The Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institutes foundation has launched a $3 million fund through which it will provide financing to technology companies in Eastern Washington.The fund, called the Technology Growth Fund, will to

The Spokane Airport Board plans to construct two new taxi lanes at Felts Field to meet rising demand from airplane owners who want to build hangars there.The taxi lanes will provide access to 14 hangar sites that could accommodate a variety of

Spokane developer Brian Main is heading two planned residential developments herea 55-duplex project in Airway Heights and an 80-home development in Spokane Valleythat together are expected to have a combined value of $36.5 million once is the

Kohls Department Stores Inc., which recently bought a building at NorthTown Mall that Hayward, Calif.-based Mervyns LLC currently occupies, is looking at sites to open more stores in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area, says the agent who handles a

A Post Falls company has proposed building a $23 million, 99-unit condominium and town-house complex in the tiny North Idaho town of Pinehurst, located along Interstate 90 near Kellogg and Silver Mountain Resort.The company, Silver Creek LLC, a

A San Francisco company has filed an application with the city of Spokane for design review for a seven-story, 30-unit condominium building on the north side of the Spokane River just east of the Flour Mill.The proposed 127-foot-high building a

By Rocky WilsonOf the Journal of BusinessSpokane-area temporary-help and staffing agencies say theyre scrambling to find enough workers to fill demand fueled by an expanding economy here.Its an employees market, says Julie Prafke,

Gonzaga Universitys School of Engineering plans to launch a graduate-level certificate program for engineers next fall in response to growing demand for specialists in the power industry.The transmission and distribution (T&D) engineering be

The cost of auto insurance is expected to rise by just 0.5 percent this year, the smallest increase in six years, reports the Insurance Information Institute.The average cost for auto insurance nationwide for 2006 is estimated at $867, an of $4

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