Cisco Systems Inc., the huge San Jose, Calif.-based Internet network-systems company, plans to move its Spokane regional office into a bigger space soon in anticipation of substantial growth here over the next five years.Mike Peterson, who the a

Developer Marshall Chesrown says he has accelerated the project schedule on his planned 650-acre Black Rock golf course and residential development in Kootenai County, which he now says will get under way in July and cost upwards of $30 million

A former Western Washington logger and land-clearing contractor has found a way to generate income from clean wood wasteby converting it into brightly colored landscaping mulch.The affable, slightly zany entrepreneur, Tim Davison, is producing

An influx of Californians helped make the Idaho Panhandle the fastest-growing region in that state in the 1990s, says Kathryn Tacke, labor market analyst with the Idaho Department of Labors Coeur dAlene office.Kootenai County, which added 48

More and more colorful drive-up espresso stands dot Division Street, freckle Francis, and mark Maple.The little shops, which also are scattered along Sprague, tucked away on Trent, and built on other busy thoroughfares, have been popping up for

Spokane-area hospitals are bracing for another upsurge in the cyclical shortage of nursesonly this cycle is expected to be more significant and longer-lasting than those experienced in the past.This (shortage) isnt going to go awayat not

Paras General Contractors Inc., of Spokane, has landed a contract to build a $6 million, 155,000-square-foot plant building at Liberty Lake for Accra-Fab Inc., the Spokane-based precision sheet metal fabricator.Tina Paras, spokeswoman for Paras

Tidymans LLC, the Spokane-based supermarket chain, has bought the Helena County Market grocery store in Helena, Mont., bringing to 22 the number of stores it now operates.Patty Kilcup, a Tidymans spokeswoman, says the chain decided to buy it

WestCoast Hospitality Corp., of Spokane, soon will launch a new version of its Internet ticketing site that will allow customers to book hotel rooms, event tickets, and entertainment packages on line, all at once.The site, www.ticketswest.com, a

Lyle Anderson, executive director of the Spokane Intercollegiate Research & Technology Institute, has announced to SIRTIs board that he intends to resign this summer.Andersons contract expires at the end of next month, but at the request of