The Spokane Area and Spokane Valley chambers of commerce are forming a political action committee that will support ballot measures that impact the regions business climate positively. The PAC also will recruit and support elected officials who a

Shea Construction Inc., of Spokane, is expected to receive a $28.6 million contract for the planned Lewis & Clark High School expansion and renovation project.Spokane School District 81s board of trustees has recommended to the state of that a

Since buying Alloy Trailers Inc.s assets out of bankruptcy one year ago, two California businessmen have formed a new company here, called Reliance Trailer Co. LLC, that has cut Alloys production level, closed a manufacturing facility, and been

A former Spokane boy is looking to make it easy for you to buy that cordless drill, lawnmower, or metric tool set youve been wanting, while sitting at home in your bathrobe and slippers.Sam Heerensperger, son of former Spokane businessman and

Spokane real estate developer Rob Brewster Jr. says he has decided against renewing an option to buy a site at Riverside Avenue and Howard Street downtown for a possible $35 million-to-$40 million skyscraper. Brewster says the project still is a

Heavy hitters in the business community here are taking steps to form a CEO-led regional business roundtable that would tackle issues they say are impeding economic growth in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area.The formation of such a group has from

If there was supposed to be an ebb in momentum at Telect Inc. when the telecommunications equipment maker spun off a division in June that employed nearly 130 people and had annual sales of $9 million, someone forgot to tell CEO Wayne at the office

Bernard Daines, founder of Packet Engines Inc., of Spokane, has filed suit in U.S. District Court here against Paris-based Alcatel S.A. and Texas-based Alcatel USA Inc., the company that bought Packet last December.In his suit, Daines claims the

Technet, a Spokane support group for high-tech executives, plans to launch a forum that would help entrepreneurs here meet qualified investors who are willing to provide venture capital.Tentatively called the Technet Investors Forum, the new off

Another activity center for teen-agers is being planned in Spokane, and the effort to develop this onewhich is expected to teach teens how to operate a businessis being headed by Steve Livingstone, owner of Bumpers Fun Centers here, along is