Wal-Mart Stores Inc., rumored to be considering development of a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution facility on the West Plains, has decided for now not to open such an operation. Keith Morris, a Bentonville Ark.-based community affairs for a

Findlay Automotive Group, a Las Vegas-based car-dealership chain, plans to build a Hyundai dealership in Post Falls and might develop a couple of additional new-car outlets in the Inland Northwest in the future.The planned Post Falls being for

The backers of the proposed Institute for Systems Medicine here are weighing the idea of asking the state of Washington to help fund the institute with sales and use tax money thats now collected here and sent to Olympia.To tap such a funding

Nontribal gaming operations are having a tough time surviving in Spokane County because of a mix of regulatory and competitive pressures, industry representatives say. Four casinos have shut down over the last five years and others are struggling a

With Wal-Mart Stores Inc. breaking ground on its planned West Plains supercenter, a crush of additional retail development is expected in the mostly undeveloped Crosspointe Plaza Shopping Center.Spokane developer Dick Vandervert says that LLC,

AmericanWest Bank, the main operating subsidiary of Spokane-based AmericanWest Bancorp, says it will grow its operations in Eastern Washington by opening branches in Airway Heights and College Place, Wash.AmericanWest has submitted applications

Community bankers here largely disagree with a recent national survey of their contemporaries that says 60 percent of such bankers believe there are too many branches in the markets they serve.Even Kurt Gustavel, president and chief operating a

The Washington state Employment Security Department says its efforts to help agricultural employers find workers are getting results. Through its WorkSource offices in 21 counties, the agency says it has provided more than 13,000 job referrals

The organic food industry is growing at a rapid pace in the U.S., and agricultural experts here say Washington states organic food production reflects that trend, as does rising demand from Spokane-area consumers for the food.Organic food and

A 40-year-old Spokane company that started as a corn-dog maker and evolved into a fruit-juice packager with revenues projected at $40 million this year says it will seek to make further acquisitions and eventually could become a national company, a