Hap Taylor & Sons Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, doing business as Knife River, has begun work under a $4.3 million contract to lay both sewer lines and water mains in the West Ponderosa area south of Spokane Valley.Mark Stiltz, a Spokane County says a

Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, has begun work under a $5.6 million contract to renovate and expand the former science building at Spokane Community College, says Dennis Dunham, director of capital projects for Community Colleges of project in

Petrucelly's Violins & Sound Hole Music, a 25-year-old Spokane business that sells and repairs guitars, violins, and other string instruments, has moved from downtown to the near North Side to acquire more space and to be more visible, says owner

The Institute for Extended Learning, one of the three educational institutions of Community Colleges of Spokane, has opened what it calls the Bowdish Valley Center in a Sprague Avenue strip mall near University City.The institute began leasing a

Blue Water Technologies Inc., based in Hayden, Idaho, has been awarded a more than $400,000 subcontract to install its phosphorus-removal system in the wastewater treatment plant being built for the city of Plummer, Idaho.Tom Daugherty, Blue the

The Coeur d'Alene-based franchisor San Francisco-Style Sourdough Eatery Inc. plans to expand the sandwich-shop chain dramatically, with up to 100 new outlets within the next three years.The founder, Robert Lenhart, says he plans to move to an in

Two Spokane-area companies bit by the historic squeeze in capital markets each separately has been able to take actions in recent months that might signal a modest easing in the nation's financial crisis.Though their circumstances were different,

Mercy Housing Inc., a Denver-based affordable housing nonprofit, is seeking $10 million in federal stimulus money for proposed housing stabilization projects in two Spokane neighborhoods, along with similar requests in several other markets. The