The city of Spokane has revised slightly the construction schedule for the street rehabilitation work being performed downtown on Second Avenue, which began earlier this month. The city had said it planned to stagger construction into three this

Spokane-based GVD Commercial Properties Inc. says it intends this spring to demolish the former Discovery School building at 307 W. Fourth near downtown. It has no immediate plans for the property, but says it expects to develop a commercial there

Leslie's Furniture & Framing, an upscale used-furniture and picture-framing shop, has leased 6,000 square feet of space in the Harbor Ridge retail center, at 1600 W. Seltice Way, in Post Falls, and has moved there from smaller quarters in Hayden. a

Tim Spilker, former president of a prominent masonry company here, says he has bought the assets of an architectural-concrete manufacturing concern and has formed a new entity through which he'll run the renamed operation.He acquired the assets

After operating in Spokane for 50 years, Geno's Fabulous Pizza & Italian Dinners restaurant is closing this week. Plans to shutter the longtime establishment follow the sale of its 1414 N. Hamilton property to two investors.Spokane investors and

Spokane-based St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute has moved its Spokane Valley outpatient physical therapy clinic and says it's expanding the clinic to serve injured workers.The clinic has leased 2,400 square feet of floor space in a retail at a

The Spokane Convention Center will host a four-day square dance convention next year that's estimated to have an economic impact of up to $17 million and to generate about 7,000 hotel-room stays through the course of the event.The 61st National

Bank of Whitman President and Chief Financial Officer Bill Knox says the Colfax-based bank, which currently is under orders from state and federal regulators to boost its capital, has developed a strategy that it expects will allow it to relieve a