The recent announcement by the Department of Labor & Industries that average workers' compensation taxes won't increase in 2013 is good news for businesses in today's tough economy. Unfortunately, that good news is a temporary reprieve—the is

Hanson Industries Inc., of Spokane Valley, has begun construction of a three-bay retail building in the Evergreen Crossing shopping center, just west of the Spokane Valley Mall.Mike Turbak, city of Spokane Valley senior permit specialist, says a

the early 1980s when Michael Nation's parents, Bill and Nancy Nation, bought it from Henry Benjamin, who opened it in 1975. Another son, Steve Nation, also has an ownership interest in the business.The store originally occupied space in a that a

Integrus Architecture PS, of Spokane, has started design work on a new aircraft rescue and firefighting facility that's scheduled to be built next year at Spokane International Airport west of Spokane.Airport spokesman Todd Woodard says the has

Rodda Paint Co., of Portland, has leased the former Spokane Chrysler showroom building in Spokane Valley and plans to move one of its Spokane outlets there in coming months.Vince Saccheri, Rodda's Spokane-based regional operations manager, says

The Spokane-based Northwest Mining Association will hold its annual convention Dec. 2-7 at the Spokane Convention Center, which is expected to draw about 2,500 attendees from across the U.S. and internationally.The association alternates the and

The McKinstry Innovation Center recently landed four new tenants at the clean-technology incubator at 850 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., says McKinstry Co., the landlord at the center.A startup called H-Source has leased 200 square feet of space in to

Class-action lawsuits in Washington and Oregon against Spokane-based Sterling Financial Corp. were dropped voluntarily Oct. 16, the company says.Separately, Sterling plans to acquire a minority-owned bank in Southern California.The lawsuits a

Associated Painters Inc., the Spokane-based commercial- and military-aircraft painting company, has signed a land-lease agreement with Spokane International Airport and plans to build a second hangar near the airport for expanded production by next