A group of local investors has started Spokane-based Inland Techstart Fund LLC, a new venture-capital fund that's expected to invest $600,000 in young companies during the next two to three years. Scott Broder, Inland Techstart's chairman, says

Five Guys Burgers & Fries franchise owner Wayne Sheffield says he plans to open a third Spokane-area restaurant this fall on the North Side.The restaurant will occupy 2,700 square feet of leased space in a multitenant retail building near the of

Spokane developer Mick McDowell is asking the city of Spokane to rescind a real estate deal involving downtown land a company he heads agreed to buy in 2008. The land is located east of the Spokane Fire Department Station No. 1, which is along a

A manufacturing operation here that dates back 106 years reportedly will shut down by the end of this year.LTI Boyd, of Modesto, Calif., which now owns the longtime rubber and foam product manufacturing enterprise here that formerly did business

Second Harvest Food Bank of the Inland Northwest is well under way on a $1.9 million renovation of its main warehouse facility east of downtown Spokane.Jason Luke Clark, Second Harvest's president and CEO, says the organization is making there &

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