Harold Gilkeys older brother got the first glimpse of his siblings business savvy when Harold was 6 years old.The older Gilkey, Duane, had set up a lemonade stand near the familys home in Livingston, Mont., then turned the operation over

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

A plan to replace the big Johnson Hall research laboratory at Washington State Universitys Pullman campus has ballooned into a proposed six-building research and education complex that would cost an estimated $333 million.The half-dozen would

Spokane developer Dick Vandervert is ready to breathe new life into two long-dormant buildings in the citys core.With an anchor tenant in hand, a newly formed company headed by Vandervert is taking on an anticipated $9.2 million project the a

Most Monday mornings these days, youll find Mert Malek faithfully chasing the ol white ball around Liberty Lake Golf Course.The retired banker is one of about 200 men who call themselves the Over-the-Hill Gang and meet once a week on the to

Once mostly interested in young, healthy males, clinical researchers here say seniors now play an integral role in testing new drugs and medical devices.Spokane has a large, fairly nontransient population of older adults, they say, allowing the

North Idaho College is schooling trainers so they can offer project-management training to businesses throughout Idaho and in the Spokane area.The trainers will receive a certification in project-management instruction.The program, funded a

Studying a relationship between wages and chocolate might seem like a peculiar analysis for an economist to perform.Yet for William Dillingham, a Spokane-based regional labor economist for the Washington state Employment Security Department, an

A construction-education program that was intended to train displaced workers has blossomed quickly into its own small vocational school.Two months ago, the Inland Northwest Associated General Contractors and WorkSource Spokane began offering a

IT-LifeLine Inc., a small data backup and recovery company here, plans to move its office and data center into larger quarters at the Liberty Lake Internet Portal building, in Liberty Lake.Steven Tabacek, president of IT-LifeLine, says the has