A Tri-Cities truck dealer called Jims Pacific Garages Inc. plans to open a new dealership here in a West Plains building that the now-defunct Godwin Equipment Co. formerly occupied.Karl Rehwalt, controller of Jims Pacific Garages and son of

URM Cash & Carry, a division of URM Stores Inc., the Spokane-based grocery cooperative, plans to open a second store in the Spokane area this spring, at 16808 E. Sprague, says Rick Jensen, director of URMs Cash & Carry.URM Cash & Carry has of

Technology entrepreneur Bernard Daines is considering launching a glossy new Spokane magazine that would be part of a multifaceted, electronic-and-print media enterprise here doing business as New River Communications.Daines says plans for the a

A Spokane-based company called Pacific Rim Ethanol LLC hopes to start building a $122 million ethanol plant at Moses Lake, Wash., this year, says Douglas MacKenzie, the companys president and chief executive officer.The plant essentially will

Walgreens Co., of Deerfield, Ill., has leased part of the former Huckleberrys Fresh Market building in the Spokane Valley and plans to open a Walgreens Pharmacy there, says a real estate executive whos involved in the transaction.The Jim an

A Post Falls tax-increment financing district formed to help recruit the big Harpers Inc. office-furniture plant there in 1993 is expected to be dissolved at the end of next year, when it finishes repaying bonds sold to pay for infrastructure so be

Honeywell Electronic Materials Interconnect Metals, a strategic business unit of Honeywell here that formerly was owned by Johnson Matthey Electronics, is planning to release two new products this summer that are expected to boost employment at the

Eldon and Becky Humphrey say their occupation often is the brunt of jokes and is a favorite Hollywood stereotype, but they fail to see the humor. They take their jobs very seriously.No, the Humphreys arent attorneys or members of some other of

COEUR DALENESpokane developer John Stone unveiled detailed plans last week for turning 73 acres of vacant land along Northwest Boulevard here into a $200 million mixed-use development.The project, called Riverstone, envisions 42 lots for of

Spokane City Councilman Steve Eugster says he has halted efforts to investigate what the city can do to assist in the redevelopment of the Davenport Hotel, after being criticized for his efforts and asked by an attorney for the hotels owner to to