Lauri Seghetti remembers that as a child she often liked to rearrange the furniture in her familys home.Beyond that apparent genetic disposition, the Spokane woman cant explain exactly how she came by the creative talent that led her to an

For the first time in years, some businesses here are beginning to direct their gaze northward for more than a passing glance, stirred by a recent rise in the value of the Canadian dollar and a healthy business climate in Canadas western loonie,

What with mortgage rates at historical lows and the Inland Northwest residential real estate market still percolating, one might assume that the window industry herewhich accounts for a sizable number of manufacturing, distribution, sales, and be

Jensen Distribution Services, the big Spokane-based hardware distributor, plans to expand its huge warehouse on the West Plains by more than one-third due to continuing growth of its business, says CEO Mike Jensen.Plans call for about 130,000 a

While Spokane-area home builders have been scurrying to keep up with rising market demand spurred by low interest rates, many of the general contractors here that vie for commercial building projects have been laying off employees and trimming due

Premera Blue Cross contends its racking up unnecessarily high expenses to pay consultants hired by the states Office of the Insurance Commissioner as it seeks to convert from nonprofit to for-profit status, which it hopes to do by early next to

Not so fast, Moses Lake and Everett.Spokane real estate developers Dick Edwards and Pete Thompson are making a belated pitch to Chicago-based Boeing Co. to choose a site on the West Plains here to build its next-generation 7E7 Dreamliner two a

Foretravel Northwest, the luxury recreational-vehicle dealership that moved from Coeur dAlene to a new $2.5 million complex at Liberty Lake three years ago, could have a new owner soon, says General Manager Terry Solinsky.An undisclosed buyer

Its all about image.That old saying, minus its sometimes negative connotations, arguably could be the motto for Chromastat Inc., a professional-quality photo lab at 725 E. Third.Due partly to a reputation for high-end work that the has up

In these unusual times, casual observers impressions of the Spokane-area economy and where its headed could vary dramatically depending on what business receptions they attend or what corporate executives they lunch with. While the and here