A proposed 72-bed, drug-and-alcohol-recovery facility to be located at 3422 W. Garland in North Spokane is among several projects being recommended for tax-exempt bond financing by the staff of the state Housing Finance Commission.The projects a

Just months after opening a Coeur dAlene call center, Center Partners, of Fort Collins, Colo., already is one of Kootenai Countys largest private-sector employersand it could be getting bigger. Although there is no official word, many to a

A state agency will issue nearly $9 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds next month to finance the construction of a new headquarters building here for the Inland Northwest Blood Center.Excavation for the new center already is under way on a site

Need a water pump impeller for a 1974 9.8-horsepower Mercury outboard motor? How about new ignition coils for a 57 Johnson trolling motor or a switch box for a 79 115-horse Mercury outboard?Vintage Outboard & Marine Supply, a 4-year-old that

MEISolutions.com Inc., a Spokane maker of software for retail transactions, is fighting for survival after two big contracts failed to produce the major jump in revenues the company had projected.In its retrenchment mode, the 17-year-old company

The introduction of daylight passenger rail service connecting Spokane, the Tri-Cities, and Seattle is feasible physically and operationally, a Washington state Department of Transportation study has found.However, the minimum $350 million worth

Spokanes escalating fight against methamphetamines has drug an unsuspecting group of victimslandlordsinto the scourge.Law-enforcement authorities expect to bust around 100 methamphetamine labs here this year, and an estimated 90 of are

When Dave Maxwell left his home in Butte, Mont., to come to Spokane in 1961, it was to manage a branch of M&L Supply Co., a family-owned plumbing and heating supplies distributor that his father, Thomas, had established with a partner in Butte is a

Gonzaga University says it plans to move forward with an about $4.2 million dormitory complex on the north side of its campus.The project will include construction of two dormitory buildings in the east 600 block of Sharp Avenue, just across the

The Spokane Regional Solid Waste System is considering a $1.25 million upgrade to the Waste to Energy Facility that would enhance its electrical generating efficiency by about a megawatt, or enough electricity to power 500 homes.The Spokane City