If youve walked into a convenience store in the Pacific Northwest to pay for gas or to buy snacks, its quite possible that you also have looked at, been tempted by, and maybe even snatched up products sold by Doug Huffmans Spokane-based items

The Spokane Public Facilities District recently invited firms interested in providing architectural and engineering services for the proposed expansion and remodeling of the Spokane Convention Center to submit qualifications.The district in an a

Plans for a $50 million, 19-story office tower in downtown Spokane havent been pushed off schedule by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks or the nations slide toward economic recession, a project spokesman says.Larry Soehren, vice president of &

Key Tronic Corp., of Spokane, is gearing up to add hundreds of employees to its global work force in coming months as it settles firmly into its new role as a diversified contract engineering and manufacturing concern, and seeks to dive into a of a

Washington states already stymied effort to approve a new transportation-funding plan no doubt was dealt a further setback by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the East Coast, says Spokane auto dealer Chris Marr, who recently became chairman of a

Spokane restaurateur Dennis Kelly plans to develop a small retail center, called Felts Crossing, at the northeast corner of Trent Avenue and Fancher Way near the Felts Field municipal airport.Kelly says the retail center will be located on a he

Eduard Ribic has been tinkering with wind power since his childhood days in Austria. He remembers building a wind machine at an early age that made a hammering noise to scare grape-eating birds away from vineyards his family owned. As the blades of

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, has returned to profitabilityat least on paperfollowing a business downturn that led to several consecutive quarters of financial losses, extensive job cuts, other cost-slashing measures, and

Calvert Technologies Inc., the West Plains automated-systems integrator and manufacturer, has slashed its work force, cut other overhead expenses, and set up a creditor payoff plan to overcome recent financial woes.George C. Calvert, the CEO, be

The introduction of daylight passenger rail service connecting Spokane, the Tri-Cities, and Seattle is feasible physically and operationally, a Washington state Department of Transportation study has found.However, the minimum $350 million worth