Texas Roadhouse Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based restaurant chain that specializes in steaks and spareribs, plans to open a large outlet in Coeur d'Alene in March and will employ about 160 people there.Texas Roadhouse has 330 restaurants in 46 in a

Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank says it's converting a former FirstBank Northwest branch building in Liberty Lake into a call center.The call center, which Sterling calls a customer resource center, occupies a 2,800-square-foot single-story

Jo-Ann Stores Inc., the Hudson, Ohio-based specialty retailer that does business here as Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts, has leased most of a building that formerly housed a Circuit City Stores Inc. outlet near the Spokane Valley Mall, says a commercial &

Oct. 13 / Employment dips further here Nonagricultural wage and salary employment in the Spokane metropolitan area fell to 204,700 in September, down 15,100 jobs from the September 2008 level, according to preliminary Washington state

Meetings & Events The Inland Northwest Multimedia Users Group will hold a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the Sirti Board Room at 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd., in Spokane. Guest speaker Eric Stanley will give a on 2

Researchers at the University of Idaho say they've created a computer chip more powerful than 17,000 Intel quad-core processors that runs on 0.03 percent of the power those chips would require.The chip will be used on NASA's developing Synthetic