A few years ago, commercial builder Jim Elmer gave good friend Ken Scott some scrap wood for a nebulous experiment, and Scott more than returned the favor by creating what would become the foundation of a new business venture for the two long-time

The founder of the big Sylvan Learning Centers franchise chain is revving up another educational venture, this one based in Spokane, that expects within five years to be operating nearly 800 neighborhood tutoring centers nationally and to have of a

Futuristic-looking chairs and unconventionally shaped walls painted in purple, bright blue, goldenrod, and pale green characterize the temporary administrative offices at Spokane-based Visiontec Inc.Beyond the maze of colorful walls is a secured

The Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation wants to buy the Riverpoint One office building just east of downtown Spokane, and has asked the Washington state Housing Finance Commission to issue $8.8 million in bonds to finance the purchase.If a

Kris Mote, executive director of the Spokane Public Facilities District, which owns the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, has resigned after 10 years with the district.Motes departure and growing public interest in other roles the district take

Post Falls-based Hatter Investments Inc., a franchisee that operates 14 Burger King restaurants in Spokane and Kootenai counties, has sold its franchises to Garliz Investments LLC, a Burger King franchisee from Wenatchee, Wash., that has moved its

Most of those KC-135 Stratotanker jets from Fairchild Air Force Base that you often see passing over Spokane soon will be operating with one less crew member.New computerized avionics systems that eliminate the need for a navigator currently are

Avista Advantage Inc., an Internet-based billing and information-management company here, has a new home for its quickly growing corporate headquarters and Spokane operations center. The company, which is a subsidiary of Spokane-based Avista has

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is looking at Post Falls as a possible site for one of its supercenter stores, but its unlikely that the giant Arkansas-based retail chain will make visible progress on the project for months, a Post Falls planning official a

Cisco Systems Inc., the huge San Jose, Calif.-based Internet network-systems company, plans to move its Spokane regional office into a bigger space soon in anticipation of substantial growth here over the next five years.Mike Peterson, who the a