Spokanes work force is so good that the community should trumpet its quality to corporate America to draw new employers here, says the president of a national site-selection consulting firm.The executive, Joe White, a principal in The of says

Of the Journal of BusinessAvista Corp. had been working to open a back-office operation in a Spokane Valley office park planned here by technology guru Bernard Daines when the project was affected adversely by growth-management issues, Avista to

Now that the Washington Legislature has provided a financing package for a proposed expansion of the city of Spokanes convention facilities, proponents of the project are working feverishly to organize a campaign to win voter approval of the by a

In a strong showing thats contrary to other published numbers, Spokane County employers had an average of 4,200 more people on the job last year than they did in 1997.Employers here kept an average of 188,900 people at work in 1998, up from in

In a bonanza fueled by the economic dynamism of the high-tech industry, the employees and local-area investors of Packet Engines Inc. received $175 million when Packet was sold recently, founder Bernard Daines says.In addition to the stock that

The long-proposedand oft-dismissedidea of developing a light-rail system here is gathering momentum.The amount to be spent next year on design, engineering, and right of way for the Spokane areas envisioned system is likely to jump to $5 a

A Spokane venture-capital fund that has its roots in the Momentum economic-development movement has received a federal license that gives it access to $22 million in additional investment fundsincreasing the pool of capital that it and a to

A consortium of banks that do business in Spokane and North Idaho is being formed to finance construction of speculative commercial buildings to boost economic development here and in North Idaho.Nine banks in Spokane, three in North and a

Egghead.com Inc.s employment agreement with the executive who has led the Spokane company through its resurrection is about to run out, but he apparently is going to stay with the software reseller.Eggheads proxy statement from last year its

Spokane City Councilman Jeff Colliton wants the city of Spokane to consider making a second attempt to develop a Spokane branch of Seattles Pacific Science Center.Colliton met with staff members of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle two ago