CHENEYIf community leaders here get their way, Spokane Countys second-largest city will be known as much more than a sleepy college town.The city of Cheney is seeking grants to develop an industrial park, has set in motion about $5.5 million

Avista Utilities, of Spokane, has added greatly to its annual energy-conservation goal in the wake of the power-supply crunch and this years drought.For more than a decade, the companys customers have conserved enough power each year to save

Chances are, the car-mounted sign atop the pizza-delivery vehicle that whisked through your neighborhood last night was made here in Spokane by Cassel Promotions. The same might be true if you lived in New York, Boston, Las Vegas, or a host of U.S.

Rising energy costs have prompted some hotels here and elsewhere to add energy surcharges to their room rates.Last month, Spokanes WestCoast Hospitality Corp., instituted a daily surcharge of $2.75 per room, at many of its hotels, says Ron for

Redmond, Wash.-based Eddie Bauer Inc. plans to open an outlet store at the Spokane Valley Plaza in mid-November.Summit Property Development, a division of Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, is developing an 8,500-square-foot for

Planning to send Mom flowers for Mothers Day?If you do, youll participate in one of the top flower-buying occasions of the year. And to help lay some blossoms on Americas moms, operations are in full bloom at three wholesale florists just

Farmers & Merchants Bank, of Spokane, posted healthy gains in loans, assets, deposits, and net income in 2000.We had a good year, says John Tombari, the banks chief operating officer.The banks net income soared 28.7 percent to $2.8 up

Power-plant developers have proposed building three big gas-fired generating plants in Eastern Washington that could produce a total of 3,350 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power the city of Seattle three times.The projects include a in

Some people call Gabriel J. Mendez a doctor of salsa.Actually, his doctorate is in Latin American history, but when he couldnt find a college-level teaching job within commuting distance of Spokane, he made salsa his business.He founded in

A proposed retail strip center west of the Spokane Valley Mall might house T.J. Maxx, Sportsmans Warehouse, and Linens n Things outlets, according to a grading-permit application that Salt Lake City-based mall owner JP Realty Inc. has filed in