A new planning concept, called form-based zoning, is being implemented in Spokane Valley to blend retail, office, and residential uses, beginning with those on the Sprague-Appleway corridor, while Post Falls is developing a similar zoning method in

Susan Rae has found a way to turn her horse sense into living wages.She conceived and created Ride the West Horse & Ranch Expo, the Inland Northwests biggest annual event dedicated to horses and the people who love them. Rae organizes the her

Dix Corp., the longtime Spokane-based specialty contractor, is working with a Montana company on a massive project thats intended to help restore native fish runs to the dam-blocked headwaters of the Deschutes River in central Oregon.The a on

Tawni Spargur felt blindsided when she was diagnosed six months ago with lung cancer.The 46-year-old Spokane woman had been concerned enough about breast cancer to perform self examinations and to undergo recommended medical screenings to early

Robert B. Goebel General Contractor Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to build the $35 million Salvation Army Coeur dAlene Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, in Coeur dAlene.Terry Goebel, vice president of R.B. Goebel, says

Developer Marshall Chesrown says hes pursuing tentative plans to build a private school in the Legacy Ridge subdivision at Liberty Lake that he is developing through Coeur dAlene-based Black Rock Development Inc.Chesrown, CEO of Black Rock,

A Coeur dAlene company is developing a four-story, 60,000-square-foot office building on Northwest Boulevard south of Interstate 90 in Coeur dAlene. The building, to be called RiverView Tower, will sit on a 3-acre site at 2100 Northwest the

Tomlinson Black Group, the Coeur dAlene-based real estate company, has formed a strategic alliance with Realogy Corp., a big Parsippany, N.J.-based real estate services company.The alliance will place the Tomlinson Black brand before buyers a

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, has been awarded a contract to build the big new Cabelas Inc. store in Post Falls, and construction on the project could begin as early as next week, the giant sporting goods retailer says.The Sidney,

The prospect of Cabelas Inc. and G.I. Joes Inc. entering the Spokane-Coeur dAlene sporting goods market and Sportsmans Warehouse expanding here doesnt exactly have home-grown and longtime retailers shaking in their hiking boots.Ed who