Even though Coldwater Creek Inc. delivered a gift bag full of higher profits, stronger sales, and other financial goodies just before Thanksgiving, the Sandpoint-based retailer isnt enjoying much good will from Wall Street this holiday fashion 10

Spokane-based Lydig Construction Inc. has landed contracts worth at least $113 million for three projects in the Snohomish School District in Western Washington.The projects, which will be managed by Lydigs Bellevue office, include of a $62

Allpak Container East LLC, a Spokane-based packaging maker thats part of a bigger Seattle-area company, has bought the vacant, former Honeywell Electronic Materials plant in Cheney and the 48 acres of mostly undeveloped land surrounding it, and a

Sams Club, the members-only warehouse-store chain operated by retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., plans to open a store just west of the nearly 6-year-old Costco Wholesale Corp. store on east Sprague Avenue.Sams West Inc., the real estate of

Interest in natural-gas drilling in Eastern Washington has shot up after an exploration company executive said a drilling project near Mattawa, Wash., confirmed that the Columbia Basin holds natural gas in a potentially productive type of geologic

The cab of Garco Constructions new $1 million Italian-made tower crane not only offers a spectacular view, but also is more upscale than one might expect. Its relatively spacious, and has remote-controlled heating and air conditioning, joystick

An efficient building-permits process is a key component of economic development, and economic development helps drive city revenues, says John Pilcher, the city of Spokanes economic development director.Thats why Mayor Dennis Hession for a

In an effort to provide safer and more reliable components for aircraft, researchers have invented an optical on-off switch that can replace electrical wiring on airplanes with fiber optics for controlling elevators, rudders, and other technology a

The Spokane Valley branch of Seattle-based Husky International Trucks Inc. is growing, thanks partly to a rapidly expanding truck-leasing department and a recent expansion into the sale of equipment, some of which it installs on the trucks it is a

Work on the long-awaited Geiger Spur projectwhich is touted as having the potential to save hundreds of jobs on the West Plains and to create thousands more in the next two decadesis expected to start this spring.Spokane County, which has a