Since a Ross Dress for Less outlet opened last fall in the Manito Shopping Center on Spokane's South Hill, along with separate improvements completed by another of the center's tenants, several surrounding businesses have experienced a notable in a

Gold Reserve Inc., the Spokane-based mine-exploration company, is awaiting a decision with huge implications for its future, and it could be a lengthy wait.A three-person tribunal held arbitration hearings last month concerning Gold Reserve's in

Across the street from Magner Sanborn Inc.'s downtown offices and visible through windows in its fourth-floor conference room is a simple wall painted red featuring one word in contrasting white: think. Dennis Magner, the Spokane-based agency's

How a business helps shape its public image—ranging from printed materials and online presence down to an employee answering the phone—really narrows to one focal point, marketing and public relations leaders here say.It's all about an