Spokane-based Yokes Washington Foods Inc. plans to add the remodeling of a Spokane Valley supermarket to a multimillion-dollar, five-store construction-and remodeling-plan announced in pieces earlier this year.Denny York, senior vice president

Avista Corp. has quietly mothballed its Avista Power subsidiary, citing changes in the power-plant development business and the parent companys financial troubles.The subsidiarys mission was to develop so-called merchant power plants, which

John A. Osbornes ears perked up earlier this year when he heard that the boyhood home of late guitar legend Jimi Hendrix might be demolished to make way for a Seattle condominium project.The Spokane woodworker didnt have strains of Purple

As they watch the gathering clouds of a $1 billion state revenue deficit, Spokane-area business leaders and state higher-education institutions, allied in many economic-development efforts here, are hoping to keep a likely difficult 2002 session or

A Chicago-based company reportedly is considering opening a for-profit surgical hospital in Coeur dAlene in partnership with some North Idaho physicians, a move that Kootenai Medical Centers CEO says could cloud the financial picture at Coeur a

Iron Bridge LLC, of Spokane, has revamped its proposed 18-acre Iron Bridge Campus, along the Spokane River a short way east of Hamilton Street, and plans to start work next spring on the first building in the development, which in all is expected a

REARDAN, Wash.Sitting on a table at Piper Farm Toys here is a gray recipe-card box with the words wish list written on it; inside are index cards, each of which bears a list of items such as Case/IH STX 440, or Cat skidder, or of the

The city of Spokane could begin moving forward shortly with work on a series of aggressive annexations, providing that the City Council approves.Weve got a framework of a plan, says Dave Mandyke, the citys deputy director of public works

Potlatch Corp. is seeking to gain certification of sustainable and environmental forestry standards for its more than 1.5 million acres of timberland in four states and also is working to gain certification of standards for suppliers who provide it

Two California real estate investors say they plan to build a $16 million office-and-hotel complex atop Sunset Hill in West Spokane.The investors, Jack Branagh and Gaylon Patterson, both of Oakland, have hired WAM Enterprises Inc., of Spokane, a