Focus 21, Spokanes five-year economic-development fund, is about halfway through its campaign to create 10,000 good-paying jobs in the Spokane area by 2002, and the groups leaders believe its on track to accomplish that goal.In its annual

Stuart W. Evey, the well-known former oil executive and ex-chairman of the all-sports cable network ESPN, has joined Cyan Inc., of Spokane, as director of strategic planning. Cyan, the maker of the hot-selling Myst and Riven computer games, says

Step up boys! Here we go, commands Cathy Andersen from the drivers seat of her covered carriage.Jimmy and Romeo, two of Andersens black draft horses, pull ahead, effortlessly gliding the 3,000-pound carriage, which at times is weighed by

Saying the move could greatly enhance the revitalization of downtown, Spokane City Councilman-elect Stephen Eugster says he will go ahead next month with his proposal that the city create a public development authority to buy and complete the of an

Screaming Mouse is scurrying into the future of high-tech marketing.The young Spokane software company debuted its softwarewhich uses attention-getting sound and music to bolster marketing efforts on web sitesin early November via a web site

After five years as an exploration company, Yamana Resources Inc. has decided to develop its first mine next year and hopes to begin producing silver at that Argentinian property by first quarter of 2001.The shift from mining exploration company

Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, is expanding its express bank branch at the northwest corner of Southeast Boulevard and 29th Avenue on Spokanes South Hill into a full-service branch.Lea Werner, the banks spokeswoman, says Washington Trust

Sprague & Custer LLC, of Spokane, is developing a retail complex that will house a Schucks Auto Parts store, as well as several other tenants.The complex, which is to be called the East Sprague Retail Center, is being built on 3.5 acres of at

The U.S. Postal Service expects to spend more than $20 million to equip the $40 million, 362,000-square-foot distribution annex its building at the Spokane International Airport Business Parkand that investment will quicken mail handling here.

United Paint & Coatings Inc., of Spokane, plans to leave paint in the past, and count, instead, on specialized coatings to carry the company into the next millennium.Within the next five yearsas the company continues to produce its current and