A private, nonprofit groups plans for an estimated $30 million science center on the north side of Riverfront Park are beginning to coalesce, says Chris Majer, the groups board chairman.The group, Inland Northwest Science and Technology has

A developer is selling lots in the first phase of a new, 80-acre residential project at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, near Sandpoint.Eleven of the 18 lots included in that phase of the planned development, to be called the Spires at Schweitzer,

In Seattle, all city-funded buildings with more than 5,000 square feet of space have to be built green, meaning they must meet certain standards for energy efficiency and resource conservation. A bill introduced in the Washington Legislature is

A pregnant woman whos treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center currently might have to traverse the length and breadth of the hospitals sprawling South Hill complex to receive all the services she needs. That wont be the case when Sacred

The Inland Northwests exercise industry has discovered that middle-aged, mostly out-of-shape women want to drop something besides extra pounds. That something is men.More and more women are plunking down the $29 to $89 monthly membership fees

Inland Northwest Bank, of Spokane, plans to build a freestanding branch in Post Falls that likely will replace the grocery-store branch the bank has operated there since 1996. Spokane-based Madsen Mitchell Evenson & Conrad PLLC is finishing on

The owners of Panco Construction Inc. here have bought the former BMC West Corp. property, at 6206 E. Trent, and plan to move the construction company to that 4.2-acre complex eventually. Panco currently is located at 7903 E. Broadway and 30 a

A Los Angeles-based boat-products wholesaler, Diversified Marine Products, plans to open a Northwest distribution center at the Spokane Business & Industrial Park. Separately, two other companies, Tukwila, Wash.-based hardwood-flooring Co. and

For the second time in three years, the Washington state Department of Financial Institutions has launched securities-related disciplinary proceedings against Spokane-based direct-mail publishing company Northwest Best Direct Inc. and its owners,

A hardware retailer here that opened an Ace Hardware store on the South Hill in 2002 plans to open its second Spokane-area store.The company, Jant Group II Inc., has leased a 17,500-square-foot former Rite Aid Corp. store building at the corner