The Coeur dAlene Tribe is considering asking Idaho voters to decide the fate of its casino operations via a statewide ballot initiative.That comes in the wake of the Idaho Senates defeat last week of a bill that would have ratified a new the

Two years ago on the eve of their annual meeting, officials at Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. believed the big forest-products company was positioned to begin reaping the rewards of a massive capital-improvement program, new corporate efficiencies, a

Power-plant developers have proposed building three big gas-fired generating plants in Eastern Washington that could produce a total of 3,350 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power the city of Seattle three times.The projects include a in

Half of the people who bought homes in Spokane and Kootenai counties last year had lived in the area less than two years, and about a quarter of those people moved here to be near their families, not for job-related reasons.Furthermore, while to

Welch Comer & Associates Inc., a consulting civil engineering company based in Coeur dAlene, is opening a 12-person office in Liberty Lake. For its new office, the company will lease about 2,000 square feet of space in a new building at 2310

The development team thats pursuing a proposed $50 million-plus office tower in downtown Spokane is working to cut estimated costs enough to ensure the project is viable, and hopes to move forward with construction design this summer.Were to

Two companies owned partly by Spokane developer Steve Schmautz plan to develop two professional buildings in the Liberty Lake area that together are expected to cost about $3.6 million. Work is expected to get under way on both buildings by May,

Spokane Rock Products Inc., the 2-year-old supplier of concrete and rock whose Portland-based parent moved to Spokane earlier this month, now is embarking on a significant expansion push, both in facilities and employment.The company is spending

Knife River Corp., a Bismark, N.D.-based construction materials conglomerate, says it plans to build two ready-mix concrete plants in the Spokane and Coeur dAlene areas that together will employ up to 50 people.The plants should open by July a