Couple plans to open Mexican grocery store, bakery on Division A Spokane couple say they plan to open a Mexican grocery store, to be named El Mercado del Pueblo, this month in a building they have leased at 1814 N. Division.Fred he

The owners of Rainman Seamless Rain Gutters, of Spokane, say they have purchased a building on the city's North Side and plan to move the business there to give it more room to grow. Rick Garrett, who owns Rainman with his wife, Chris, says the

John Hansen and Barbara Chisholm, owners of Spokane-based Car Wash Plazas Inc., plan to open their fifth car wash in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area this year, says Justin Gray, project manager for Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, the on is

Modern Machinery Co., based in Missoula, Mont., has bought the assets of Spokane Machinery Co., a company here that has been supplying crushing and screening equipment to mining, quarry, and contracting businesses for 62 years.Modern Machinery

Amsbury Glass Inc., a longtime Spokane commercial glass supplier, has closed its doors and its owners have sought protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here.Don Michael "Mike" Amsbury and Donna Amsbury, the company's owners, each a

Gonzaga University says $42.5 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds have been issued for it by the Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority to help it refinance variable-rate debt it had taken on to buy or build facilities on and near its The

Jan Richardson's legal battle to keep Ford Motor Co. from terminating her as operator of the downtown Jaguar-Land Rover-Volvo Spokane dealership has ended.Spokane County Superior Court Judge Tari S. Eitzen last month approved a stipulated of and

Spokane-based nonprofit Inland Northwest Health Services says it's pursuing a grant for about $15 million over a three-year period to help enhance collaboration among health-care providers through Northwest TeleHealth, its video-conferencing grant,

Northside Internal Medicine Associates has joined Columbia Medical Associates LLC, a physicians group here that includes 18 clinical locations in Spokane and Spokane Valley.Valeri Steigerwald, the CEO of Columbia Medical Associates, says the in

The total value of Spokane-area building permits issued in 2009 fell sharply as a downturn in commercial construction followed the already slumping home-construction sector, industry observers say.Building permit values for last year in Spokane