Amid a steep decline in residential construction here, commercial projects are continuing to hold up overall building-permit values in parts of Spokane County, especially in Spokane Valley, where total building-permit values this year through July

As automakers try to entice consumers with low- and no-interest financing on new vehicles amid a slow economy and rising fuel prices, some small banks appear to be backing away from the auto-loan market, while credit unions and some larger banks a

Washington Federal Savings, a regional bank with Pacific Northwest roots that go back 91 years, has bought land in Liberty Lake, where it plans to erect its first Eastern Washington branch, the bank says.The Seattle-based bank has bought a site

When Bernardo Wills Architects PC set out to design a retail building for a small parcel nestled against a mature South Hill neighborhood, it attempted to break up the structure visuallyusing a variety of building materials and roof the might

A Spokane developer plans to build an $11.4 million, 144-unit apartment complex west of the Mirabeau area in Spokane Valley.The developer, HAL Valley Apartments LLC, has obtained building permits to construct a six-building complex, to be at E.

The city of Spokane Valley has issued building permits for 15 metal buildings, together worth about $7.2 million, to Spokane developer Lanzce Douglass, who plans to construct a self-storage complex at the former site of the East Sprague Cinemas, a

Spokane County is considering a change to its zoning code that would allow three or more units of attached single-family homes, called row housing, in all residential zones. Although there apparently isnt high demand for such units so far, say is

When family-owned Knight Construction & Supply Inc. began looking to diversify its revenues a couple of years ago, little did the owners know that the manufacturing business they would launch could eventually overshadow their longtime Deer says now

Aslin-Finch Feed Co., a Spokane-based manufacturer and distributor of animal feed that also operates eight retail outlets, plans to move its store at 5618 E. Sprague across the street to a former furniture store situated between a Home Depot Inc. a

The Coeur dAlene-based flooring company known today as Great Floors LLC has seen its sales grow exponentially with the addition of new branches that reach from Boise to Bellingham, but its president has taken care not to let go of the companys