Hotel room-tax revenues jumped sharply in Spokane County through the first five months of this year, and that and other indicators have tourism officials hoping that the visitor industry will snap all the way back this year from the losses it after

Its been good news, bad news for Post Falls medical-device maker Lifestream Technologies Inc. lately.Last month, the small maker of consumer cholesterol monitors announced that pharmacy giant Walgreen Co. had agreed to sell its devices at all

Rings & Things, the Spokane-based bead and jewelry-component wholesaler, plans to move to a building east of downtown that its owners recently bought from Pacific Wholesale Florist Inc.The 31-year-old wholesaler plans to remodel the building at

A family-entertainment business owner and a group of other Northwest investors are planning to develop a 90-room Holiday Inn Express hotel in Hayden, Idaho, this summer.The $7 million-to-$10 million project is expected to start next month and a

Cory Colvin, founder of the Spokane electrical contracting company Colvico Inc., is trying to reverse the sale of the company to a publicly-traded corporation that he contends withheld important information about its own operation.Enviro-Energy

Some people might sniff a rose with indifference or shrug off the fragrance of apple blossoms. But when it comes to the aroma of lavender, theres no such thing as a nonchalant nose, say Ron and Judy Seaman, who together with their son and and

EchoStar Communications Corp., the Englewood, Colo.-based satellite television service provider that operates the national DISH Network, has bought 22 acres of land on the West Plains for a planned uplink center here.The property is located of

Companies in which Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is involved are starting three large retail projectsone in Spokane and two in the Tri-Citiesworth a total of $55 million.Each of the projects involves construction of a multitenant retail

A recent ruling by the Washington state Supreme Court that banned private businesses from using inmate labor in operations based at state prisons has reinvigorated a longtime debate about the fairness and value of prison-based industries.The of

Petnet Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Knoxville, Tenn.-based maker of radioactive drugs used in cancer detection, has awarded Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, a $1.2 million contract to construct a production facility at the Spokane International of a