Doyle Knight has grown accustomed to taking the road less traveled, both literally and figuratively.For about 10 years, the Deer Lake, Wash., man has been negotiating unexpected switchbacks and detours while seeking to develop and bring to a for

Foothills Lincoln Mercury Mazda plans to open a satellite service center on the South Hill that would be the first Ford Motor Co.-certified facility of its type in the Pacific Northwest and one of only about a dozen nationally.Chris Marr, of the

Spokane Countys 25 nursing homes, which collectively care for thousands of elderly and disabled residents, have begun feeling the squeeze of federally reduced Medicare reimbursement rates.The Medicare reimbursement changes, though only months

Theres something to be said for recognizing ones aptitude and exploiting it.Thats what Spokanes Kevin Collins did after going to work in 1984 for a finishing shop in Redmond, Wash., that painted sheet-metal, cast-aluminum, machined, and

The state of Washington has filed a motion asking that Spokane trucking company WTB Inc.s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing be dismissed or converted to a Chapter 7 liquidation due to the companys alleged failure to file post-petition tax returns to

Businesses and homeowners in the city of Spokane will pay a higher property-tax levy rate this yearafter five years of decreasesdue partly to heightened school construction activity and a slower rise in overall property values here. On in also

Buckeye Beans & Herbs Inc., of Spokane, has fired nine employees, including its president, and has shut down all dried-soup and pasta production, as part of a decision to get out of the specialty-food market, says its CEO, George G. Van Houten, who

Garco Construction, of Spokane, has begun offering development services through a new affiliate company, called Garco Development Services, and has bought two projects, at Liberty Lake and in Pasco, Wash.Those projects include the planned of a &

Spokane-area businesses will be hit with health-plan rate hikes again this year to no ones surprise, but the storm clouds meager silver lining is that the increases will be smaller in some cases than in 1998.Representatives of some of the 4

The downtown Metro Block, mostly vacated last year by Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., is to be renovated into a creative business incubator that would seek to attract artists, writers, designers, and some high-tech to a is