What kind of efficiencies could Washington state government achieve if it got a nonpartisan assist from a group of business executives intent on helping it develop and implement a goal-oriented strategic plan?That's what the 18-month-old aims

Petit Chat bakery expanding spaceBrenda and Kevin Gerhart, a Spokane couple who own Petit Chat Village Bakery, at 9910 Waikiki Road, is expanding the business into two vacant spaces at the retail center in which the bakery is located. Kevin a

A real estate development company owned by Spokane oncologist Dr. Arvind Chaudhry has updated its plans to develop a medical office building that will hold a cancer clinic in Spokane Valley.The project would involve construction of a two-story,

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians expects by early April to select a contractor to design and build a $714,000 visitor center and rest stop for travelers along State Route 20, just north of the city of Cusick, Wash., about 50 miles north of tribe has a

Kaizen Assembly LLC, a Bellingham, Wash.-based lean-manufacturing consulting, training, and engineering firm, says it plans to expand in Spokane this year.The company's services include assessments to identify potential applications of concepts,

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank's Northeast Washington regional headquarters, located in the U.S. Bank Building at 428 W. Riverside in downtown Spokane, are in the midst of an extensive $750,000 remodel, says Linda Elkin, its regional says U.S. Bank's

Itron Inc., the big Liberty Lake-based maker of energy-management equipment and systems, has announced two new international projects to install utility metering networks in Australia and Azerbaijan.One of those projects, in the Eurasian country

Inland Power & Light Co., the Spokane-based electric cooperative, posted net margins of more than $5.8 million last year, up sharply from $3.6 million in 2010, but it says part of that gain was due to a one-time benefit."Bonneville (Power the us