Spokane developer Rob Brewster Jr. says he has revised his plans for the $22 million Havermale Park mixed-use development at the east end of downtown to include a possible 22- or 23-story high-rise building.As envisioned, the tower would about

The Spokane office of Marsh might seem like a remote outpost for a multibillion-dollar-a-year parent company that claims to be the worlds leading insurance and risk-management services provider.Its no slouch, though, within the huge It was

The Washington state Department of Ecology plans to revise its rules governing what are called injection wells, including about 10,000 of themmostly storm-water dry wellsin the Spokane metropolitan area.The rule changes still are in the so

Columbia Paint & Coatings Inc., the Spokane-based maker of architectural and industrial paints and coatings, says it had record sales and earnings last year and is projecting double-digit sales growth again this year.H.H. Larry Larison, and

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians, in what appears to be an escalating competition with the Coeur dAlene Tribes growing hotel and casino complex near Worley, Idaho, this week launched a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Northern Quest Casino in

Steve Ahler is a longtime fixed-wing pilot, but he always had a desire to build a helicopter. He finally did so in the late 1990s, taking three years to assemble an experimental Glasair two-seater from a kit.Little did he know that the of that

Spokane County is appealing a Superior Court judges ruling that invalidated two storm-water control ordinances it had adopted in 1999 and 2002 and which had broad development-related implications here.The appeal seeks to overturn Judge Linda

A private, nonprofit groups plans for an estimated $30 million science center on the north side of Riverfront Park are beginning to coalesce, says Chris Majer, the groups board chairman.The group, Inland Northwest Science and Technology has

For the second time in three years, the Washington state Department of Financial Institutions has launched securities-related disciplinary proceedings against Spokane-based direct-mail publishing company Northwest Best Direct Inc. and its owners,

Harlan Douglass, one of Spokane Countys largest developers, land owners, and taxpayers, and his wife, Maxine, are appealing an Internal Revenue Service order to pay $931,000 in back federal income taxes.The couple have filed a petition in Tax