J.C. Penney Co., the big Plano Texas-based retailer, has applied for a building permit for a $750,000 remodel of its NorthTown Mall department store.The company's corporate office referred a reporter to the store's managers, who said they ready

The U.S. Forest Service plans to construct a new office for its Sandpoint Ranger District on Forest Service property at 1602 Ontario, in Sandpoint, Idaho.Swank Enterprises, of Kalispell, Mont., has been awarded a $3.1 million contract to the It

The city of Spokane has issued an environmental approval for two remaining phases in a planned $6 million city project to extend a paved link from the Centennial Trail in West Spokane to the trailhead of the Columbia Plateau Trail at Fish Lake, of

Sackett Contracting & Excavating, of Nordman, Idaho, is the apparent low bidder, with a bid of $1.6 million, for a city of Cheney contract to make infrastructure improvements to the 38-acre Cheney Research & Industrial Park, which the city is with

Spokane-based Washington Trust Bank reported sharply lower earnings for 2008, but says its loans, deposits, and assets all continued to grow at a healthy pace, despite the financial trauma that's plaguing the banking industry nationally.The held

Rite Aid Corp., the Camp Hill, Pa.-based pharmacy and retail store chain, plans to move a store it operates at the northwest corner of Pines Road and Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley to a $2.3 million building that a developer here says he will for

Remodels are currently under way at two Albertsons Inc. grocery stores here—one on the South Hill and one in Spokane Valley.The 56,000-square-foot store that's being remodeled in Spokane Valley, at 13606 E. 32nd, will have a Starbucks Corp.

The owners of Savage Land Pizza plan to reopen the longtime Spokane Valley family restaurant in mid-May, about a year after it was destroyed by a suspected arson-caused blaze.Pamela Veach-LaRochelle, who owns the business with her husband, Ian a

Kootenai County has awarded a $4.7 million contract to Sommer Construction Inc., of Nampa, Idaho, to expand its Kootenai County Farm Landfill operation by 14 acres. Roger Saterfiel, director of the county's solid waste department, says a highly

A sports-venue advocacy group plans to unveil soon the results of a $75,000 feasibility study that supports the idea of developing a 6,000-seat sports and entertainment complex envisioned for Coeur d'Alene.Dave Tomson, development manager for of