The city of Spokane is implementing the first wave of recommendationswhich should yield an annual cost savings of about $500,000from the comprehensive efficiency study it ordered last year. The 500-page, $260,000 study, prepared by Matrix

Express Messenger Systems Inc., a Phoenix-based freight-delivery and courier service, has opened a hub in Spokane.The company, which specializes in same-day delivery, is leasing about 4,900 square feet of office and warehouse space at 6207 W. a

Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, has begun work on a $50 million infrastructure project that will serve new housing developments planned at Schweitzer Mountain Resort, near Sandpoint, says the real estate broker whos marketing the work will a

The Kalispel Tribe says it plans to announce soon a big expansion of its Northern Quest Casino, in Airway Heights, and although a spokeswoman declines for now to provide details, an online newsletter says the project would include a hotel, center,

Outside dining is bolstering sales at downtown restaurants here, to the point that a co-owner of one new establishment says open-air seating was a critical factor in deciding on the eaterys location.That restaurateur, Deb Green, who owns Caf

Residential real estate sales dipped only slightly in Spokane County in the first five months of 2007, defying forecasts of a more rapid slowdown, while home sales in Kootenai County fell well off their pace, according to industry reports.The 2

In just two years, Spokane Valley-based ACE Production Technologies Inc., a Spokane Valley high-tech manufacturer, has become one of the leading U.S.-based makers of robotic machines that solder electronic components onto circuit boards, claims who

A developer is floating an idea for a project that would link Spokane city- and county-operated drainage systems in a park-like network and provide additional storm-water storage for development on the Moran Prairie.The idea is being promoted a

Northwest MedStar, the Spokane-based nonprofit air-ambulance service, is feeling the pinch between rising fuel costs and flat Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance reimbursements, its managers say.Anthony Minge, MedStars business operations says

A 5-year-old Spokane manufacturer of hand-operated machines that enable one person to move heavy rolls of paper or reels of cable says its growing rapidly and taking away U.S. market share from its chief global competitor.The company, Inc., a