Ground finally has been broken on the long-awaited Deer Park Business & Industrial Center infrastructure improvement project, located at 2800 E. Crawford in Deer Park, about 15 miles north of Spokane.

The city of Spokane Valley has begun work on the $1.4 million second phase of the long-awaited Appleway Trail, says city spokeswoman Carolbelle Branch. The section of trail for the second phase will run from University Road to Pines Road in Spokane Vall

Wilbert Precast Inc., the Spokane-based precast concrete-products manufacturer, says it completed earlier this month a $500,000-plus project that was part of $25 million worth of upgrades at Idaho Forest Group's Lewiston, Idaho lumber mill. Brock Mat

Lincoln View Apartments LLC, formed by brothers Pete and Nick Mounsey, has begun a $2 million rebuild of a lower South Hill apartment building that had been severely damaged by fire.

The city of Spokane is evaluating suppliers that responded to its request for qualifications to build a filtration membrane as part of its estimated $80 million to $100 million upgrade of the Riverside Water Park Water Reclamation facility, says city spok

Skils'kin Inc., the Spokane-based nonprofit that offers services to people with disabilities, has bought a building at 606 W. Sharp for $230,000 and has moved its payee services division there, says Kym Grime, the division's director. The one-story b

The Spokane Valley outlet of Seattle-based commercial-vehicle leasing company Husky Idealease Inc. has expanded to occupy all 16,000 square feet of its building, substantially increasing the space it's using there, general manager Chris McDevitt says.

A new company here, called PACT LLC, is creating and selling leather wallets and cases, but with a twist: The products are made with absolutely nothing but leather. 'It's built on the idea of how do we create a case or satchel that doesn't use typi