A type of design-build project delivery method known as progressive design-build is catching on in the state, and that approach already is being employed on a couple of Spokane-area projects, says veteran architect Rustin Hall.

Real estate investment company Wall Street LLC has bought the six-story Old City Hall building in downtown Spokane for $5.3 million, says one of the company's partners, Nicholas Knapton. Located on the southwest corner of Spokane Falls Boulevard and

Spokane real estate investment and development company Watts Project LLC has purchased two adjacent buildings on the 1300 block of west First Avenue downtown, where the company plans to transform the two existing single-story buildings into a combination

During the past three years, Spokane Valley-based environmental services company Budinger & Associates Inc. has seen about a 25 percent increase in staff, which now consists of 46 mostly full-time employees, says John Finnegan, CEO, principal engineer, an

A Spokane County committee called the Eco-Team has launched a local pilot project of the national Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, says Cassandra Harvey, water resource specialist with the county's Solid Waste division within the Environmental Servi

Since Spokane Valley-based Cancer Care Northwest opened the first autologous stem cell transplant program here in 2005, it has conducted 271 transplants on patients ranging from 15 to 78 years old. Dr. Hakan Kaya, an oncologist, hematologist, and senior

Whitworth Water District No. 2 plans to start construction next week of a new $4.3 million administration and operations facility, says Tim Murrell, general manager for the district. The facility will be located at 17401 N. Newport Highway, in the Mead

Enclosed in a forest of fir trees rests a giant teeter-totter, huge swing, zip lines, trapeze jumps, a slide, and a ladder large enough to put Jack's beanstalk to shame. Those props and others are features of programs offered through Adventure Dynami

New restrictions halfway around the world are expected to prompt increased competition for the Spokane-area's recyclables-and potentially increased costs-for businesses and consumers here. Deb Geiger, regional solid waste manager for Spokane County