Spokanes long-humming cadre of engine rebuilders apparently have weathered a national upheaval in their industry, and together still employ about 250 people here and remanufacture more than 2,700 vehicle engines a month.Such companies, which a

After a somewhat tumultuous start here, the Spokane operation of Paris-based Alcatel S.A. has secured its role within that multi-billion-dollar company and apparently, for some time to come, its future in Spokane.When Alcatel acquired Packet in

Empire Health Services plans in February to launch an $18 million expansion project at its Deaconess Medical Center complex.In the project, four stories that will contain about 88,000 square feet of medical office space will be added atop the &

Empire Health Services plans in February to launch an $18 million expansion project at its Deaconess Medical Center complex.In the project, four stories that will contain about 88,000 square feet of medical office space will be added atop the &

Four Spokane-area colleges are studying the possibility of developing jointly an institute that would collect and analyze economic data for the Spokane area and use that data to provide research for and to advise leaders on public policy committee

Target Stores Inc., the big Minneapolis-based discount retail chain, plans to begin renovating its store in the Northpointe Shopping Center on Spokanes North Side in mid-January.The remodeling work will involve reconfiguring the interior space

Work has begun to rebuild the east end of a strip retail center at Heritage Village, a shopping center near the Division Street Y in North Spokane.The shopping centers owner, Heritage Village Partnership, also plans within the next two to

Smart & Final Inc., a publicly held company based in Los Angeles, has inked a deal to open a cash-and-carry warehouse grocery store on North Division in the Northgate Shopping Center.Marshall Clark, owner of Clark Pacific Real Estate Co., says &

Northwest Regional Facilitators, a Spokane nonprofit organization, plans to begin building its third adjacent affordable housing apartment complex in the Spokane Valley next month.The planned 25-unit complex, which is to be called Hidden Pines,

AirPol Inc., a Parsippany, N.J.-based subsidiary of MPM Technologies Inc., of Spokane, has entered into a joint marketing agreement with USX Engineers & Consultants Inc., a subsidiary of big Pittsburgh-based USX Corp.Separately, MPM Technologies