Peter Froese, the owner and chef at Spokane restaurant Gander & Ryegrass, has opened a "fancy dive bar" in a minuscule space in the downtown core.

A Value Village thrift store will occupy the former Hastings music and bookstore space at 1704 W. Wellesley, near Shadle Park High School on Spokane's North Side. A sign permit filed with the city on March 23 calls for four illuminated Value Village

Pamela and Scott Brownlee, hosts of the Cowboy Supper Show at Rockin' B Ranch, are stepping back after 28 years of serving and entertaining the local community at their barn and home located along Idaho Road, on the Washington side of the

In Liberty Lake's River District, Greenstone Corp., a Liberty Lake-based development company, is constructing a mixed-use town center called the NoLL. The full development is estimated to cost between $50 million and $75 million, says Jim Frank,

Work is well under way in Liberty Lake on a $30 million Caterpillar dealership facility for Meridian, Idaho-based Western States Equipment Co. Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, is the general contractor on the project, and Pete Rockwell, of

Amazon.com Inc. continues to expand its presence in the Spokane area with two current projects having a total construction value of $56 million underway on the West Plains. A nearly 280,000-square-foot structure widely presumed to be an Amazon sorting

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians has three major developments both in progress and on the books this year in Airway Heights, representatives of the tribe say. At Northern Quest Casino, at 100 N. Hayford Road, the tribe is continuing work on its

A plant shop with roots in Colfax, Washington, has established an exclusive storefront in downtown Spokane. A Modern Plantsman opened at 110 S. Madison in mid-December, says owner Dominic Villareal. He's worked to remodel completely the roughly