Michaels Stores Inc., the big Dallas-based retailer of arts, crafts, and home-decor items, plans to open a new store in the Spokane Valley Plaza shopping center just south of Interstate 90 and east of Sullivan Road.Michaels has agreed to lease a

WAM Enterprises Inc., of Spokane, is buying a piece of land in Liberty Lake and plans to construct a new call center there for Dakotah Direct Inc., the big Spokane-based telemarketing concern.The new building will be constructed on a 1.7-acre in

Empire Financial Group Inc. and its affiliated companies, which together are the target of both a federal civil lawsuit and a state securities investigation, have filed suit in Spokane County Superior Court against one of their former the new suit,

POST FALLSFrom a spare Jacklin Land Co. office inside the newest building at the Riverbend Commerce Park here, Doug McQueen is busy drafting big plans for the University of Idahos research park project, which is slated for property next to the

TCI of Washington, which became Spokanes cable-TV provider a little over a year ago, is beginning to flex its digital muscles here.The company, a part of Denver-based giant Telecommunications Inc., has launched a new service here called Cable

Hewlett-Packard Co.s Spokane division, which primarily designs and manufactures radio-frequency test equipment, plans to hire as many as 50 additional workers here this year and is adding temporary space to ease overcrowding at its Liberty Lake a

Whites Boots Inc., the longtime Spokane manufacturer of work boots, plans to add 12,000 square feet of floor space to its 42,000-square-foot facility at 4002 E. Ferry to make room for a new retail push into fishing gear, says Alan Roberts, the of

After several years of planning and a change in ownership, work at Shadle Center finally is expected to start in April on the first part of a redevelopment project that the centers current owners hope will spark new life at the languishing retail

A subsidiary of Hon Industries Inc., the big Iowa-based office-furniture maker, has bought the assets of Aladdin Steel Products Inc., a Colville company that makes wood-, pellet-, and gas-burning stoves, says Alan Trusler, Aladdins president. the

The Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce, which bought the former West One Plaza building downtown and is converting it into a Spokane Regional Business Center, now is seeking $1.7 million in donations to build a high-tech marketing and conference on a