A 50% Off Card Shop at Sprague Avenue and Pines Road in Spokane Valley will close this summer due to low sales volume and because it's near the Spokane chain's outlet located near Sprague and Sullivan Road, says part-owner Ellsworth Moland.The a

A Spokane Valley real estate investor has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, claiming primarily business debts totaling $8.2 million. The voluntary filing, by Francis "Bart" Bertholic, lists personal property assets of a

An Eastern Washington University institute that developed a Web-based data bank that tracks indicators about the Spokane area is using its expertise to compile similar trend information for other Inland Northwest communities. It launched two such a

The Downtown Spokane Partnership, acting in its role as University District plan administrator, has hired a consultant to do an analysis of housing potential and needs in the U-District, located east of downtown.DSP President Marty Dickinson the

BlueStar Technologies Inc., the Blu-ray disc producer here formerly named BlueRay Technologies Inc., claims in a press release issued online last week that it has developed a system that allows consumers to record on Blu-ray discs, but still piracy

A busy Spokane Valley medical practice plans to construct a $6 million building a few blocks east of Valley Hospital & Medical Center to expand its practice, and says it will hire about 10 additional employees once that building is completed. In

Agilent Technologies Inc., the Santa Clara, Calif.-based scientific-instrument maker with a large facility in Liberty Lake, is considering multiple options for the structure, including possibly selling it and leasing space elsewhere in the area, is