Walkers Furniture, a Spokane-based furniture chain, plans to open a store in Yakima, Wash., in August, is considering opening a store in southeast Washington, and plans to move its Spokane Valley store to a new location later this Walkers a of

Omega Pacific Inc., a Spokane manufacturer of outdoor climbing, rescue, and safety equipment, plans to move its operation out of the Airway Heights Corrections Center this summer into a building it recently bought in Airway Heights. The move will a

A Chewelah, Wash., businessman and a partner have bought the former Consolidated Freightways terminal in East Spokane and plan to upgrade the facility and lease it to one or more trucking operations.The Chewelah businessman, Donald Morse, who a

Purcell Systems Inc., the Liberty Lake maker of outdoor cabinets for electronics used in the wireless-communications industry, hopes now to use a recent injection of capital to help it penetrate the conventional telephone market and to pursue which

Growing up on the shores of Liberty Lake, back when it was unincorporated and lightly populated, Kris Mikkelsen says she rode horses and enjoyed the quiet lifestyle there.Now, as CEO of Spokane-based Inland Power & Light Co., she draws no that

The Spokane Area Economic Development Council plans within the next few months to discuss with its major funding partners raising additional money it says it needs to implement a consultants strategy recommendations. The EDC had hired Audrey

Office vacancies in downtown Spokane have jumped sharply in the last six months and could become more widespread, Spokane-area real estate agents say.With more premium floor space on the market there nowand more becoming for tenants are to to

As fuel prices continue to climb across the U.S., trucking and delivery companies here are shifting the load of additional expense onto their customers through fuel surcharges to help offset their costs.The rising fuel prices are pinching and a

Hillyard business leaders and the city of Spokane are working together on an economic-development strategy to transform the underutilized former railroad community into a more vibrant commercial and residential center.The city has budgeted for

More than $40 million in subcontract work for the big Spokane Convention Center expansion project will be coming down the pike in the nearing months, with much of it to be awarded this summer. The Spokane Public Facilities District and a joint