Blew's Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, has won a $1 million contract for a second phase of remodeling work at Spokane Valley Tech, a technical- and career-based learning center for high school students. Blew's started construction on Dec. 16 to

Affiliates of Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp. are erecting three restaurant buildings with a combined construction valuation of $1.2 million in the Kendall Yards urban village development northwest of downtown Spokane.

Spokane tourism officials are optimistic that visitor numbers and expenditures will increase in 2014, including among those here for conventions, sports events, and leisure travel. Cheryl Kilday, president and CEO of Visit Spokane, says that organizatio

In one of the brighter real estate sectors, Spokane-area residential sales improved for the second consecutive year in 2013, and Ken Lewis, owner of Spokane Valley-based Prudential Spokane Real Estate, says he expects the spring of 2014 to be the best spr

In some sectors of the Inland Northwest economy, activity levels are returning to prerecession levels, welcome news that comes none too soon for economic observers. In overall employment, Spokane-area economists are expecting job growth next year, though

Airway Heights brewery Orlison Brewing Co. has more than doubled its barrel output in the last year, says Bernie Düenwald, company co-owner, president, and brew master. Operations manager and brewer Mark Borland says he estimates the brewery will have so

The future of the IMAX theater in downtown Spokane appears more clouded in the wake of a Riverfront Park advisory committee's recent recommendation to stop showing movies there. The group's recommendation is part of an overall report on current plann

As the license application deadline for growing, processing, or selling marijuana in Washington state approaches, the number of Spokane County retail applicants is almost twice the number of retail licenses the county has been allotted. As of Dec.17, a