Long before she envisioned selling ice pops from a cart attached to a bicycle, Mandolyn Hume was freezing her children's leftover smoothies to make refreshing summertime treats. 'We lived by Manito Park, so the ice cream truck would come by multiple

Spokane Valley-based national meat delivery company Zaycon Foods LLC, which announced late last month it had suspended operations, has been embroiled in a legal dispute with a former CEO and one-time major investor for more than 1 1/2 years. Zaycon Foods

Some lending and real estate experts here say that Spokane-area homeowners are pursuing home equity lines of credit, or HELOCs, at rates that mirror the flourishing housing market. 'I think definitely over the past 12 months, the HELOC product has beco

During his 27 years in the aerospace industry, Dean Cameron received hundreds of trade magazines. Most of them, he says, ended up in the garbage can because their content was so similar. Now, he's targeting niche markets with more focused content. Aft

An industrial building valued at nearly $2 million is going up in Riverbend Commerce Park, in Post Falls, says park manager Tag Jacklin. Construction crews broke ground in November for the 50,000-square-foot building, which is being marketed as the Lemhi

Eastern Washington University's 2-year-old Center for Entrepreneurship is launching an eight-week collaborative summer technology commercialization academy that aims to provide students with real-world experience in finding useful applications for existin

A new apartment complex is going up at the intersection of Hanley Avenue and Ramsey Road in Coeur d'Alene, north of Lake City High School. To be called The Northern at Coeur d'Alene Place, the complex will consist of 12 three-story apartment building

Senate Bill 5450, signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee earlier this year, goes into effect today, June 7, enabling builders to use certain new timber products to construct bigger buildings than had been permitted previously. The bill specifically directs t