Wells Fargo Bank is asking Spokane County Superior Court to appoint a receiver to take control of seven convenience stores, including four in the Spokane area, operated by Yakima-based Maid OClover Corp. In a separate action, the bank also is in

In the near future, scores of young children might never discover that a scrapped refrigerator box makes a great playhouse, or that a few blankets draped between couches create a perfectly functional fortress.Those kids will use Kinder Timber, a

Itronix Corp., of Spokane, is projecting substantial growth in fiscal year 2002 after recently ending its 2001 fiscal year with a record backlog of new orders.The manufacturer of durable wireless computers is armed with a couple of new products

Planning to send Mom flowers for Mothers Day?If you do, youll participate in one of the top flower-buying occasions of the year. And to help lay some blossoms on Americas moms, operations are in full bloom at three wholesale florists just

Three more academic buildings would be constructed in the next phase of development at the Riverpoint Higher Education Park east of downtown, perhaps by 2009, if an updated campus master plan becomes reality.Washington State University at the a

While soaring energy prices have clouded the viability of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.s Northwest smelters, other challenges and uncertainties raise questions about the future of Kaisers plants here, its parent companys new annual report

COEUR DALENEThe most common phrase uttered by customers upon entering the store where Judy Norton works here is, I feel like a kid in a candy store. With all due respect to those customersduh. The Original Penny Candy Store, nestled

In what could be an omen of things to come based on rising energy concerns, the Spokane Cummins engine dealer has sold diesel-powered generating equipment worth more than $10 million to a Central Washington public utility district to help cover a a

The shortage of available pharmacists that has plagued hospitals, home-health agencies, community clinics, and retail pharmacies here for years hasnt run its course yet, but steps are being taken to ease the pain.Larry Bettesworth, director of

Post Falls-based Medinex Systems Inc. has spent nearly all of the $21 million it raised two years ago in an initial public offering, has posted a $30 million net loss for 2000, and has trimmed roughly 80 percent of the about 180 employees it had on