The U.S. Postal Service has brought in a team of expert managers it hopes will improve relations between workers and management in the Spokane Postal District and end recent complaints about service problems, says Al DeSarro, a Denver-based for the

A Spokane steering committee thats pushing for development of a big indoor sports complex here has narrowed to three the number of sites its considering for the facility.Initial plans call for the proposed structure to have at least 150,000

In an attempt to tap into $700 million newly available from the federal government for important freight corridors and international border crossings, the state Department of Transportation is making a case to spend some of the money on to U.S. new

Spokane developer Jim Frank says that he and about nine other people recently have begun meeting to study the viability and economic feasibility of incorporating Liberty Lake.Frank, president of Greenstone Corp. and a developer in the MeadowWood

Washington Water Power Co., which soon will change its name to Avista Corp., is conducting a corporate optimization study that could result in some job cuts and other organizational changes next month.WWP spokesman Pat Lynch says the changes the

A zone-change request now before the Spokane County hearing examiner could make it easier for a local partnership called Jolt Development to develop an industrial park and commercial sites on the western end of a West Plains property that Inland &

At Mels Nursery Floral & Gifts, Christmas begins in August.Its on Aug. 1 that a team of about 20 Mels employees starts working on the longtime Spokane retailers Christmas Room, decorating the 55 Christmas trees that fill the room and an

Firms that provide professional and insurance services to international customers are being given added incentive to locate or expand here.The Spokane City Council this week designated 20 census tracts in the city where such concerns will be to

The race among auto-parts retailers here for the do-it-yourselfers dollar is intensifying, but whether the market is headed for a shakeout still is unclear.Early next year, The Pep BoysManny, Moe & Jack, a big, Philadelphia-based auto-parts

Both moves, says company President and CEO Wayne Williams, are intended to boost Telects presence and competitiveness in the global market, which the Spokane Valley manufacturer is making a priority of taming. Earlier this year, Telect opened a a