Following another slow construction year in Kootenai County, some with ties to the industry are hopeful that public works and infrastructure projects will generate growth in construction activity in 2012 and further into the future.Construction

Sizable health and retail construction projects are helping to generate hope among construction insiders that last year's slight bounce in Spokane County construction values is the beginning of an industrywide recovery.A total of some $385 in is

Getting ready to retire involves more than just setting aside a nest egg, especially in the final years before "R" day, financial planners here say.Financial planners tend to move up on their clients' speed-dial lists as they seek more frequent

Spokane Valley hotel development company kVc Development Inc. and Parkwood Business Properties, of Coeur d'Alene, plan to develop jointly a $15 million SpringHill Suites by Marriott hotel in northwest Coeur d'Alene.The 118-room, four-story hotel

Lake City Development Corp., the urban renewal agency for Coeur d'Alene currently working on the McEuen Park plan, Midtown revitalization, and education corridor infrastructure, is amassing an extensive portfolio of "catalytic projects" aimed at in

Sure, these agents carry sidearms, but they take down criminals with spreadsheets.As part of an investigative course held biennially at Whitworth University, special agents with the Criminal Investigation unit of the Internal Revenue Service a a

Creekside Inn Memory Care Community, in Coeur d'Alene, is a model of sorts for the current growth phase of its Olympia-based parent company, says Erika Schreiber, the facility's executive director.Creekside Inn, a 65-bed, private-pay center, and