A national company, rumored to be Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is considering developing a mammoth distribution center on the West Plains. Spokane County Commissioner Todd Mielke says the county has been approached by a consultant representing the in

When the Inland Northwest home market has been hot in the past, apartment-vacancy rates have risen as people who were renting flocked to buy homes of their own.Thats not the case this time around. Despite the current record-setting home-sales

Fowler Property Acquisitions LLC, the Sacramento-based company that recently bought the Crescent and Paterson buildings in downtown Spokane, has begun remodeling the historic structures.Located at the southeast corner of Main Avenue and Post a

Part of a downtown Spokane building that once housed elegant home furnishings soon will become a destination for lovers of fine steaks.Former Ridpath Hotel General Manager Bill Alles is planning an upscale steakhouse, to be called Churchills,

HollisterStier Contract Manufacturing, a division of Spokane-based pharmaceutical maker Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC, has inked an agreement with Roxro Pharma LLC, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based early-stage drug maker that has a pain-management in

As the job market tightens and qualified candidates in some fields become harder to find, many employers say they increasingly are using employee benefits as recruiting tools. Human-resources professionals here say that oftentimes, they offer

Rahco Ag Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Spokane-based Rahco International Inc., has developed a new leveling system thats designed to be used with John Deere combines and is intended to appeal to Midwest farmers. Richard Hanson, president of is

Washington Trust Bank, of Spokane, has posted record earnings for 2005, a year in which its assets nearly crested the $3 billion mark for the first time in its 103-year history. The bank had net income of $38.7 million last year, up 32 percent

Talk of traffic-impact fees is circulating again.The Spokane Regional Transportation Council is studying ways to identify and pay for street improvements needed to handle increased traffic generated by new developments. What likely will come of

Already cramped in its current quarters and continuing to grow rapidly, Inland Northwest Health Services is looking to move into a larger space, ideally by the end of this year, says Tom Fritz, the Spokane organizations CEO.INHS has a for to