Now two years old, the Inland Northwest Economic Alliance is on track with its business-recruitment effort to attract its first companies to the region within the next year, veteran recruiter Bob Potter says. Potter says he has made 115 sales

Evergreen Fountains LLC, a company headed by brothers Greg and Prokey Arger, plans to develop a 115-unit retirement complex, to be called Evergreen Fountains Senior Living Community, along Evergreen Road, in Spokane Valley.The Argers say the of

A Spokane company led by real estate executive Bill Butler has completed its purchase of the eight-story, former Wells Fargo Bank Building downtown and has started work on a $1 million-plus renovation project there.The company, Riverside 522 up

Some years back, Dr. Stacie Bering made a heartbreaking visit to a hospital to see a friend who was dying of cancer. It wasnt just the friends terminal condition that made Bering feel sad; it was that he was all alone, with nurses scurrying

If at some point this season, all of the Spokane-Coeur dAlene area golf courses are busy and tee times are elusive, it might be time to take Big Bertha for a short drive, along with the rest of your clubs.More than 20 golf courses are located

Ambassadors Group Inc., the Spokane-based provider of educational travel programs, plans to build a 100,000-square-foot-plus corporate headquarters on the West Plains. Jeff Thomas, Ambassadors Group president and CEO, says the company has for 2

The Spokane City Council later this month will consider approving an overhaul of the citys residential development code. The councils public hearing on the proposed residential code is set for 6 p.m. on Monday, April 10, in the City on the

To no ones surprise, Taylor Engineering Inc. President Mike Taylor wanted to be an engineer early in life.Then, however, the son of a career military man headed toward a military career himself. That was followed by a brief stint as a farmer

Spokane Valley-based fuel-cell maker ReliOn Inc. quadrupled its sales volume in 2005 and is on track to grow at that same aggressive rate this year. In the not-too-distant future, the company, which uses its fuel-cell technology to make backup

Soon, more Spokane-area businesses will be able to deposit checks into their bank accounts without making a visit to a bank branch. Some Spokane-based banks are ramping up a service the banking industry generally refers to as remote deposit can