Since its founding, Columbia Paint & Coatings Inc., a Spokane-based manufacturer of architectural and industrial coatings, not once has seen its annual sales drop below the previous years figure.Not bad for a 56-year-old company.Now, is a

The city of Spokane is proposing to revamp a busy East Spokane traffic route near the Freya Way and Freya Street bridges, which it also plans to upgrade as part of a series of projects along the Freya corridor.The combined cost of all three is

A 19-month-old nonprofit organic-foods cooperative named PEACH Safe Food has opened a store on the main floor of one of downtown Spokanes old apartment buildings. Passersby might never know that the store at 1029 W. First exists, though. Its

Uni-Select Northwest, of Auburn, Wash., has consolidated its two Parts Plus retail stores in Spokane into one location, at 125 S. Cowley, and has closed its warehouse here.The company vacated its leased retail spaces at 805 E. Francis and 126 a

Creeeeeeeeeak!My husband and I moved into an old Corbin Park house last month, and the sounds that surround me at night now are hard to get used to. While theyre new to me, those creaks, pings, and squeaks are part of the natural aging of a a

The general manager of Northwest Seed & Pet has bought the assets of that 59-year-old Spokane pet and garden-supply business.Bob Mauk, who has been with the company for 25 years and worked his way up from clerk to general manager, bought Seed a

Lithia Motors Inc., of Medford, Ore., plans to buy Spokane-based Sutherland Motors Ltd., a Mercedes-Benz dealer located downtown, says Sutherlands Operations Manager Tom Grainger.Its a certainty that its happening, as told to us by our

The city of Spokanes design review committee and its Plan Commission will hold a joint workshop tonight to kick off discussions about new citywide design guidelines, which developers would be required to follow as they developed projects.The

Colmac Industries Inc., a Colville, Wash.-based company that makes pressing equipment for commercial laundries, has acquired the assets of Count On Us Corp., of Kansas City, Mo., which manufactures soiled-linen counting software and transaction the

Like a yeast starter that already has risen in several batches of bread, Spokane-based retailer Cooks Dream Inc. has grown from an eBay startup to a multifaceted Internet, brick-and-mortar, and culinary-education business. The companys two