Scarsella Bros. Inc., of Seattle, has been awarded a $23.9 million contract by the Washington state Department of Transportation to widen a 5.5-mile stretch of Interstate 90 between the Argonne Road and Sullivan Road interchanges.The work, is a

Developer Marshall Chesrown, fresh from opening the exclusive Black Rock golf course at Coeur dAlene Lake, has begun work on an upscale, 500-home housing development in Liberty Lake. Aapex Construction Inc., of Post Falls, has started site at

Work could start soon on a planned $11 million, 180-unit second and final phase of development at the big Prairie Hills at Grayhawk apartment complex, on Spokanes North Side. The city of Spokane has issued permits for the construction of nine

The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife is moving ahead with plans to develop a regional headquarters building at Mirabeau Point in Spokane Valley.Late last month, Washington Gov. Gary Locke approved the states capital budget for

For Isothermal Systems Research Inc., a Clarkston, Wash.-based defense contractor that opened a Liberty Lake operation last year, a lot will be riding on a flight test that the U.S. Navy will conduct in September. The test, involving an EA-6B a

Two of Spokanes largest medical clinics, the Rockwood Clinic and Cancer Care Northwest, have put on hold a pair of separate expansion projects here because of uncertainty about Medicare reimbursements for chemotherapy drugs.That uncertainty a

SANDPOINT, IdahoWhen the bright red Turbine Lancair IV-P airplane thats being built here finally gets aloft later this summer, it also could give flight to a startup venture owned by father-and-son aviation buffs Don and Buck Simmons. The a

The Davenport Hotel has filed suit against Spokane County, claiming its 2002 property-tax assessment on the historic downtown landmark is too high. The county last July assessed the value of the hotels main towernot including the Pennington

Since its founding, Columbia Paint & Coatings Inc., a Spokane-based manufacturer of architectural and industrial coatings, not once has seen its annual sales drop below the previous years figure.Not bad for a 56-year-old company.Now, is a

What with mortgage rates at historical lows and the Inland Northwest residential real estate market still percolating, one might assume that the window industry herewhich accounts for a sizable number of manufacturing, distribution, sales, and be