You know that downtown Spokane area west of Division that doesn't have a name? It's called everything from the East End to the Community Block to the east end of West Main-depending on who's talking. Businesses on West Main seem to be ground ze

Panera Bread, a Kirkwood, Mo.-based bakery chain, is preparing to open a restaurant in Spokane Valley that will be its first in Eastern Washington. Attempts to reach a Panera Bread representative were unsuccessful.

Over the last several years, Nadine Sullivan and her brother Bruce Gage have narrowed the focus of Eco Depot Inc.'s environmentally friendly building products to concentrate mostly on selling and installing solar-electric systems.

At present, the city of Spokane can't hold a candle to cities such as Portland and Seattle for accommodating commuter biking and bike infrastructure, but the owners of Monkeyboy Bicycles, three Spokane-based siblings, think they're well positioned to

Developers planning to construct a $2.5 million retail and office building at the long-dormant lot at the northwest corner of Division Street and Third Avenue hope to break ground in July and complete the project by year-end. The project, now tentatively

Some recreational vehicle dealers here say they're expanding their lots and inventory as the overall industry is looking to reach prerecession levels of sales. Camping World Inc., the Bowling Green, Ky.-based recreational vehicle and camping supplier,

River Park Square CEO Bryn West said this afternoon that Philadelphia-based national retailer Urban Outfitters plans to open a store next fall in the adjoining Saad Building, at 211 N. Wall, at the east end of the mall complex, after a $2 million demoliti