A new North Idaho company called Kettle Works plans to make soups and sauces for the restaurant industry at a new food-processing plant now under construction in Rathdrum, Idaho.The 21,000-square-foot production kitchen being built in the Thayer

The Washington state Department of Transportation has awarded an $11.2 million contract to Harcon Inc., of Spokane, for construction of a new interchange at Interstate 90 and Evergreen Road, as well as other related work.Regional DOT spokesman a

The Spokane Area and Spokane Valley chambers of commerce are forming a political action committee that will support ballot measures that impact the regions business climate positively. The PAC also will recruit and support elected officials who a

Shea Construction Inc., of Spokane, is expected to receive a $28.6 million contract for the planned Lewis & Clark High School expansion and renovation project.Spokane School District 81s board of trustees has recommended to the state of that a

Since buying Alloy Trailers Inc.s assets out of bankruptcy one year ago, two California businessmen have formed a new company here, called Reliance Trailer Co. LLC, that has cut Alloys production level, closed a manufacturing facility, and been

A former Spokane boy is looking to make it easy for you to buy that cordless drill, lawnmower, or metric tool set youve been wanting, while sitting at home in your bathrobe and slippers.Sam Heerensperger, son of former Spokane businessman and

Spokane real estate developer Rob Brewster Jr. says he has decided against renewing an option to buy a site at Riverside Avenue and Howard Street downtown for a possible $35 million-to-$40 million skyscraper. Brewster says the project still is a

Heavy hitters in the business community here are taking steps to form a CEO-led regional business roundtable that would tackle issues they say are impeding economic growth in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area.The formation of such a group has from

If there was supposed to be an ebb in momentum at Telect Inc. when the telecommunications equipment maker spun off a division in June that employed nearly 130 people and had annual sales of $9 million, someone forgot to tell CEO Wayne at the office

Bernard Daines, founder of Packet Engines Inc., of Spokane, has filed suit in U.S. District Court here against Paris-based Alcatel S.A. and Texas-based Alcatel USA Inc., the company that bought Packet last December.In his suit, Daines claims the