The preliminary findings of a South Side transportation study offer a dozen conceptual improvements to address growing traffic demands on Spokanes South Hill and the west side of Spokane Valley.The 18-month study, which was conducted by the a
One of the two biggest providers of billboard advertising in Eastern Washington and North Idaho has agreed to buy the other in a transaction that involves operations across several states.In the sale, Lamar Advertising Co., of Baton Rouge, La.,
Spokane real estate broker and developer Robert H. Cooke is developing a $1 million condominium building overlooking the Spokane River in the historic Brownes Addition neighborhood, just west of the citys core.Cooke says work on the at 1902
Pawn 1 Inc., a Spokane-based chain of pawn stores, plans to open a large outletits ninth overalllater this month in Lewiston, Idaho, says Mark Lax, the companys president and owner.The company expects to open more stores within the next a
Oz Fitness Inc., of Sun Valley, Idaho, says it plans to replace its 24-Hour Fitness gym in the Spokane Valley and to renovate some of the other health clubs in the Inland Northwest that it bought last summer from the big, San Ramon, Calif.-based of
The shares of Sterling Financial Corp. have risen to all-time highs in the last several days after the Spokane-based bank holding company reported strong third-quarter earnings.Sterlings stock jumped to a closing price of $38.84 a share last
Prior to founding Humanix Corp. here 18 years ago, the longest Julie Prafke had held a job was about two and a half years.It wasnt that she hadnt worked much. Prafke had held jobs in the timber, insurance, retail, communications, metals and
Avista Stadium, home of the Spokane Indians minor-league baseball club, needs more than $8 million in upgrades in the new few years to remain a viable sports venue, a Spokane County committee has determined.The county and the Indians are about
Two years ago, longtime Coeur dAlene businessman Duane Hagadone announced plans to turn over Hagadone Corp.s day-to-day operations to five key executives.In July, at age 72, he finally did it. After more than 40 years of hands-on oversight
Greg Paolino steers a golf cart into one of the eerily quiet pot rooms at Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.s former Mead Works smelter and points to whats left of a once-hulking potline thats being dismantled and sold off, piece by a cold, the