Steve Gevurtz, a self-taught sculptor with studios in Spokane and Sandpoint, Idaho, says his yardstick for success wont be reached until his art becomes commercially viable.Whats commercially viable to a man who retired eight years ago as a

Safe Travel Institute, a 4-year-old Spokane company that offers training and educational materials aimed at keeping people safe when they travel abroad, says it has signed a contract with Chicago-based Boeing Co. to provide its Safe Passage Travel

A group that owns three restaurants in the Spokane area, including the Elk Public House, in Brownes Addition, say they plan to open a new eatery on the South Hill next year.Construction of the new, freestanding 4,000-square-foot restaurant, a

Spokane Airways Inc. and XN Air LLC, the two fixed-based operators at Spokane International Airport, have submitted the only bids to SIAs board to lease land for a commercial aeronautical service there, SIA says.The board issued a request for

The Idaho Legislature is expected this coming session to consider a measure that would allow sales tax dollars to be diverted to public improvement projects, including a proposed new Interstate 90 interchange that would serve the big new Cabelas

Construction is expected to begin next spring on a 45-lot, gated golf community to be called Bella Lago, in Liberty Lake.The 47-acre housing development is north of Valleyway Avenue adjacent to the east edge of MeadowWood Golf Course and near a

Spokane-based manufacturer RAHCO International Inc. has launched an affiliate company that has begun offering high-capacity forklifts for use at seaports, steel yards, concrete-product plants, and other industrial facilities.The new company, a

Even though Coldwater Creek Inc. delivered a gift bag full of higher profits, stronger sales, and other financial goodies just before Thanksgiving, the Sandpoint-based retailer isnt enjoying much good will from Wall Street this holiday fashion 10

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed contracts worth at least $113 million for three projects in the Snohomish School District in Western Washington.The projects, which will be managed by Lydigs Bellevue office, include of a $62

Allpak Container East LLC, a Spokane-based packaging maker thats part of a bigger Seattle-area company, has bought the vacant, former Honeywell Electronic Materials plant in Cheney and the 48 acres of mostly undeveloped land surrounding it, and a