Huntwood Industries Inc.'s employment has slipped further this winter, but the big Spokane cabinetmaker believes that its growing commercial project sales department is about to bear fruit.That department seeks sales of the company's products as

Washington State and Eastern Washington universities want to accelerate construction of a proposed $45 million biomedical building on the Riverpoint Campus here, and in an unusual step are seeking funds for two design phases of the project this at

General Growth Properties Inc., the troubled Chicago-based owner of three of the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area's largest shopping centers, has negotiated a deadline extension until March 15 on two loans that reportedly total more than $4 company had a

Meridian Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, is the apparent low bidder on a renovation project that Community Colleges of Spokane is planning for the former Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing building, just east a

Mountain West Bank, of Coeur d'Alene, has announced earnings of $9.07 million for 2008, down 35.6 percent from its profits in 2007.For the fourth quarter, the bank posted earnings of $2.14 million, down $1.3 million from the fourth quarter of as

The Spokane Valley-based Berg Cos. recently opened a Coeur d'Alene sales and marketing office and hopes to begin construction of a manufacturing facility in Post Falls before the end of the year, says Lindsey McDonough, company spokeswoman.She a

Two tenants of the Spokane Business & Industrial Park, in Spokane Valley, say they are increasing the amount of space they lease there. One of the two, sheet metal fabricator Apex Industries Inc., is expanding into a more than 14,000-square-foot

Horizon Furniture Inc., of Spokane Valley, says it plans to close its doors next month after a year of efforts to cut costs as the furniture industry here has struggled. The 12-year-old furniture retailer has seen business suffer with the times,