The Washington state Department of Ecology is proposing to enter into a formal agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Co. to study contamination at a former aluminum recycling site at 2317 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley. A month-long public on

Spokane business and civic leaders have formed a political action committee they call the Inland Northwest Coalition, or INC, to identify, support, and advise pro-business candidates for office. John Pilcher, a real estate developer and of INC,

The city of Spokane plans to hire a consultant to help it prepare a bid package for a possible U.S. Department of Defense contract to provide water, sewer, and electric service to Fairchild Air Force Base.The city, which already provides sewer a

John Michial Shumate and his wife, Jennifer, who own the Shumate Harley-Davidson dealership here, and three of their companies have filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, listing total debts and assets of more than $10 a

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