The Spokane-area lodging industry is enjoying a growth spurt thats producing increasing occupancy, rising average room rates, and growing room-tax revenues.Industry observers credit the improvement in part to strong convention business, a that

American Electronic Sign Co., which was forced to seek bankruptcy protection six years ago after losing an expensive patent-infringement lawsuit, shows clear signs of being back on a solid growth track.The Spokane-based maker of electronic and a

To prevent state Route 41 in Kootenai County from becoming a commercial strip, the city of Post Falls is seeking a consultant to draft a master plan that would govern future development of the highway and adjacent property. Post Falls received a

North Idaho College, in Coeur dAlene, is seeking architects to design two new buildings on campus that together are expected to cost nearly $16 million.In addition, the college already has hired an architect to design a third building, a an of

Greenstone Corp., a Spokane development company, is planning to develop a 174-home planned-unit development on nearly 96 acres of land between Barnes Road and Shawnee Avenue west of Indian Trail Road, says Greenstone President Jim Frank.The is a

Avaya Inc., an $8.3-billion-a-year subsidiary of Lucent Technologies, will open a corporate sales office in the Spokane Valley, a company spokeswoman says.Mary Thiele, of Basking Ridge, N.J.-based Avaya (pronounced uh-VY-uh), says the company to

Three top executives have left or are leaving Rosauers Supermarkets Inc. following the companys acquisition by URM Stores Inc. this summer.In addition, Spokane-based Rosauers is closing its sole Coeur dAlene location, saying that outlet has

In an aggressive new public-private partnership, a Spokane biotechnology company has joined with a Lolo, Mont., biotech manufacturer and the University of Idaho to launch a venture that expects to commercialize an innovative method for extracting U

William Schara doesnt merely crunch numbers for a living. Hell help you crunch your personal budget numbers, too, so youll know precisely when youve blown your entertainment budget or need to hold off on a clothing purchase.The Spokane a

ICT Group Inc., of Langhorne, Pa., is said to be planning a call center in the University City Shopping Center here that will employ 650 people eventually.The company, a publicly traded customer-service and call-center operation, has leased feet