The city of Spokane Valley has awarded a $10.6 million construction contract for its planned City Hall to Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley. Meridian had submitted the lowest bid to erect the 65,200-square-foot facility, which will include th

Moses Lake-based real estate investment company 5D Holdings LLC has bought for $17.9 million two apartment complexes with a total of 300 living units on Spokane's North Side. The complexes are the Serrano Apartments, located at 121 E. Wedgewood, and th

When mining for data that shows Spokane's economy is doing well, one doesn't have to dig too deep. The Journal staff, when preparing the 90-plus charts and graphs in the 2016 Market Fact Book published with this May 19 edition, unearthed new numbers

After months of information gathering, Gov. Jay Inslee is believed to be close to making a decision on the Spokane Tribe of Indians' proposal to develop an off-reservation casino in Airway Heights, near Fairchild Air Force Base. We urge him to act in t

Spokane-based mining company Gold Reserve Inc. says it raised just more than $34 million in a private placement stock offering where the proceeds will be used for general working capital purposes. The stock offering closed this week. Since March, Gold R

The Spokane Airport Board has approved a lease agreement with White Rabbit Aviation LLC for space in the main terminal building at Felts Field. Founded by owner Alan Bly in 2014, Spokane-based White Rabbit Aviation provides aircraft leasing and aviation

Spokane-based Northwest Farm Credit Services has reported first-quarter earnings of $58.4 million, down 7 percent from $63.1 million for the 2015 first quarter. The Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative attributed the decrease to sizable loan r

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration sent three astronauts to Fairchild Air Force Base last month to review the U.S Air Force's Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Water Survival Course, known as SERE. A recent article in the Fairch

The Sherwood Apartments building, at the southwest corner of Main Avenue and Bernard Street, soon will be undergoing renovations to update both its commercial and apartment spaces. Located at 301 W. Main, the 28,000-square-foot building includes a grou

The combined Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo auto dealerships downtown are planning a $5 million-plus renovation and expansion project that eventually will include the entire block on which the dealerships are now located, says Francois Chaker, the general