Founder's daughter takes the helm at United Lithographers Brandy Donough has taken over ownership of United Lithographers Inc., of Spokane Valley, due to the sudden death in June of her father, Ray Tyson-Flyn, who started the business

Lloyd Industries Inc., a Spokane Valley maker of pizza pans and other equipment primarily for the restaurant industry, says its experiment this year to introduce a product aimed at consumers—some rugged cookware called ManPans—is showing

The U.S. Social Security Administration has leased 37,000 square feet of space in the Iron Bridge complex, at 1401 E. Trent, and plans to move its two Spokane offices there, says a real estate agent involved in the lease.The agent, Mike of & 3

Todd and Beth Mathison, the former owners of West Plains Fitness, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection here.The Mathisons say they were forced to sell that business, located at 1515 S. Technology Lane, last summer when a lender the of

The Washington state Department of Ecology is proposing to enter into a formal agreement with Union Pacific Railroad Co. to study contamination at a former aluminum recycling site at 2317 N. Sullivan, in Spokane Valley. A month-long public on

Spokane business and civic leaders have formed a political action committee they call the Inland Northwest Coalition, or INC, to identify, support, and advise pro-business candidates for office. John Pilcher, a real estate developer and of INC,

The city of Spokane plans to hire a consultant to help it prepare a bid package for a possible U.S. Department of Defense contract to provide water, sewer, and electric service to Fairchild Air Force Base.The city, which already provides sewer a

John Michial Shumate and his wife, Jennifer, who own the Shumate Harley-Davidson dealership here, and three of their companies have filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, listing total debts and assets of more than $10 a

Critical Power Exchange LLC, a recycler and reseller of backup-power equipment, says it has moved from Liberty Lake into larger quarters in Spokane Valley due to recent and anticipated growth, and expects to increase its work force by about a third