Avista Corp. says it is evaluating proposals from vendors interested in providing it about 35 average megawatts of long-term renewable energy, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2007, and hopes to decide on a supplier by early next month. the a

A proposal to build up to 100 condominium units on a steeply sloped parcel overlooking Hangman Valley near 57th Avenue and Hatch Road is being reviewed closely by the city of Spokane while efforts are under way to complete more geologic project be

The Spokane-area grocery industry is changing faster than you can say, Paper or plastic?Wal-Mart Stores Inc. nearly has finished adding grocery departments at all three of its stores here and wants to develop two more locations, each of has

A national company, rumored to be Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is considering developing a mammoth distribution center on the West Plains. Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke says the county has been approached by a consultant representing the in

Barrett NW LLC, of Spokane, is seeking final plat approval for a 30-lot, luxury housing development south of 57th Avenue along Hatch Road.The development, to be located between the Highland Park and Blackwood residential developments, will in a

When the Inland Northwest home market has been hot in the past, apartment-vacancy rates have risen as people who were renting flocked to buy homes of their own.Thats not the case this time around. Despite the current record-setting home-sales

Miller.WhiteRunkle, of Spokane, has won a contract with Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co., of Hood River, Ore., to be the lead advertising agency for that companys lines of premium beers.Through the agreement, Miller.WhiteRunkle, will be the agency

Fowler Property Acquisitions LLC, the Sacramento-based company that recently bought the Crescent and Paterson buildings in downtown Spokane, has begun remodeling the historic structures.Located at the southeast corner of Main Avenue and Post a

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has submitted an apparent low bid of $34.1 million to build and install two new digesters at the city of Spokanes Riverside State Park sewage-treatment plant.The 130-foot-high digesters, which process the

If the last piece of state funding falls into place as planned, the Spokane unit of the Salvation Army plans to launch in July a major remodeling of the two-story Sturm Building it owns on its campus near Ruby Street and Indiana Avenue.Maj. Ben