Competition in the automotive sport-utility market continues to rev up, as at least 11 new SUVs will drive onto the playing field for the 2003 model year, along with a host of new midsize sedans and high-performance sports cars.From the sporty

Some auto dealerships here are experiencing record sales so far this year, due partly to manufacturers incentives such as 0 percent financing and large rebates, while other dealers are seeing little change over last years numbers, a spot check up

Referendum 51, the Washington state transportation-improvement package that will be on the November ballot, is getting a mixed review from the Spokane-area trucking industry.The referendum would impact the trucking industry by increasing gross

With a new CEO at the helm, Translation Technologies Inc., of Spokane, is preparing to launch a software product that customers could use at their locations to translate computer-aided drafting, or CAD, files between CAD programs. The company a

Greenstone Corp., of Spokane, has started work on the first phase of a mixed-use development project at 44th Avenue and Regal Street on the South Hill, southwest of the former KHQ-TV building.Crews are doing site work and laying footings and of

You know that shop at the corner of Ruby and Mission? The one with antique dressers on the sidewalk, along with the Statue of Liberty, a big green alligator, and 13-foot tall Grecian urns? It gets a lot of attention from people stopped at the a

The Spokane campus of City University, an accredited four-year college for working adults, has scaled back its Spokane presence greatly and is no longer accepting new students here.Ten students, who currently are enrolled in two City University

The city of Spokanes Public Works Committee is recommending a $2.4 million turbine upgrade at the waste-to-energy plant.The facilitys turbine needs to be replaced or rebuilt about every 10 years, says Roger Flint, the committees director.

Spokane County has awarded to Harcon Inc., of Spokane, a nearly $6 million contract to replace the structurally deficient Argonne Road Bridge across the Spokane River. The bridge, which actually consists of two bridge structures, is being replaced

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is building a new Boston Pizza International Inc. restaurant and sports bar at Northpointe Plaza, in the parking lot of the ShopKo Stores Inc. outlet there.The 5,600-square-foot structure will cost about