After a fire on Feb. 1 forced them to move, certified chocolatier Carrie Powell and her husband, Dennis, recently have opened Sandpoint Chocolate Bear, at 11425 E. Trent, in Spokane Valley. The 7-year-old chocolate company previously was located at

Seattle-based Shawn O'Donnell's American Grill & Irish Pub plans to open a new restaurant in the building that once housed Milford's Fish House, at 719 N. Monroe. The family-run business has three restaurants in the Seattle area; this restaurant

John and Sabrina D'Angelo say they want to build a fitness club for those who are and aren't fit. The Anytime Fitness club is expected to open at 13004 E. Sprague between mid-October and early November. The soon-to-be franchisee owners of the club

Selling out of your product barely a month in to launch signals you may be on to something. Kris Maynard, the founder of Spokane startup Glucose Revival, says the company is again selling its glucose gel alert necklaces for people with diabetes on its

A newly created nonprofit organization here plans to transform the former Sushi Yama building, at 1321 W. Third, into an incubator kitchen for former refugees and other immigrants. Feast Collective was launched by Dan Todd, owner of the Inland Curry week

The Spokane Association of Realtors monthly home sales report for August shows that the number of units sold is down, while sale prices are up, consistent with the trend tracked throughout the year. August sales of single-family homes on less than

New Jersey-based mortgage lender HomeBridge Financial Services Inc. has acquired three HomeStreet Bank standalone home loan centers in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area as part of a larger transaction. In all, HomeBridge acquired 72 standalone home loan

The Spokane Business & Industrial Park is eying its next big expansion, says Dean Stuart, executive of Crown West Realty LLC, which owns and manages the park. The 45-building business park is planning a new $7.6 million, 120,000-square-foot office and