Building heights, streetscapes, traffic flow, and catalytic development projectstheyre but a few of the wide-ranging topics being scrutinized by the Downtown Spokane Partnership as it works to freshen a 9-year-old vision for the downtown a

Magnuson Hotels, a 5-year-old Spokane-based company that markets and provides reservation management services to independent hotels, says its business has soared since it launched a branding campaign last September.About 100 hotels across the a

Spokanes hotel industry, following a year in which room-tax revenues rose at their highest rate in 16 years, is expected to see more modest growth this year, and pick up steam again in 2009, experts here say.Room-tax revenues in Spokane rose

Frustrated by not being able to reach his cell phone easily while riding his bicycle, Spokane entrepreneur Steve Lach invented a modern variation on the plastic sports-type drink bottle, a concept he came up with on a bike ride. His invention, he a

Smokin Grill Products Ltd., a three-year-old company based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, that markets a line of seasoning sprays now offered through 2,300 stores in North America, says it is considering moving its headquarters to company ruled

Spokane Countys jail-planning consultant has narrowed the list of potential locations for a new county jail facility to three preferred sites. One site is located just north of the current jail, another is on the West Plains, and the third is in

A Rathdrum Prairie company that makes foam insulation and packaging materials is expanding its manufacturing complex considerably and plans to hire five to six additional workers once the expansion is completed.The company, FMI-EPS LLC, which a

PE Systems LLC, a Spokane company that helps merchants reduce the credit-card fees they pay, says its planning to move soon to accommodate a sharp growth in its work force. The young company says it also expects it will nearly double its revenues

Medford, Ore.-based Lithia Motors Inc. says it has started work on a new building in Liberty Lake for its Mercedes-Benz dealership here.The dealership chain, which owns Spokanes Camp Automotive Inc., is building the roughly 45,000-square-foot

Spokane-based Inland Northwest Health Services is participating in a new project for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that will make the Inland Northwest one of the first sites in the U.S. to use a large-scale health surveillance as a