in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood, on Spokane's South Hill.Owner Sally Guthrie says it will be the third Flamin' Joe's restaurant in and
United Lithographers Inc., of Spokane Valley, has closed its doors.Brandy Donough, who assumed ownership of the 30-year-old business two years ago following the sudden death that year of her father, Ray Tyson-Flyn, says the shop shut down about
Home sales in Spokane County and statewide have declined so far this year compared with early last year, when tax incentives helped spur sales.For the first four months of the year, 1,013 homes were sold in Spokane County through the Spokane of
As more U.S. people pay attention to China and its emerging economy, a husband-and-wife team has launched a new business in downtown Spokane with an eye toward helping others better understand their native country.Steve Wang and his wife, Yan &
The owner of a Days Inns Worldwide Inc.-branded hotel in downtown Spokane and two gas stations here has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here.Jarman Singh Hothi, the owner of the Days Inn hotel located at W.
CarMax Inc., a Richmond, Va.-based operator of more than 100 used-car dealerships nationwide, says it has agreed to buy property along East Sprague Avenue, in Spokane Valley, and is in the early planning stages for a superstore there.Elia Imler,