Ever watchful for promising opportunities, it took entrepreneurial Spokane publisher Vicki Dar little more than a chat with her daughter to come up with her latest product, the recently introduced Northwest Casino Travel Map.The six-panel chart,

Spokane United Methodist Homes, which does business as Rockwood Retirement Communities, has submitted initial building-permit documents to the city of Spokane for its proposed $90 million expansion and renovation project on its South Hill project,

Next IT Corp., the Spokane maker of Web site customer-service software known for its answer-giving avatars, is on a growth spurt, having added five clients and 30 new employees so far this year, and also has changed the way it sells its product, it

A timber company fits well in many investors' portfolios, Potlatch Corp. told investors at the REITWeek Conference, in Chicago, last month, and its presentation provided insights into how the Spokane company's conversion into a real estate trust is

In a span of little more than a week earlier this year, two heavy-equipment auction companies sold a reported total of nearly $12 million worth of machinery at separate events here that attracted hundreds of buyers. Some of those buyers, submitting