Spokane might still have a reputation for being an affordable place to buy a home, but for first-time buyers and those with lower incomes, the American dream appears to be getting harder to achieve here these days.The vibrant Spokane-area real

A Spokane-based pilot project aimed at getting injured workers back on the job more quickly is achieving significant results, and the state now wants to expand the programs reach from three counties here to much of Eastern Washington.St. of &

The Spokane area stands to get about $10.7 million in new federal transportation money depending on the outcome of congressional negotiations that could take place this month.Both houses of Congress have passed versions of a new, six-year bill,

Spokane businessman Terry Tombari and his wife, TJ Tombari, plan to develop a $5 million retail center at the northwest corner of 44th Avenue and Regal Street, on Spokanes South Hill. Work on the project was to start this week, and the complex is

Lexington Homes Inc., an 8-year-old Spokane Valley home builder, plans to construct a 6,000-square-foot office building at 11900 E. Broadway and move its headquarters into a portion of the building. It also plans to add three more buildings on the

A Spokane developer is seeking approval to develop about 300 high-end homes on two big parcels east of Sullivan Road and north of 32nd Avenue just south of the Spokane Valley city limits.A preliminary plat hearing for the first parcel, which 38

Max J. Kuney Co., of Spokane, is the apparent low bidder on a $42 million specialty interchange project on busy Interstate 405 in Kirkland, Wash., and with two other recent successful bids is now in line to do $110 million in major transportation a

Garliz Investments LLC, a Post Falls-based Burger King franchisee that was operating 25 Inland Northwest restaurants when it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November, has filed a reorganization plan that would leave it with just 12 or 13

The city of Spokane expects over the next 12 years to spend $533 million on waste-water improvement projects, using money that some 70,000 utility customers here pay each month in rate-stabilization fees.That cost estimate could double if new a

The assisted-living industry has become overbuilt in the Spokane area, spurring stiffer competition and even making Medicaid-covered residents more attractive fincancially, facility administrators here say.Meanwhile, more assisted-living units