A 40-year-old Spokane company that started as a corn-dog maker and evolved into a fruit-juice packager with revenues projected at $40 million this year says it will seek to make further acquisitions and eventually could become a national company, a

Linda Waali and Chris Dever say it was passionpassion for America, U.S. military history, and gunsthat brought them from the Seattle area to Spokane about 1 1/2 years ago to invest everything they had in a retail venture. The two women, 38

Spokane construction concern Max J. Kuney Co. has been awarded a $17.2 million state contract to build six bridges along the planned north-south freeway route beginning in August.All of the bridges are to be constructed north of Francis Avenue,

Wilbert Precast Inc., the 100-year-old Spokane-based concrete-products manufacturer, has bought the assets of Yakima Precast Inc., a concrete-products maker in Yakima, Wash.Dan Houk, president of Wilbert Precast, says the company completed the

Columbia Paint & Coatings Inc., the Spokane-based manufacturer and retailer of paints and coatings, has opened an outlet in Ellensburg, Wash., giving it 39 stores overall.The store occupies a 6,000-square-foot, leased building at 710 N. in the

Medford, Ore.-based Lithia Motors Inc., which owns Spokanes Camp Automotive Inc., says its in the process of buying land in Liberty Lake possibly to build a new facility for its Mercedes-Benz dealership here.The automobile-dealership chain

Landworks Development Inc., a Spokane Valley development company headed by real estate executive Bryan Walker, is proposing a 369-home subdivision adjacent to the big Northwood neighborhood, overlooking Spokane Valley. The Spokane office of the

The opening of a grocery store downtown, which doesnt have a full-line food store now, would be a boon to residents who live in new and converted multi-occupant buildings, and at least two specialty grocery chains are looking to see whether they

Preliminary discussions have begun about a possible merger of the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Spokane Area Economic Development Council, the top executives of the two organizations say.The executives, chamber President and CEO

A recent sharp narrowing of the gap in the U.S.-Canadian currency exchange rate has triggered an upswing in Canadian visitors to the Inland Northwest and has boosted expectations of more tourism spending here, economic observers say.The dollar,