A joint venture involving Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has been selected as the design-build contractor for a $160.5 million prison facility expansion in Connell, Wash., a small town 100 miles southwest of Spokane. Lydig and Hunt of up

While much has been said about the need for more health-care workers as the U.S. population ages, the greatest need for such workers isnt among the ranks of doctors and nurses. Rather, its for entry-level workers who provide basic health care,

Spokane developer Jim Greenup knows something about multigenerational living.When his father died 30-some years ago, Greenups mother moved into a duplex the family owned in Shelby, Mont., and her motherGreenups grandmothermoved into the

The city of Post Falls expects to spend $30 million over the next six years on upgrades to its waste-water treatment plant to meet stricter environmental standards and to handle the citys growth.The city also tentatively plans to spend $7 in

The city of Airway Heights has purchased two parcels just south of its City Hall and hopes to expand its main municipal building there as soon as next year.Plans for the possible expansion are still in the preliminary stages, and the city would

Two more condominium projectswith a combined 109 units and an estimated total cost of $14 millionare expected to get under way this week in Post Falls.Each is being developed by a different company. The larger of the two projects, an $11 to

D&S Properties LLC, of Spokane, plans to develop a retail strip center along Division Street, on the site of a former gas station just north of Global Billiard Supply, at a cost of more than $1.5 million.D&S bought the property, located Knox a

Terry Patano, who owns Coeur dAlene-based Doma Coffee Roasting Co. with his wife, Rebecca, loves coffee, but doesnt get his java fix from downing espresso shots each day. Rather, Patano derives his energy from a longtime passion for the bean am

Regal II LLC, a company headed by Spokane developer Terry Tombari, has broken ground on a $7 million office building on Regal Street, on Spokanes South Hill. The two-story, 36,000-square-foot structure, to be called Regal Place, is being on a

Now two years old, the Inland Northwest Economic Alliance is on track with its business-recruitment effort to attract its first companies to the region within the next year, veteran recruiter Bob Potter says. Potter says he has made 115 sales