Home builder trade organizations in Spokane and North Idaho have set the dates and begun preparing for their annual new-home shows. The Spokane Home Builders Associations 55th annual Showcase of Homes has been set for Sept. 24-Oct. 3 at River

Skippers Inc., the Edmonds, Wash.-based seafood quick-service restaurant chain, could open as many as three new restaurants here, says Brad Barnett, the companys new president and CEO.As recently as 1995, the company had operated seven and a

The Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS), a nonprofit organization that provides medical and dental care for low-income Spokane County residents, plans to buy Group Health Cooperatives former clinic on Maple Street.The 6-year-old is

KVC Development Inc., a Spokane company that owns three hotels here and nine overall, says it plans to develop next year a Courtyard by Marriott hotel at Liberty Lake.The 90-room, four-story hotel will be located on Liberty Lake Road, just south

Since the early 1920s, Falcos Garden Center & Stove Shop has served customers from the same Spokane Valley location. It has borne many names, including Joes Place, Falcos & Son, and Falcos Garden Center, and has sold everything from ice to

Freedom Truck Centers Inc., Spokanes Freightliner truck dealership, has kicked off site work on the West Plains for a long-planned sales and service facility thats expected to cost about $4.5 million to develop.The facility is to be on a the

Divine Corp., of Spokane, plans to open a gas station-convenience store next month at the northwest corner of Mission Avenue and Greene Street, near Spokane Community College.The outlet would be the companys ninth in the Spokane area, counting

A new Hayden Lake, Idaho, company called Guardian Angel Homes LLC has begun construction of a $6 million assisted-living complex in Post Falls.The project involves building four 10,000-square-foot structures at 1050 E. Mullan Ave. that will be a

Waste Management of Spokane plans to move its administrative offices from Mead to a building in the Spokane Valley in the wake of an acquisition by its parent company of the assets of Western Refuse Co., of Airway Heights.Waste Management will a

The Spokane V.A. Medical Center is in the midst of a series of upgrades that will cost nearly $8 million.The 36-bed hospital, at 4815 N. Assembly, expects to complete next month a $3.9 million project that includes the remodeling of 8,000 square