What used to be the boonies north of Spokane is booming with activity.Development is forging farther northward, away from well-establishedand still bustlingretail centers like NorthTown Mall and the Northpointe Plaza shopping say new homes

It was a good year, in 2004, for most of the Inland Northwests publicly traded companies, and their executives, in turn, reaped huge payoffs.Such executives, on average, saw their overall compensation skyrocket 63 percent in 2004, an annual a

Lexington Homes Inc., an 8-year-old Spokane Valley home builder, plans to construct a 6,000-square-foot office building at 11900 E. Broadway and move its headquarters into a portion of the building. It also plans to add three more buildings on the

Northwest Building Components Inc., a young Rathdrum manufacturer that makes roof trusses for homes and commercial buildings, plans to expand its operation to meet surging demand from Inland Northwest builders.The companys production has and

Utility installation and some other work has begun at West Valley High School in preparation for a planned $25 million renovation and expansion there.Peggy Cannon, assistant project manager at the West Valley School District, says the district

Inland Audio-Visual Co., a 59-year-old Spokane business, has ceased operating and has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. A portion of that enterprise, though, now is doing business here as a sole proprietorship.The at 27

Baron Holding Co. LLC, of Spokane, is eyeing development of a high-end condominium building, overlooking the Spokane River just west of downtown in Peaceful Valley, documents filed with the city of Spokane show.The company has filed with the a

Dave Rucker, a California developer who owns six properties in or near downtown Coeur dAlene, has forged plans to redevelop one of those properties and remodel another, and also has made a seventh acquisition in the Lake City.Rucker says he a

While the medical community here remains concerned that physicians might be leaving or avoiding the area due to low reimbursements and high liability insurance premiums, a new Eastern Washington University study suggests that the number of doctors

AutoZone Inc., a big Memphis, Tenn.-based retailer of automotive parts and accessories, plans to enter the Spokane market by opening two stores here this year, says company spokesman Ray Pohlman.One of the stores will be constructed at 2626 N.