Bob Asbury spends countless hours at some of the Wests premier fishing spots, yet rarely finds the time to drop a line in the water, let alone hook a big rainbow or steelhead.Thats because, as producer, director, and photographer for the TV

Developers of property in the city of Spokane could be working under new zoning regulations by fall, and city planners claim the new standards will be more sensible and easier to use than the current ones.The Spokane Plan Commission recently of

D.A. Davidson & Co., the Great Falls, Mont.-based stock brokerage, has boosted its 2004 and 2005 earnings estimates for Avista Corp., based partly on the Spokane companys potential for greater electric and gas rate relief than projected earlier.

Demand for small retail spaces is picking up here, offering signs of rising business confidence following a long soft spell, commercial real estate specialists say.Some partially filled retail centers that saw new leasing activity grind almost

Culminating about 12 years of effort, Spokane County has enacted new regulations that will change how and where development is allowed in the countys expansive unincorporated area.The new rules, which took effect at the beginning of this a in

Growing up on the shores of Liberty Lake, back when it was unincorporated and lightly populated, Kris Mikkelsen says she rode horses and enjoyed the quiet lifestyle there.Now, as CEO of Spokane-based Inland Power & Light Co., she draws no that

Dellen Wood Products Inc., a 43-year-old Spokane maker of fireplace logs, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Documents that the company has filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court here list its total assets at about $1.1 million and its at

Manufactured-home dealerships here have been hammered in recent years by an industry slump that has decimated sales, gutted staffing levels, and caused many stores and some plants to close.A frenzied surge in competition and reckless lending to

The owner of a longtime grain elevator complex just north of downtown Spokane has put the property up for sale, and the commercial real estate broker marketing the massive structure for possible mixed-use redevelopment says he has received an offer

The president and co-founder of Biomedex Inc., a prominent Spokane-based biotechnology startup, has filed personally for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, and the company reportedly has shut down.In the Chapter 11 filing,