Conversations have started about establishing scenic viewshed regulations to preserve views of the Spokane River and other natural features in the city of Spokane by limiting new building heights and girths in certain view corridors. Its

Show some downtown office space. Get an iPod. Land a tenant for some retail space in Liberty Lake. Drive away in a BMW.Some landlords are ponying up perquisites, trying to fill vacant spaces by offering toys to commercial real estate agents

Spokanes Tom Tilford, a certified public accountant and lawyer who has launched a series of business ventures here and is a familiar face on many community and private boards, is transitioning from business to education.Tilford recently was a

The Spokane Area Workforce Development Council, which previously concentrated on job-placement services, says its shifting its focus to help employers evaluate and fill their work force needs in the midst of a tight labor market here.The is a

Key Tronic Corp., the Spokane Valley-based contract manufacturer, isnt entitled to insurance coverage for costs related to damaged pallets of Clorox ReadyMops it shipped from its Juarez, Mexico, plant, a Washington state appellate court has a a &

By Emily BrandlerOf the Journal of BusinessSpokane-based Inland Northwest Bank says it plans to open branches in North Spokane, Airway Heights, and Hayden, Idaho, and will close its branch inside a Yokes Fresh Market supermarket on North

Avista Corp. says its sale of claims against Enron Corp. and certain affiliates contributed to the Spokane companys earnings in the first half of 2006, which it reported Aug. 2.Malyn Malquist, the companys senior vice president and chief of

Race-car driver and businessman Danny Nelson is living a dream.Just in the last month, the 38-year-old owner of Sport Vehicle Specialties Inc. (SVS), of Reardan, Wash., has test-driven new Ferraris at high speeds in Wisconsin and Portland, and

The Human Potential Project, a Spokane company that offers what it calls transformational learning to improve corporate and personal success, says it has landed a contract with Amgen Inc. to provide training to some of that biotech giants in

A Spokane development company is proposing a 207-lot residential subdivision, to be called Blue Grouse Estates, on the West Plains. The company, Blue Grouse Development LLC, is seeking preliminary-plat approval for the proposed subdivision, be