Meetings & EventsMarketing Associates of Spokane will hold its August meeting on Thursday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln. Mark Richard, president of the Downtown Spokane Partnership and Business will a

Bomb squad vet plans brewery in HaydenRetired U.S. Army bomb squad veteran Tom Applegate plans to open a microbrewery in Hayden this fall.Applegate, who has registered the business with the state of Idaho under the name Mad Bomber Brewing Co.,

The Union Gospel Mission Association of Spokane, a faith-based nonprofit that provides services to the poor and homeless, has bought the former First Choice Auto used-car dealership property at 7103 E. Sprague and plans to expand its UGM Motors and

Spokane-based United Health Services Credit Union plans to construct a new branch office in Spokane Valley.Chuck Zeller, the credit union's CEO, says in a press release that the branch will be located at 16402 E. Sprague. The branch office will

Think the humanities are irrelevant or dead? The Chinese and Russians don't.At a time when support for the humanities is in decline in the United States, countries with a reputation for crushing free speech are introducing Western-style, to for

The Spokane Airport Board awarded three projects totaling more than $570,000 last month to three Eastern Washington contractors, says airport spokesman Todd Woodard.In the largest of the three projects, the board awarded a second-phase Airport &

The city of Spokane plans to construct a $14 million central facility for its fleet services division that would include compressed natural gas dispensing equipment, says Rick Romero, the city's utilities director.The facility, tentatively named

A longtime Spokane business, South Regal Lumber Yard Inc., plans to close by early next year and consolidate with an affiliated business, West Plains Building Supply, says a co-owner of the two operations.John Case, the co-owner and president of

Appleway Chevrolet Inc. is working on $3.6 million in construction and remodeling projects at its AutoNation Toyota Spokane Valley dealership at 8600 E. Sprague and on adjacent property, says Mike Turbak, Spokane Valley permit from the dealership a

Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank says it plans to open new branches in Moscow and Lewiston by the middle of October. The branches will be the bank's first in the two North Idaho cities.Jim Branson, the bank's director of retail banking, it