The city of Spokane, in cooperation with others, is working on plans to enlarge a broadband wireless-communication network that currently covers just a 100-block area of downtown.The goal is to provide a greatly expanded grid for the technology

84 Lumber Co., an Eighty Four, Pa.-based building materials chain, plans to open a large manufacturing and wholesale operation in Post Falls this summer to serve Inland Northwest contractors, says company spokeswoman Robyn Hall.The project is a

Three Coeur dAlene developers plan to build a seven-story condominium-office building in the heart of downtown Coeur dAlene later this year.Construction of the 40,000-square-foot structure at 609 Sherman Ave., just northeast of the former a

When Nancy Spada bought a piece of Mata Ortiz pottery at a Spokane auction in 2000 she didnt know that it was made by some of the poorest people in North America.She just knew it was high-quality craftsmanship and that she wanted more. She of

Pullman-based developer K. Duane Brelsford plans to make a bold entrance into the Spokane market this year with up to three projects that together would cost more than $20 million.The prolific developer is well known in the Palouse, having more

Nearly halfway through his first year at the helm of Empire Health Services, the turnaround specialist whos serving as the organizations CEO says its headed in the right direction.Empire, which owns and operates Deaconess Medical Center &

Spokane-area developers say the downtown-area housing market here is strong despite comments from a partner in a Los Angeles-based company that pulled out of a proposed mixed-use project in Spokanes city center recently.Marshall Chesrown, the

XN Avionics LLC hopes to take flight, figuratively speaking, once it moves into a planned larger hangar-office complex at Spokane International Airport thats expected to be completed by fall.In the meantime, the 16-month-old subsidiary of XN

Though a federal investigation into 401(k) plan administration nationally could end up helping the 900-plus employers here that offer such plans, industry sources say employers might see more impact simply by making careful choices when setting up

Straining under the effects of the national recession, Spokane-based North Coast Life Insurance Co. suspended quarterly dividend payments on its preferred stock indefinitely two years ago.It expects to restore those dividends at the end of this