Williams Inland Distributors Inc., of Spokane, has bought the former Empire Beverage Inc. building in Spokane Valley.Williams Inland, an ice-cream distributor, moved its offices to the 28,000-square-foot building, at 1505 N. Bradley, late last

Spokane Hardware Supply Inc., a Spokane distributor of hardware mostly to home builders, plans to begin construction of an 11,000-square-foot addition to its warehouse and store at East Trent to meet growing sales volume from its Internet new which

The city of Spokane is considering building an arterial that would connect U.S. 195 in southwest Spokane and the Moran Prairie on Spokanes South Hill.Tentatively called the Hatch Road bypass project, the arterial would be an alternate route a

Pool World Inc., a Spokane Valley-based pool and spa retailer, has opened a store in Coeur dAlene with hopes of capitalizing on the strong housing market in Kootenai County. Pool World is leasing a 4,200-square-foot floor space in a building

Spokane attorney and developer Jamie Wolff plans to build a three-level, 34,500-square-foot medical-office building just south of Valley Hospital & Medical Center, in Spokane Valley.The structure is slated to be built on a two-acre site at E. a

The first phase of a large, long-planned residential development in West Spokane, now called Canyon Bluffs, is moving forward after a number of revisions and years of controversy.In the project, Canyon Construction NW Inc., a Spokane company by

Since Curtiss and Laura Grenz started their company, Concrete Works Statuary Inc., theyve noticed fads in the yard-ornament business blossom and wither like Spokane-area lawns during a typical cycle of the seasons.Trends have included from to

Inland Northwest Health Services plans to hire 70 well-paid computer-technology and health-care analysts this year and next as it upgrades its electronic regional health-care information network.The workers, who will earn between $60,000 and a

Spokane could emerge over the next couple of months as one of the main battlegrounds in an intensifying statewide tobacco war, some of the likely combatants say.Two groups, Breathe Easy, Washington! and the Entertainment Industry Coalition, to

Buoyed by support it has received from several technology companies here, the city of Spokane hopes to develop a citywide broadband wireless-communications infrastructure that it believes would enhance public safety and boost economic would provide