Boosted by some big-ticket projects and continued strength in residential construction, building permit activity in the Spokane area has surged this year.Through the first 11 months of 2004, the city of Spokane, city of Spokane Valley, and for

Robert Daugherty had been offered the top post at California Savings Bank and was house-hunting in San Francisco earlier this year when he got a call about the president and CEO posts at Spokane-based AmericanWest Bancorp.Soon thereafter, he at

The Spokane Transit Authority hopes to start construction next month of a $1.25 million park-and-ride facility on Spokanes South Hill.The lot, which would provide space for bus riders to park their cars while they take STA buses to downtown a

A company headed by prominent Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is building a $12 million, 192-unit apartment complex in Liberty Lake.Site work for the project started last month at the southeast corner of Country Vista Drive and Henry Road, in

Spokane-area business advocates will go to Olympia this legislative session asking for more than $115 million for higher-education capital projects here, most of which are just now being introduced, including $40.6 million for two major also be and

Dix Corp., the longtime Spokane specialty construction company, is working on $21.5 million in improvement projects on two dams on the Snake River in southeastern Washington.Two of the projects involve upgrades to Ice Harbor Dam, which is on 10

Inland Northwest Health Services extensive electronic medical-records network here has caught the eye of some high-level federal officials, and the Spokane nonprofit hopes to be in on the early stages of an effort to form a national records CEO a

Serving in a ministerial position with the Catholic Church during his 20s, Michael Carmody didnt have much discretionary income. What he did have, though, was a high number of bird sightings under his belt and a good reputation in circles. I

Washington State University has begun raising money for a $55 million facelift and expansion at Martin Stadium, the Pullman, Wash., home of the WSU Cougars football team.WSUs athletic department is spearheading fund raising for the proposed a

Crown West Realty LLC, the Spokane-based owner of the big Spokane Business & Industrial Park, is on an aggressive building-acquisition spree in Phoenix, having been involved with two recent purchases there worth more than $80 million, including one