Spokane-based manufacturer RAHCO International Inc. has launched an affiliate company that has begun offering high-capacity forklifts for use at seaports, steel yards, concrete-product plants, and other industrial facilities.The new company, a

Even though Coldwater Creek Inc. delivered a gift bag full of higher profits, stronger sales, and other financial goodies just before Thanksgiving, the Sandpoint-based retailer isnt enjoying much good will from Wall Street this holiday fashion 10

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed contracts worth at least $113 million for three projects in the Snohomish School District in Western Washington.The projects, which will be managed by Lydigs Bellevue office, include of a $62

Allpak Container East LLC, a Spokane-based packaging maker thats part of a bigger Seattle-area company, has bought the vacant, former Honeywell Electronic Materials plant in Cheney and the 48 acres of mostly undeveloped land surrounding it, and a

Sams Club, the members-only warehouse-store chain operated by retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., plans to open a store just west of the nearly 6-year-old Costco Wholesale Corp. store on east Sprague Avenue.Sams West Inc., the real estate of

Interest in natural-gas drilling in Eastern Washington has shot up after an exploration company executive said a drilling project near Mattawa, Wash., confirmed that the Columbia Basin holds natural gas in a potentially productive type of geologic

The cab of Garco Constructions new $1 million Italian-made tower crane not only offers a spectacular view, but also is more upscale than one might expect. Its relatively spacious, and has remote-controlled heating and air conditioning, joystick

An efficient building-permits process is a key component of economic development, and economic development helps drive city revenues, says John Pilcher, the city of Spokanes economic development director.Thats why Mayor Dennis Hession for a

In an effort to provide safer and more reliable components for aircraft, researchers have invented an optical on-off switch that can replace electrical wiring on airplanes with fiber optics for controlling elevators, rudders, and other technology a

The Spokane Valley branch of Seattle-based Husky International Trucks Inc. is growing, thanks partly to a rapidly expanding truck-leasing department and a recent expansion into the sale of equipment, some of which it installs on the trucks it is a