The city of Spokane parks department says it plans to open the new Riverfront Park ice rink-and ticket office for the rink and Skyride facility-in November. 'The desire is to make the ice ribbon a destination place as the holidays approach,” says

Although a number of long-planned transportation system improvements are underway, it likely will take much of this road construction season-if not longer-for street crews to complete urgent repairs of winter and spring water damage. In Spokane, the

Jeff McClure has spent 33 years working for the Cheney School District, the last 12 in his current role as the district's maintenance and operations director. There may be no one affiliated with the district happier than McClure since Cheney district ta

For the city's largest architectural firm, business is on the rise, literally. Visit some of Spokane's most highly visible construction sites, such as The M downtown, Riverfront Park, and various high schools, universities, and health care facilities

For the past two years, Spokane residents and visitors alike have enjoyed the use of parklets, small, parking-spot sized, wooden seating and dining areas strategically placed in front of businesses throughout the city. Now, according to one architect he

Womer & Associates, the Spokane-based, Native American-owned architectural and engineering firm, says it's on the verge of expanding and expects to soon be adding staff, but still is struggling to restore the balance of tribal and nontribal work it enjo

Andy Johnston, president and principal engineer at Andy Johnston PE, says he's a different kind of mechanical engineer. Johnston offers mechanical engineering design and analysis, specializing in technical aspects of finite element analysis and computa

Bonner County-based manufacturer Percussionaire Corp. is preparing to move its operations to new quarters this summer, a decision company CEO Mark Baillie says will allow for increased production capabilities, as the company gets ready for the release of

Wearing virtual reality goggles, someone using 3-D technology can step into the middle of a North Pines Middle School common space that doesn't exist yet. With the same goggle headset, the person with a head tilt or circular movement can get a panorama