Sales of million-dollar-plus homes surged in the first three months of 2015, but the luxury market, defined as the priciest 5 percent of properties, grew at their slowest pace in three years, says a report issued by Redfin, a Seattle-based real estate bro

As the Spokane Transit Authority returns to the drawing boards following a razor-thin defeat of its Proposition No. 1 ballot measure, the organization should listen carefully to its harshest critics and those who backed the proposal with reservations. Wi

The Washington Multi-Family Housing Association says members of its Eastern Washington chapter recently helped the Rebuilding Together Spokane organization renovate the home of a low-income homeowner that was in dire need of repairs.

Construction companies added jobs in 40 states and the District of Columbia between April and the year-earlier month, according to an analysis of U.S. Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Transamerican Auto Parts Co., of Compton, Calif., said this morning it plans to open a distribution center and a 4 Wheel Parts retail store in Post Falls. The company has leased an 85,000-square foot warehouse building at 5300 W. Riverbend that's vis

Inland Northwest Bank said this afternoon it has hired Russell A. Lee as its new president and CEO. Lee, who previously had been president and chief operating officer at Burlington, Wash.-based Skagit Bank, will start with INB on June 29. Lee will repl

Itron Inc., a Liberty Lake-based maker of automated meter reading technology and related services, says it has appointed to its board of directors Diana Tremblay, vice president of global business services at General Motors Co., and Frank Jaehnert, former

Last year, the trucking industry generated $700.4 billion, according to the latest edition of American Trucking Trends, making 2014 the first year in history the industry topped $700 billion in total revenue.