In 1989, when the Journal of Business first published a comprehensive story on the Spokane-area wine industry, two local businessmen talked about opening what would become a fifth winery here.That winery, the Livingstone Winery, later became but

Advertising site offers online business guide Jeff Johnson and Chris Garras, two longtime Spokane radio station managers, have started a venture here called Adserveo.com, which they say provides Internet-based advertising for says the a

Bend, Ore.-based Les Schwab Tire Centers says it plans to start a $1 million remodel and expansion soon at its South Hill outlet here. Plans for a 4,100-square-foot addition to the store, at 3105 S. Regal, have passed the city of Spokane's and a

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is planning a $972,000 remodeling project at its store in the Shadle Center, in northwest Spokane, documents on file with the city of Spokane show.The makeover at Wal-Mart's 148,000-square-foot store, at 2301 W. Wellesley, a

An Eastern Washington University institute that developed Web-based data banks to track indicators about the Spokane, Walla Walla, and Wenatchee areas now has created such a site for three counties in the northeast corner of Washington. EWU's to

The city of Spokane has awarded a contract to KPFF Consulting Engineers, of Seattle, to study possible sizes, types, and locations for an envisioned bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the BNSF Railway Co. tracks near Sprague Avenue to link parts of

Attendees at the 2010 American Legion Baseball World Series, to be held at Avista Stadium here Aug. 13-17, likely will account for 1,000 to 1,500 hotel room nights, and the five-day event will have an estimated total local economic impact of $3 the

Lyle Pearson Auto Group, of Boise, says it has agreed to buy the assets of Spokane Motor Cars Inc., which operates the downtown Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo dealership here, from Ford Motor Co. for an undisclosed sum.Ford took control of the at

A new Spokane winery hopes to open its doors here Memorial Day weekend and will release its first wines during the annual Mother's Day Spring Barrel Tasting event May 7-9.John Caudill, who owns the winery, Overbluff Cellars, with his wife, of is