Northwest HVAC/R Association & Training Center, a nonprofit education and training organization, has bought a 7,500-square-foot office building at 204 E. Nora and has moved there from leased space at 811 E. Sprague. Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate &

The city of Spokane has awarded a contract valued at about $1 million to Davenport, Wash.-based Halme Construction Inc. to install a sewer line along a 1 1/2-mile stretch of Upriver Drive in East Spokane.Installation of the new 18-inch sewer to

Architects West Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, recently received a contract to design an extensive addition and remodel for Wapato High School in Wapato, Wash., a south central Washington city 12 miles south of Yakima.The overall project is estimated a

Print company here adds digital printerLithograph Reproductions Inc., of Spokane Valley, has purchased its first digital Xerox color printer, bringing the company's total printer count to four. The 20-foot-by-8 foot printer also doubles as a

The downtown Spokane branch of D.A. Davidson & Co. has moved to the eighth floor from the 10th floor of the Bank of America Financial Center in downtown Spokane. The company has signed a seven-year lease for the approximately 13,000-square-foot

Two national conventions scheduled for 2012 in Spokane are expected to attract national and international visitors—from historic preservationists to fly fishing enthusiasts.The National Trust for Historic Preservation will hold its here in

Ellsworth Sports LLC, of Spokane, has acquired the assets of Spokane Alpine Haus, a longtime specialty snow sports retail store on Spokane's South Hill. Ellsworth Sports, for which Brian and Tara Ellsworth are the majority owners, bought the the

The Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce expects to start a national search this week for a new president and CEO. Skip Peterson, chairman of the chamber's board of directors, says the organization hopes to have a new leader selected late this year

The Northwest's agricultural land sales activity increased in the first half of 2011, with Eastern Washington's dry land property continuing to be stable to increasing in value, says Spokane-based agricultural lender Northwest Farm Credit Northwest