The Rathdrum, Idaho office of Knife River Corp. has been awarded a $1.9 million contract by the Washington state Department of Transportation to repave a portion of busy Pines Road and state Route 27 in Spokane Valley, says DOT spokesman Al bid in

Interior demolition work is under way at a nearly 25,000-square-foot section of the Opportunity Shopping Center in Spokane Valley, where a Value Village thrift store plans to relocate less than a mile from its current Valley location.A for the a

The city of Spokane Valley has started work on a traffic study to evaluate the possibility of an Interstate 90 overpass in the area between Argonne and Pines roads, particularly one that would extend University Road north in some manner, says Inga

Wilsonville, Ore.,-based BHG Hotels has bought the Holiday Inn Spokane Airport and plans a $1.5 million renovation of the four-story, 122-guest room hotel at 1616 S. Windsor Drive, says the company's regional manager Jatin Patel.Operated under a

Spokane-based Mines Management Inc., which is involved in mine-property acquisition, exploration, and development, says it has elected to extend an exploration program at the La Estrella gold-silver project in Peru after reviewing positive results

Parker Aerospace, which includes the former Liberty Lake-based SprayCool Data Systems Inc. operations, was awarded a project last month to provide cooling components and systems for missiles made by Norwegian defense contractor Kongsberg Defence &

Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank is exploring plans to replace its Manito branch, at 611 E. 31st, with a $1.6 million mixed-use development that would include a new bank building and separate retail space, says Jack Heath, the bank's chief bank