A downtown parking lot might seem to be an unlikely place to find a taste of life on the farm, but twice a week from May to October, the First Covenant Church parking lot near the southwest corner of Division and Second fills with farmers and their

The Spokane-area lodging industry is enjoying a growth spurt thats producing increasing occupancy, rising average room rates, and growing room-tax revenues.Industry observers credit the improvement in part to strong convention business, a that

Greenstone Corp., a Spokane development company, is planning to develop a 174-home planned-unit development on nearly 96 acres of land between Barnes Road and Shawnee Avenue west of Indian Trail Road, says Greenstone President Jim Frank.The is a

Greenstone Corp., a Spokane-based development company, is seeking permission from the city of Spokane to develop a nearly 44-acre planned-unit development on the North Side that would include 186 single-family homes and 11 industrial lots.The be

Eastern Washington University is considering adding doctoral-level programs in biotechnology and computer science, two areas of industry that Spokane economic-development interests have identified as hot prospects for growth here, EWU President and

This year has been a wild ride for Sytech Inc., a 3-year-old Spokane precision sheet-metal fabricator whose sales, employment, and shop size have rocketed ahead in recent months. The small Spokane Valley company, which primarily serves the and a

The city of Spokane has declared as surplus slightly more than seven acres of land on both the southwest and southeast corners of the intersection of Southeast Boulevard and 31st Avenue on the South Hill. Also, it has agreed to sell about two acres

One year after its rebirth as an independent company, Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, the Spokane-based allergy-products maker, is building its role as a contract manufacturer for other pharmaceutical companies and, in that role, is broadening is

Construction of a third Hico Village in the Spokane area is expected to get under way this month at 1201 N. Barker, says John Tonani, a partner in P&T Partners, the Spokane company that owns and develops the retail and fueling centers.Tonani to

Kris Mote, executive director of the Spokane Public Facilities District, which owns the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, has resigned after 10 years with the district.Motes departure and growing public interest in other roles the district take