Double Eagle Pawn district manager Brian Wegner believes he's in an industry that is in demand regardless of the economic times around him. Larry Carlson, the owner of Axel's Pawnshop, agrees. 'People always need to borrow money, both in good tim

Planning her own 2009 Spokane wedding from Ireland, Rachel Sandall hit an online wall. Google searches six years ago yielded two or three options for venues, without much for photos, so Sandall leaned on personal knowledge from growing up in Spokane to

A Spokane-area man has created a tool that he says can be used for five-different functions, ranging from a small snow shovel to a traction device in bad weather. Kevin Klier of Colbert, Wash., says both Napa Auto Parts and O'Reilly Auto Parts have agr

New vehicles sales here are the strongest in years due largely to rising consumer confidence and high demand for sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles, and pickups, several Inland Northwest dealers say. Mark Waltermire, general manager at Dishman Do

With six years of college, four different majors, and no degree earned, Matt Goodwin still had no idea what he wanted to do for a living as he started bartending at Fast Eddie's Bar & Grill in 2000.

Specialty grocery stores looking to enter or expand in the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene market likely will change the landscape for supermarkets here, says Guy Byrd, a principal at Sperry Van Ness|Cornerstone commercial real estate brokerage, of Spokane. By

Don't plan on staying at the posh, Davenport Grand Hotel between July 7 -11. It's booked. The hotel will be at capacity when it hosts its first official group of convention attendees-1,300 sales reps from the national company Essential Oils. And fo