Focus 21, Spokanes new five-year economic-development effort, has allocated $882,000 for projects aimed at achieving its goal of creating 10,000 good-paying jobs here between 1997 and 2002. One of the projects involves development of a A

Randy May sits quietly next to his pickup and trailer, watching traffic at one of Spokanes busiest intersections whiz by. Occasionally, he catches someone pointing at one of the dozens of birdhouses lined up on a row of tables in front a

A company headed by Spokane builder and developer John G. Miller hopes to begin development next month on the first phase of an estimated $16 million light-industrial and office park near the former Walk in the Wild Zoo site in the Spokane be

A Spokane-based concern called Sigma Partnership plans to develop a complex of two medical, dental, and professional office buildings at Liberty Lake at the northwest corner of Mission Avenue and Molter Road.The project, which is expected to is

Packet Engines Inc., a Spokane computer hardware maker that specializes in high-speed networking technology, and Washington State University are teaming up on a nearly $140,000 research project that will delve into how to improve Packets products

Sterling Savings Bank, of Spokane, has bought a building at the southeast corner of 11th Street and Sherman Avenue in Coeur dAlene and plans to open a bank branch there early next month.The Coeur dAlene branch will be Sterlings 34th new so

Real estate investor and developer Rob Brewster Jr. says he has secured financing for the rehabilitation of the long-vacant Holley Mason Building in downtown Spokane and expects initial cleanup of the historic six-story structure to begin in is to

A Spokane company headed by prominent developer Dick Vandervert has cleared a 7.5-acre site just north of Wandermere Mall for a retail development project.The company, Wandermere Investments LLC, is considering several options for the site, will

Egghead.com Inc.s employment agreement with the executive who has led the Spokane company through its resurrection is about to run out, but he apparently is going to stay with the software reseller.Eggheads proxy statement from last year its

WTB Inc., the financially troubled Spokane trucking company that at one time commanded a fleet of 280 trucks operating nationwide, is seeking approval of a reorganization plan that it hopes will allow it to emerge from bankruptcy protection.The