The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will hold two sessions on Thursday, Feb. 8, to receive public comments on Avista Corp.s applications to relicense its five Spokane River dams.Both sessions, from 9 a.m. to noon and from 6 p.m. 9

Spokane County commissioners have approved the move of American Behavioral Health Systems Inc., a Spokane company that operates a chemical-dependency treatment center here, to a former Spokane Valley nursing home.American Behavioral has hired &

Meridian Construction Inc. has started work in Spokane Valley on what will be the first G.I. Joes sporting goods store here.Last summer, Wilsonville, Ore.-based G.I. Joes Inc., which operates a chain of sporting goods and auto-accessories a

The city of Spokane racked up an 11.7 percent increase in taxable retail sales in the third quarter of 2006and preliminary full-year figures put the citys growth in such sales in 2006 at their highest percentage gain in 23 years.Both the in

After months of acrimony, Spokane Airways Inc. and the board that oversees Spokane International Airport (SIA) have agreed on a time by which the fixed-based operator will vacate six of nine airport buildings it occupies. The two parties are set to

Just 3,350 bankruptcy petitions were filed in Eastern Washington last year, abruptly ending a five-year trend of filings hovering near or above the 10,000 mark. The 2006 total represented a 71 percent decrease from the record 11,506 petitions

When the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau held its annual meeting Jan. 17, little was said about a consultants report that found problems between the bureau and the Spokane Convention center staff in their efforts to market public

Strong job growth and a steady housing market are helping Spokane County buck a national trend of rising foreclosures.The Spokane County Auditors Office says the number of foreclosures on deeds of trust here plummeted by 43 percent last year,

Just two years after a period of hemorrhaging red ink, job losses, and rumors of its possible demise or sale, Empire Health Services, Spokanes second largest hospital network, is now posting modest profit margins and healthy gains in patient says

Spokanes manufacturing industry, which took a nosedive near the start of this decade, is storming back. Experts say they expect this year will bring more strong growth in the sector, despite a number of challenges employers are facing.In the