After several years of steeply rising mortgage defaults in Spokane County, foreclosures on deeds of trust plummeted to a four-year low in 2012, while foreclosure numbers in Kootenai County were tracking downward as well in the latest available the

Avista Corp., the Spokane-based energy company, is constructing a fleet maintenance building and adjacent compressed natural gas fueling station in Spokane Valley that's expected to cost about $2.4 million.The 15,100-square-foot, five-bay fleet

The Spokane Public Facilities District has seen a flurry of early interest in its planned $60 million-plus convention center expansion and expects to whittle down a short list of design-build candidates early next month, says Kevin Twohig, director

Signature Genomics co-founder Lisa Shaffer and her husband, Jeff, are starting a new genetic testing venture—this time for testing people's pooches. The company, Paw Print Genetics, aims to help dog breeders nationwide avoid unhealthy in is