Playing a couple of holes of a growing sport called disc golf with Steve Stimpi Simmons, of Spokane, struck me belatedly as being like challenging Tiger Woods or maybe Ernie Els to a scratch game of traditional ball golf. In other words, I

Three of Eastern Washingtons more prominent developersK. Duane Brelsford, of Pullman, and Dick Vandervert and Lowell McKee, of Spokaneplan to develop a $9 million, 14-screen movie-theater complex in the Wandermere shopping area north of three

The shine might be off Spokanes once rich reputation as a center for mining-industry activity, but one still doesnt have to drill very deep here to discover a lode of small exploration companies, scratching the ground for the next big a of the

A Spokane company called Mirabeau Point LLC plans to develop as many as four large office and commercial buildings on an 11.5-acre site at the Mirabeau Point corporate and community development in Spokane Valley, with work on the first one slated a

One piece of the new Medicare prescription-drug plan thats slated to take effect next January provides an incentive to employers to continue providing their own drug plans for retireesand some big employers here say they plan to take advantage

New assisted-living units are cropping up in Kootenai County this summer, adding to what already seems to be a peak year for such construction in the Panhandle region, according to one North Idaho economist.Projects worth a total of $23 million

Washington State University at Spokane plans this year to seek proposals from developers for renovation of the big, former Jensen-Byrd Co. warehouse building, on the south side of the Riverpoint Higher Education Park, says Brian Pitcher, chancellor

Spokanes budding University District could well become a thriving center for research and development over the next few years, and that, say proponents, could provide big economic-development benefits here.The district is home to Gonzaga and

The master plan is finished, the sales pitch is polished, and the search is in full swing for private developers and public money to make the University District here a reality. Advocates of the U Districta mix of city of Spokane employees, U

Century Publishing Co., of Post Falls, is investing $1.3 million in new equipment and building upgrades this year, has broken monthly sales records three times so far in 2005, and is planning to recruit 30 additional employees.Mike Urquhart, is