Spokane County has awarded to Harcon Inc., of Spokane, a nearly $6 million contract to replace the structurally deficient Argonne Road Bridge across the Spokane River. The bridge, which actually consists of two bridge structures, is being replaced

B&B Distributors Inc., a longtime Spokane beverage distributor, has agreed to sell its Spokane-area distribution rights for Coors and Keystone beers to Odom Northwest Beverage, also of Spokane.In addition, B&B plans to buy the distribution for a

Spokanes economy may have bottomed out and begun a move into more positive territory, according to the most recent Leading Economic Activity Index compiled by Washington State University professor Don Epley.The index, one of two Epley last to

Janek Co., a Spokane real estate company that has specialized in marketing high-end homes, has closed all of its four offices in Eastern Washington and North Idaho.Jan Ekstrom, the companys founder and president, says she closed Janeks this

Borders Books & Music is coming to Spokane.Borders Group Inc., which owns the big bookstore chain, has leased a 23,000-square-foot retail space in the Northpointe Plaza shopping center, on Spokanes North Side, for its first Spokane-area store,

The last of more than 100 repetitive-stress injury lawsuits filed against Key Tronic Corp. have been dismissed, the Spokane-based electronics contract manufacturer says in its latest quarterly report.Key Tronic says the final 15 suits, all filed

The sound of American Indian music and the scent of herbs greet customers as they walk in the door of All Nations Native Art & Fur Co., in northwest Spokane. Beaded items, pieces of pottery, and powwow regalia fill the shelves and cover the walls,

The next session of the Washington Legislature is eight months away, but Spokane Community College officials already are seeking to rally support for a $15.7 million capital project they consider key to the college providing more graduates for a of

After years of growing by building its own hotels or acquiring others facilities, WestCoast Hospitality Corp. expects that the biggest share of its growth now will come through franchising.By growing that way, the Spokane-based company can a a

Already slowed by high fuel prices and a sluggish national economy, trucking companies say surging insurance rates have slapped a jake brake on their profit margins.Some Spokane-area trucking companies report that their liability-insurance have