Five Dollar Store outlets in the Spokane area are among a chain of 37 outlets in the Northwest that are being liquidated this month after an Illinois-based company bought the chain's assets and inventory in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Dollar Store's

Cameron-Reilly LLC, a concrete contractor based in Airway Heights, has been awarded a $625,000 contract by the city of Spokane's Park Board to build a 20,000-square-foot skate park at the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex, located just north of Joe Albi

OCH International Inc., the Portland-based operator of the Oil Can Henry's chain of auto lube outlets, plans to open a store in the Sundance Plaza shopping center in northwest Spokane. That will be its fourth in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area, and

Chris Berg says he has sold Berg's Junior Shoes, located at 818 W. Sprague, to Alex and Beth McCauley, of Spokane, but plans to work part time at the longtime downtown store indefinitely.McCauley says he and his wife plan to add adult shoes to a

Black Box Corp., a Lawrence, Pa.-based telecommunications company that operates a 32-employee regional office in Spokane, has launched a division that sells commercial flat-screen monitors that can be programmed to display informational and a for

The Washington state Department of Ecology is proposing to enter into a formal agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Co. to study contamination at a former aluminum recycling site at 2317 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley. A month-long public on

Spokane business and civic leaders have formed a political action committee they call the Inland Northwest Coalition, or INC, to identify, support, and advise pro-business candidates for office. John Pilcher, a real estate developer and of INC,

Community-Minded Enterprises, a Spokane nonprofit, along with other organizations, businesses, and government agencies, is staging a month-long series of events designed to build awareness of green issues.The about 75-event schedule, dubbed such