While home sales here have fallen dramatically so far this year compared with last years volume, the number of real estate agents serving the market isnt showing as much fallout, industry insiders say. Rob Higgins, executive officer of the

Spokane County is planning nearly $26 million in projects to replace or rehabilitate eight bridges here over the next six years, though lagging availability of federal funding might delay some of those projects, says Neil Carroll, county bridge the

The Herbert B. Jones Foundation has awarded a grant totaling $146,000 to Gonzaga University and Spokane Community College to support collaboration this fall between their respective entrepreneur programs.The grant provides $93,000 to the Hogan

The two major agricultural schools in the Palouse country of Eastern Washington and north-central Idaho are promoting diverse programsranging from winemaking to molecular biologyto show prospective students theres more to agriculture than and

With the soft economy putting greater strain on businesses, an emerging breed of consultants known as business coaches say theyre seeing increased demand for their services, especially from small-business owners who want to become more so can

Fred Grubb doesnt like routine construction jobs. His career, like the roller coasters his company builds, has been a thrilling and satisfying ride, he says.Grubb is president and co-owner, along with his wife, Suanne Dedmon, of Hayden-based

Backers of the proposed Inland Pacific Hub project have hired a consultant to conduct the first phase of a roughly $1 million comprehensive study on the issue. They also are endeavoring to form an entity that would oversee the Hub project.The a

The founders of Spokane Valley-based CSK Communications Inc. have started a new company that provides a high-tech security system for homes and businesses.The company, FlySight LLC, formed last month and is operating out of CSK Communications

McKinstry Co., a Seattle-based mechanical engineering, construction, and design firm with an office here, says it has bought Ramsey Plumbing & Heating, a longtime Spokane plumbing contractor.McKinstry President Doug Moore says that Wendy and &

Spokane architect and downtown property owner Glen Cloninger has declined to arbitrate with the Spokane Public Facilities District over the districts desire to acquire the block south of the Spokane Convention Center, says PFD Executive Director