Next IT Corp., the Spokane-based natural language software company, says it plans to move later this year into a building that's being constructed in the Pinecroft Business Park, in Spokane Valley. The company, founded in 2002by veteran Spokane entre

Fidelity Associates Financial Services Inc., a Spokane-based insurance and employee-benefits brokerage with roots dating back to 1906, has sold its assets to Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. Hub International didn't disclose the terms of the tran

Jensen Distribution Services, a 131-year-old, Spokane-based wholesale hardware distributor, has sold its assets to Oak Brook, Ill.-based cooperative Ace Hardware Corp. Founded in 1883, Jensen Distribution has about $150 million in annual revenue and se

Hayden-based developer and contractor Whitewater Creek Inc. has obtained permits from Spokane County to begin construction of the first of two $16 million affordable-housing projects it has planned on the South Hill. The 120-unit Summit Ridge Apartments

Mechanic's Pride Tire & Automotive Inc., a Spokane-based auto service business, has bought a 13,600-square-foot, single-story building at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Jefferson Street and plans to move there from its longtime flagship locat

I live roughly 300 miles from the nearest ferry port in Washington state and haven't been on a state ferry since 2001. Regardless, when I go to renew my car tabs next month, I'll get to pay an extra $5 to fund construction of new ferries. You will t

The Great Recession earned and richly deserves its capitalized moniker, given the breadth and the depth of the damage it wreaked. Now, five and a half years after it ended, we're still in the midst of a small 'r” recovery-one that in its early sta

While Washingtonians agree on issues such as whether environmental activism is too aggressive and hurts economic growth, Eastern Washington voters disagree over whether the state should have legalized recreational marijuana, say the findings of a new surv

Spokane Transit Authority is moving forward with its plans for an envisioned $14.8 million West Plains Transit Center, including applying for funding and contracting for the design of the facility, says Karl Otterstrom, STA's director of planning. The