Basalt Hospitality LP, a partnership owned by Spokane hoteliers Kent and Cal Clausen and former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien, is planning a $1.5 million renovation of its Holiday Inn Express just north of downtown Spokane.Vandervert Construction

Volatility, the traditional enemy of conservative investors, has mounted a strong challenge to confidence levels in 2011.The bright side of the topsy-turvy situation, if there is one, is that it has added to the luster of smooth-performing While

Sept. 12 / Mines Management posts lossMines Management Inc., of Spokane, reported a second-quarter net loss of $1.6 million, or 6 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $1.2 million, or 5 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Mines and

Meetings & EventsThe Gonzaga University School of Business will host a free You Don't Have To Start a Company To Be An Entrepreneur reception and lecture today, Sept. 22, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Jepson Center's Wolff Auditorium, 502 E. Boone. a

Earlier this summer, a Spokane-based nonprofit that provides educational resources on sustainable business and living practices rolled out its new name and brand image of Sustainable Resources INW. The organization formerly had operated under the a

Rural landscapes of the future might have pyrolysis plants instead of grain elevators on every horizon—processing centers where farmers would bring bulky crops such as switchgrass to be made into crude oil.Those pyrolysis plants would pass

Taking advantage of greatly reduced stock prices is a tricky business. One strategy is to find an investment area so certain to grow that it will be around long after market traumas subside.Green investing, which offers the added potential of up