Spokane-based Red Lion Hotels Corp. is remodeling three of its hotels in Spokane and Post Falls at a combined cost of roughly $4.8 million.Remodeling work at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park at 303 W. North River Drive, the Red Lion River Inn at

Spokane real estate executive John Becker says he and his wife, Marianne, plan to develop an office building near the southwest corner of the intersection of Cataldo Avenue and Division Street.The estimated $1 million project will involve a to

A startup here that develops technology to speed up greatly the communication between data servers and remote computers used to access them has set up shop in the incubator space at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology company, Inc.,

Spokanes Sarah Gilcher says shes got the ideal survival product for women on the go. Its called the Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit, and it combines practicality with pleasure, including, among other items, instructions to change a flat to

Health-care providers in the Spokane area have started offering digital mammography services, and say the technology detects breast cancer better than film-based mammography in some instances.Clinical studies, including one published recently a

Health-plan costs for Spokane-area businesses are rising this year mostly in the single-digit to low double-digit percentage range, which is slightly lower than the rate hikes businesses experienced in 2005.Representatives of several of the say

Spokane-area bank and credit union executives expect gains in both loans and deposits next year, although they caution that rising interest rates could slow that growth slightly.Were optimistic about 2006, and have good reason to be, says

Kootenai Countys economy is expected to cool slightly but remain strong in 2006, following two years of intense growth.A few of the sectors that are anticipated to post gains next year include health care and tourism, while construction will

Job growth in Spokane County is expected to slow to a normal rate in 2006 after advancing at an unexpectedly rapid pace this year, experts here say.Preliminary results show roughly 210,000 people were employed in Spokane County in November, up

Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. has bought the cable TV system that serves Airway Heights and Fairchild Air Force Base from Laurel, Mont.-based Cable Montana LLC, and is upgrading that network to include services such as high-definition and the it