Spokane restaurateur Jim Becker and his partner, Jim Eagle, of Yakima, plan to close the Chapter Eleven restaurants here at 9304 N. Division and 7720 E. Sprague by Labor Day. The Chapter Eleven restaurant at 105 E. Mission will remain three a

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., the venerable Columbus, Ohio-based retailer of mens and womens casual clothing, says it is considering opening a store in the Spokane area.Lonnie Fogel, a Columbus-based spokesman for the company, says & Fitch

Sherman Enterprises, of Hayden, Idaho, says it hopes to build a nine-acre shopping center as part of a 32-acre development it plans at the southeast corner of U.S. 95 and state Route 54, at Athol, Idaho, as early as next year.Developer of

Focus 21, Spokanes new five-year economic-development effort, has allocated $882,000 for projects aimed at achieving its goal of creating 10,000 good-paying jobs here between 1997 and 2002. One of the projects involves development of a A

Sterling Savings Bank, of Spokane, has bought a building at the southeast corner of 11th Street and Sherman Avenue in Coeur dAlene and plans to open a bank branch there early next month.The Coeur dAlene branch will be Sterlings 34th new so

Spokane Electrical Services Co. (SESCO), of Spokane, has bought the assets of AE Utilities, of Pasco, Wash., and melded those assets with those of its Spokane-based PowerCom division, which installs copper and fiber-optic wiring for data and voice

Steady growth in residential development is keeping the blood pumping in the Liberty Lake areas local economy, but now it needs medical attention, say some Spokane-area developers and hospital administrators.Business still is doing fine in but

American Behavioral Health Systems Inc., a Spokane company that was formed last year to treat chemically dependent clients, has hired about 10 people within the last year and expects to hire another about 15 by a year from now.The proposed rise

Wang Laboratories Inc., of Billerica, Mass., has decided to lease out and ultimately to sell its big 46-acre Olivetti North America campus at Liberty Lake because it doesnt need all of the space at the property, says a Spokane real estate agent,

A nonprofit alliance has been formed here with the backing of some of Spokanes biggest high-technology players to grow the high-tech industry in the Spokane Valley and to make it more attractive to out-of-town companies that are looking to from &