As prom season descends upon Spokane-area high schools in all of its budget-busting glory, formal wear retailers here say theyre anticipating their highest-grossing prom season yet.Although the increasingly extravagant high school event is an

Ambassadors Group Inc., the Spokane-based provider of educational travel programs, plans to build a 100,000-square-foot-plus corporate headquarters on the West Plains. Jeff Thomas, Ambassadors Group president and CEO, says the company has for 2

Five proposed Community Colleges of Spokane building projects, with a combined value of about $89 million, have made a statewide short list of projects competing for future state funding.Making the list, issued in February by the State for

The Spokane City Council later this month will consider approving an overhaul of the citys residential development code. The councils public hearing on the proposed residential code is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, April 10, in the City on the

Avista Utilities will begin boring underneath the Spokane River near the mouth of Lake Coeur dAlene next week to install a 6-inch diameter natural gas pipe for nearly 1,000 feet to extend gas service to the south side of the river.The Spokane

Visit a more established mobile-electronics shop here on a weekend and its likely to have the feel of a car rally, with young people coming and going in often tricked-out machines and all atwitter about the latest 12-volt gear they plan to add to

Luxury sedans priced upward of $60,000 might be affordable for only a small fraction of all Inland Northwest car buyers. Yet, they are selling in increasing numbers here, auto dealers say.The luxury market here has been continually getting at

Coffee Deluxe Inc., a new Spokane coffee business, plans to open its first coffee shop here in the new Village at Regal Pond development, on the South Hill, this month, and hopes to open three more outlets here within the next year, says owner at a

Longtime Spokane developer Rich Dahm has submitted a preliminary plat application to Spokane County to develop 345 single-family homes on 121 acres located south of the city of Spokane Valley.The development, to be called The Vistas at Heights,

Furniture Row Cos., of Denver, which already operates a Furniture Row Outlet store on Spokanes North Side, says it plans to open four jointly-located stores of different types in Spokane Valley by early next year.To house the stores, the to a