Avista Corp., of Spokane, is considering moving its non-regulated businesses out of Spokane and expects to decide whether it will do so within the next six to 12 months.Tom Matthews, Avistas chairman, president, and CEO, declines to disclose a
Steve Livingstone, one of the founders of Bayou Brewing Co., says he now hopes to try an unusual restaurant idea in the ballroom of the restored Odd Fellows Lodge, at 1017 W. First.Livingstone currently is working on recruiting a small group of
The proposed reopening of the Pend Oreille zinc and lead mine located about two miles north of Metaline Falls would generate the equivalent of nearly 240 full-time jobs in Pend Oreille County, according to a report prepared for Cominco American the
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
Horizon Credit Union, of Spokane, hopes to break ground next month on a new branch office on Spokanes North Side that would be the first of perhaps three new branches.Kent Preston, president and CEO of Horizon, says that during the last five a
A legal battle could result in additional taxes on rental property statewide, a possibility that alarms members of the Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) chapter here.If, as proposed, a current ruling is overturned and rental property
The Kalispel Indian tribe hopes to break ground this month on its planned $17 million gambling casino in Airway Heights, and anticipates opening the 60,000-square-foot facility, which will be called Kalispel Casino, early next spring.The tribe a
Inland Empire Paper Co., of Millwood, is seeking a zone change on 106 acres of the land it owns in the Mirabeau Point area, as part of a long-standing plan to have some of its holdings there developed commercially.The Spokane Valley paper is to
A draft environmental impact statement has been prepared for a big Liberty Lake-area development that was announced two years ago and includes plans for about 1,800 residences and lots for light industrial use.Called Liberty Lake Meadows, the 90
Ross Stores Inc., of Newark, Calif., plans to open a 30,000-square-foot Ross Dress for Less discount clothing store in the Spokane Valley Plaza, which is located on the east side of Sullivan Road between Broadway Avenue and Interstate 90.David a