In the face of rising health-care costs, some employers here are tweaking their wellness programs to workers who participate in options designed to keep them well.The incentives, which include gift cards, lower insurance premiums, and fitness

The tax-increment financing district spawned by the planned Kendall Yards urban village could be the catalyst that helps fuel up to 18 city and county projects with an estimated cost of $21 million that reach as far north as Cora Avenue.While a

A rising mainstream demand for natural-stone, stone-tile, and manufactured-stone countertops is driving a recent expansion of fabricators and installers in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area, industry representatives here say.Longtime Spokane and

Western Avionics Inc., the longtime Spokane-based provider of aircraft electronics equipment and pilot supplies, has added aircraft maintenance to its services, and has changed its operating name to Western Aviation, says Dave Hood, the companys

David Coombs, president and owner of Downtown Toyota/Lexus Inc., of Spokane, has bought the former Safeway Inc. store site at the southwest corner of Third Avenue and Maple Street, says a real estate broker who was involved in the purchase.The

Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest, the Spokane-based nonprofit employers group, says that it has bought the Moloney+ONeill insurance brokerages North Side building for an undisclosed sum.Jim DeWalt, CEO of Associated Industries,

Aho Construction I Inc., of Vancouver, Wash., has purchased a 30-acre parcel of land on the West Plains and plans to develop a 90-lot residential subdivision there.Aho received approval from Spokane County of a preliminary plat for the which is

The Mirabeau Point area, once all but written off following the closure of Walk in the Wild Zoo in 1995, is now a growing center of private, civic, and recreational uses in the Spokane Valley, thanks to an influx of $70 million or more in Business

More than six years after the HomeBase Inc. store closed in Spokane Valley, the 100,000-square-foot building and the land it sits on is set to be disposed of in a foreclosure action.The property is scheduled to be sold at auction at 10 a.m. May

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, could begin work as soon as July on a $50 million project on the Washington State University campus in Pullman. Lydig already is looking for qualified subcontractors to bid for work on the project, a $50 and