Veteran Spokane journalist Linn Parish, who worked as a staff reporter at the Journal of Business from 1998 to 2006, will rejoin the Journal's news staff on Jan. 1 as deputy editor. Parish, 39, will work with Kim Crompton, who will take over as

Spokane real estate broker Mike Schmitz says he plans to develop a small retail center at the southeast corner of Ruby Street and Montgomery Avenue north of downtown, and Williams Seafood Market & Wines, of Spokane Valley, plans to move of the real

Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mining exploration company that's fighting Venezuela in arbitration after that South American country seized its promising Brisas gold deposit, says it has had informal but "constructive" talks recently with of

Itron Inc., of Liberty Lake, has won a "smart metering" contract with Italgas, Italy's leading gas supplier, to deliver and install electronic gas-volume converters and two-way communication devices across much of Italy on an estimated 30,000 and a

A national children's retail clothing chain plans to open a store by next spring at the Northtown Square shopping center, says John Stejer, president of Stejer Development LLC, of Spokane, which manages the center.The Atlanta-based clothier, has

Inland Orthopaedics of Spokane PS, an orthopedic practice located near Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children's Hospital, has notified patients that it will merge with Providence Physician Services, beginning Jan. 1, and will change its

MDM Construction Inc., of Hayden, Idaho, is the apparent low bidder, at $3.7 million, to construct the first phase of the city of Spokane's long-planned extension of Riverside Avenue from Division Street northeast to Trent Avenue.The first phase