WAM Enterprises Inc., of Spokane, has agreed to buy the Deer Park Fairgrounds and is envisioning a mixed-use development at the 12-acre site.Meanwhile, the city of Deer Park is working with the Deer Park Fair Board to relocate the fairgrounds,

The city of Spokane has secured $3 million in construction funding for a planned extension of Riverside Avenue from Division Street east along the southern boundary of the Riverpoint Higher Education Park. Phase one of the project could start next

Providence Health Care, Spokanes largest hospital-system operator, has hired a high-profile industry consultant to evaluate the performance of its hospitals, and says the intensive study likely will result in cost-cutting measures.The Inc., 6

Beehive Homes, an assisted-living facility operator in North Idaho, plans to build a $3 million nursing home in Kellogg, Idaho, in 2005 and to start work on a $2.5 million addition to one of its two facilities in Coeur dAlene shortly.Beehive,

Plans are under way to build a $12 million bridge that would carry Havana Street over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks that lie just north of Broadway Avenue on the citys eastern edge.Construction bids for the project could be

Salah Uddin has parlayed his experience in international business into a niche that capitalizes on personnel shortages in the U.S. Since 2001, Uddin and his small Spokane company, American Industries International Inc., have been in the of and

A $12 million project that would include a seven-story medical-office building and a four-level parking garage is being planned for a site just south of Holy Family Hospital on Spokanes North Side.Developers Al French and Rob Daugherty have a

This is a tense time for those who lead the Spokane areas economic-development organizations.Thats because its budget time.For some, that has meant stating their case before city councils and the County Commission. For others, it has

Boosted by some big-ticket projects and continued strength in residential construction, building permit activity in the Spokane area has surged this year.Through the first 11 months of 2004, the city of Spokane, city of Spokane Valley, and for

An 8-year-old Spokane girl is receiving an experimental drug at Sacred Heart Childrens Hospital for an extremely rare muscle disorder called Pompe Disease. Pompe Disease is caused by an enzyme deficiency. It keeps the body from processing to