Despite recent layoffs and a downturn in its sales, Coldwater Creek Inc. is proceeding with an expansion project that includes a $9 million, four-floor office building and a $2 million addition to its call center in northwest Coeur dAlene.The

Tightening credit and a cooling real estate market are the main drivers behind a 12 percent rise in foreclosures in Spokane County in 2007, although local observers say the higher foreclosure numbers here still would be the envy of much of the on a

Acme Machine Works Inc., a Spokane Valley company that designs and builds huge pieces of equipment for the aluminum industry, has spent nearly $2 million to double its floor space and also plans to hire additional workers.Dennis McManus, who a

Spokane Countys commute-trip-reduction program has outperformed all others in the state, but still has fallen well short of the state-mandated programs lofty original goals, says Aurora Crooks, the program director here. Now, those goals to

Worthy Enterprises, of Spokane, says it plans to develop a five-story office building just east of the Spokane Valley Mall.The company, headed by Walt Worthy, who has developed several office-building projects in the Spokane area, plans to the

The city of Spokanes newly revised six-year water and sewer plans outline nearly a quarter of a billion dollars worth of projects, a number of them new on the list in the 2008 to 2013 version of the plan. Jim MacInnis, a senior engineer with

Demand for retail space in most of the Spokane area continues to be strong, while vacancy rates for office and industrial space are shrinking at a moderate pace, real estate market observers here say.One of the brightest spots in an annual fall

Winter has arrived full force in the Inland Northwest, and Yogi Naresh figures he has opened his new snowmobile-rental business just in time to give outdoor enthusiasts and snowmobile novices a bit of a thrill this season. The business, Mount I

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say they have found definitive proof that some of the bacteria that plague women with urinary tract infections (UTIs) are entrenched inside human bladder cells.The finding a of

Spokane-area doctors say they think a commonly prescribed osteoporosis medication approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration last fall for use in preventing breast cancer is a welcome addition to the drug arsenal and could help boost awareness