Shamrock Paving Co., of Spokane, has won contracts for two paving projects here with a combined value of just under $1 million. One of the projects is a paving job for Spokane International Airport, for which Shamrock bid $568,000. The other is

Hospice of North Idaho says it plans to begin construction next spring on a $3.5 million Hospice House facility on a six-acre piece of property it has purchased at 2212 W. Prairie, in Coeur d'Alene.The land, which the nonprofit recently bought a

Clare House LLC and Clare House Bungalow Homes LLC each have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection here, forestalling trustees' sales of a South Hill senior housing development. The three properties that comprise the development, at 4827 a

Increasing demand by home owners and businesses to make their buildings more energy efficient is spawning a growing niche for what's called energy auditing. Meanwhile, programs to train individuals to perform such audits are being funded here with

UPF Services LLC, a provider of services to real estate lenders, has moved its offices to 12410 E. Mirabeau Parkway, in Spokane Valley, from its former location at 910 W. Boone, in Spokane. The Spokane Valley-based business, which serves mostly

Halme Construction Inc., of Davenport, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $2.9 million, for a city of Spokane contract to complete the second and final phase of a project that will extend a water line that eventually could provide city water

Rockwood Clinic PS, of Spokane, is participating in a clinical study of a vaccine for the H1N1 flu virus, commonly referred to as swine flu, to determine what dose would allow the maximum number of American children to be treated most effectively a