Richard and Heather Pieczonka shared a simple dream to start up a modest home-based company that would let them stay home with the children they planned to have, but their party-game endeavor grew into a serious business too big to handle by let us
Critical Power Exchange LLC, a recycler and reseller of backup-power equipment, says it has moved from Liberty Lake into larger quarters in Spokane Valley due to recent and anticipated growth, and expects to increase its work force by about a third
Motivated partly by the fear that national health-care reform could limit its ability to grow, Post Falls-based Northwest Specialty Hospital is spending $7 million to expand its facilities, says CEO Ron Rock.The physician-owned surgical which in
The hotel industry, slammed by the recession, is faring better in Spokane County than in other Northwest urban counties in some categories, the Spokane Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau says, citing statistics compiled by Smith Travel Research
A delegation of Spokane-area business leaders met Sept. 8 in Washington, D.C., with Federal Highway Administration chief Victor Mendez to make a case for a $35 million grant to complete construction of the southbound lanes of the North Spokane from
An undisclosed buyer has agreed to purchase the former Empire Ford property in downtown Spokane, and the transaction should be completed within 60 to 90 days, barring any obstacles that might arise during a "due diligence" review of the property by
While a few apartment projects currently are in various stages of planning and development in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, and the apartment rental market here is being called relatively stable, 2009 has been a slow year for new apartment here,
Washington State University says it has selected two Spokane contractors to construct separate projects on its Pullman Campus with a combined value of $131 million.Lydig Construction Inc. has won a contract to build WSU's planned $96 million and
Oil companies are the elephant in the room.The wide trading range and erratic movement of oil prices has been perplexing to pundits, investors, and motorists alike. Prices go down, they go up, and they go nowhere.You're not hearing bold or or
Sept. 22 / BNSF seeks abandonment of rail line in Idaho The Idaho Public Utilities Commission said there were no objections at a public hearing on Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway Co.'s proposed abandonment of a 6-mile section of rail a