More than $40 million in subcontract work for the big Spokane Convention Center expansion project will be coming down the pike in the nearing months, with much of it to be awarded this summer. The Spokane Public Facilities District and a joint

The owners of PC Open Inc., a fast-growing electronics equipment manufacturer here, have formed an affiliated company to make computer servers and software for next-generation digital video recording. The new company, Securgen LLC, has begun of

Harold Gilkeys older brother got the first glimpse of his siblings business savvy when Harold was 6 years old.The older Gilkey, Duane, had set up a lemonade stand near the familys home in Livingston, Mont., then turned the operation over

A plan to replace the big Johnson Hall research laboratory at Washington State Universitys Pullman campus has ballooned into a proposed six-building research and education complex that would cost an estimated $333 million.The half-dozen would

Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is ready to breathe new life into two long-dormant buildings in the citys core.With an anchor tenant in hand, a newly formed company headed by Vandervert is taking on an anticipated $9.2 million project the a

Once mostly interested in young, healthy males, clinical researchers here say seniors now play an integral role in testing new drugs and medical devices.Spokane has a large, fairly nontransient population of older adults, they say, allowing the

A construction-education program that was intended to train displaced workers has blossomed quickly into its own small vocational school.Two months ago, the Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors and WorkSource Spokane began offering a

IT-LifeLine Inc., a small data backup and recovery company here, plans to move its office and data center into larger quarters at the Liberty Lake Internet Portal building, in Liberty Lake.Steven Tabacek, president of IT-LifeLine, says the has

Apollo College, a Phoenix-based vocational school, has expanded its Spokane facilities to accommodate additional programs and growing enrollment here.The school has moved into about 9,000 square feet of additional leased space that adjoins the

Gonzaga University plans to construct a five-story, $10.5 million apartment and retail complex on an entire block west of its campus that currently is occupied by the Colonial Bowl bowling alley. The development still is being designed, but it