Suzan Mihara loves plants and is drawing on her passion for gardening to help her and her sons sprouting organic and hydroponic plant business blossom, even as the economy wilts.Mihara and her son, Paul, opened Spokane Organic & Hydroponic in

Rockwood Clinic PS says it plans to open a physical therapy clinic in Cheney, its fourth overall. The Spokane-based physicians group has leased a 3,900-square-foot space at 1717 First Street, in Cheney, and expects to open a clinic there at the

The city of Spokane Valley has issued building permits for 15 metal buildings, together worth about $7.2 million, to Spokane developer Lanzce Douglass, who plans to construct a self-storage complex at the former site of the East Sprague Cinemas, a

Washington State University has selected Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, to oversee an estimated $39 million worth of design and construction for the third phase of its Martin Stadium expansion. ALSC Architects PS, of Spokane, as

Lingering cold and wet weather this spring, a weakened economy, and Internet wholesalers are vexing Spokane-area retail golf equipment vendors, who say that though theyve been knocked into the rough, the closures of two large retail golf stores a

The economy might be declining, but executive pay continues to grow at a healthy paceat least at some Inland Northwest public companies.Top executives here on average received a 12.2 percent bump in total direct compensationto an average of

Businesses here that supply goods and services to the home construction market say as home building slows, theyre looking to other markets within the construction industry to help sustain them during the downturn.Commercial construction, and

URM Stores Inc., the Spokane-based grocery distribution cooperative, says its considering a big expansion of its warehouse and distribution center to handle strong growth and to meet increasing demand for frozen and perishable goods.The to of

Spokane County is considering a change to its zoning code that would allow three or more units of attached single-family homes, called row housing, in all residential zones. Although there apparently isnt high demand for such units so far, say is

Developers of three planned low-income apartment projects here that together are expected to cost about $21 million say theyve been able to sidestep a worrisome downturn involving one of their main sources of development moneyhighly coveted tax