Scot Auble says he doesn't like to do things unless he's 100 percent committed to them. For years, he gave all his energy to building Auble, Jolicoeur & Gentry, a real estate appraisal firm started here by his father in 1985. But after years of a I

Five Dollar Store outlets in the Spokane area are among a chain of 37 outlets in the Northwest that are being liquidated this month after an Illinois-based company bought the chain's assets and inventory in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Dollar Store's

An arbitration panel here awarded $1 million to the owner of the Spokane Business & Industrial Park for damages it claims the Columbia Lighting division of Orange, Conn.-based Hubbell Lighting Inc. caused or failed to fix when it left the park a a

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., a national craft supply retailer, has leased a 52,000-square-foot space west of the Spokane Valley Mall formerly occupied by now-defunct Joe's Sports, Outdoor & More.Carl Guenzel, a real estate agent with Kiemle & Hagood

The search for high yields presents a quandary for income investors.If interest rates rise in the future, the value of high-yield, longer-term bonds bought now will decline. But if a high-dividend-paying stock is chosen, the investor needs to be

June 1 / New candy, gum, bottled water taxes take effect Washington extended its retail sales and use tax to candy, gum, and bottled water effective June 1. Separately, Costco Wholesale Corp., of Issaquah, Wash., and the Wilsonville, /