When a group backed by prominent Spokane businesspeople took over the Mount Spokane Ski Area four years ago, its goal was to make the ski hill more inviting to kids here so more of them would learn how to ski.The group, Mount Spokane 2000, has a

Biomedex Inc., the upstart Spokane biotech company that will be among the first tenants in a new technology park on the West Plains, says it plans to take to market soon a new product that it envisions will sweep the country, fueled by consumer by

Fixing traffic congestion on U.S. 95 in Coeur dAlene will cost anywhere from $125 million to $350 million, and proposed solutions range from simply expanding the road, to turning it into an elevated expressway, to relocating the highway a couple

Ameracare Inc., the Spokane company that developed and operates Evergreen Valley Retirement Center, allegedly is in default on two loans, and property on Evergreen where the retirement facility is located is slated to be sold in a trustees sale a

Chapter Eleven Inc., of Spokane, has closed the doors of its last restaurant here at the northeast corner of Ruby Street and Mission Avenue.Vern Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate Group LLC, who is the listing agent for the restaurant business, says the

A proposed 72-bed, drug-and-alcohol-recovery facility to be located at 3422 W. Garland in North Spokane is among several projects being recommended for tax-exempt bond financing by the staff of the state Housing Finance Commission.The projects a

Just months after opening a Coeur dAlene call center, Center Partners, of Fort Collins, Colo., already is one of Kootenai Countys largest private-sector employersand it could be getting bigger. Although there is no official word, many to a

A state agency will issue nearly $9 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds next month to finance the construction of a new headquarters building here for the Inland Northwest Blood Center.Excavation for the new center already is under way on a site

Need a water pump impeller for a 1974 9.8-horsepower Mercury outboard motor? How about new ignition coils for a 57 Johnson trolling motor or a switch box for a 79 115-horse Mercury outboard?Vintage Outboard & Marine Supply, a 4-year-old that

MEISolutions.com Inc., a Spokane maker of software for retail transactions, is fighting for survival after two big contracts failed to produce the major jump in revenues the company had projected.In its retrenchment mode, the 17-year-old company