Power City Electric Inc., a longtime Spokane electrical contracting company, is embroiled in a court battle with a rival company formed three months ago by two former employees. It has accused the new company of using confidential information to to

J.J. Newberry Co., the retail variety-store chain that had three outlets in Spokane just two years ago, expects to close the doors on its last store here, at Shadle Center this April, says Kevin Lake, the stores manager.The 19,500-square-foot

A partnership that includes prominent Spokane real estate developer and broker Bob Tomlinson is proposing a big residential and industrial development for a 300-acre site near Liberty Lake. The development, called Liberty Lake Meadows, would 64

POST FALLSThe downtown core of this quiet community is poised for a regeneration, as development plans for the former Louisiana-Pacific Corp. lumber mill site begin to take shape and the city officials look to hinge other nearby development what

A person gets to know Spokane in an entirely different way from 2,000 feet in the air, says Ray Aguirre.He should know. Hes the newest proprietor of Libby Photographers, a nearly 100-year-old venture at 508 W. Second that has specialized in for a

Construction is to start this fall on a $10 million subsidized housing complex for seniors on Spokanes North Side.The 50-unit complex, to be called Lilac Terrace, will be part of the Lilac Plaza Retirement Community, located at 7007 N. says a

A company headed by Spokane developer Dick Vandervert plans to build additional retail space at its Wandermere Village Shopping Center on the east side of U.S. 395 in the Wandermere area.The company, Wandermere Investments LLC, plans to a

Jones & Mitchell Inc., a longtime Spokane insurance brokerage, says it has sold its assets to Missoula, Mont.-based Western States Insurance Inc.The Spokane brokerage, located at 123 E. Second, now is operating as a branch office of the Montana

Just east of downtown Spokane, nondescript Sprague Avenue and the nearby railroad tracks do little to inspire thoughts of romantic Florence, Italy.In the future, though, a grand bridge structure reminiscent of the Ponte Vecchio in with cafes a

A group of Spokane investors plans to develop a multimillion-dollar office building in the University of Idaho Research Park, in Post Falls, next year.The envisioned structure would be built on a two-acre site just north of the University of at