Graham Construction & Management Inc., of Spokane, says it has been awarded contracts for, or is the apparent low bidder on, projects worth more than $20 million scattered across the Northwest.Projects for which it recently has been named the a

Government-sponsored development activity in the Spokane International Airport Business Park is hindering private-sector development of surrounding West Plains land, several developers contend.Dick Vandervert, one of the Spokane areas most he

George Gee Automotive Group has been awarded a Porsche dealership, absent from the Spokane area for about 16 years, and plans to construct a building at Liberty Lake to house it, says President Ryan Gee. Weve been pursuing the franchise of

Playing a couple of holes of a growing sport called disc golf with Steve Stimpi Simmons, of Spokane, struck me belatedly as being like challenging Tiger Woods or maybe Ernie Els to a scratch game of traditional ball golf. In other words, I

A big portion of the mostly undeveloped West Plains could see an upswing in development activity as a result of action taken by Spokane County commissioners last week, observers say.The commissioners modified the countys year-old zoning code

Two Spokane businessmen plan to open a casino, restaurant, and bar in a prominent barn-shaped building at the northwest corner of Division Street and Francis Avenue on the citys North Side.One of the businessmen, Jerry Heggestad, says he and

Inland Imaging LLC, of Spokane, says a $2 million dual-technology scanner that it installed here last fall should see a sizable jump in use in coming years thanks to broadening Medicare coverage.The scanner combines the technologies of positron

Les Schwab Tire Centers Inc., the big Prineville, Ore.-based tire-sales and automotive-repair chain, plans to develop a service center in Airway Heights, just west of Spokane.Dave Husk, the companys director of development, says the outlet be

Long regarded as little more than an unpicturesque, roadside appendage to Fairchild Air Force Base, the small town of Airway Heights has been experiencing a rapid climb in development activity recently.Industrial, commercial, and residential of

Inland Audio-Visual Co., a 59-year-old Spokane business, has ceased operating and has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. A portion of that enterprise, though, now is doing business here as a sole proprietorship.The at 27