The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce has formed a group charged with keeping Fairchild Air Force Base off a list of U.S. military bases to be closed about three years from now.About 25 businesspeople, civic leaders, and aids to Washington a

With mortgage rates nearly a point higher than they were earlier this year and much of the refinancing demand satisfied, the white-hot home-loan market has cooled considerably, perhaps signaling an industry shakeout.Some of the decline in has a

SANDPOINT, IdahoLitehouse Foods Inc. hopes to nearly double its sales volume in the next five years, to almost $180 million, by making its line of refrigerated salad dressings, dips, and sauces as popular on the East Coast as they are in the that

When Renee Balcom, the local facility manager for Getronics, ruptured an Achilles tendon a year ago, she found the key to healing her heel just a few steps away from her office.Amsterdam-based Getronics has a well-furnished, about exercise in

Do you consider yourself a good consumer? Would you buy a car or a major appliance without comparing costs, reading up on whats available, and consulting reviews? Can you say the same of yourself as a consumer of health care? Insurers

The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (MAC) has contracted with Klundt Hosmer Design, the Spokane-based visual-communications firm, to develop an advertising and marketing campaign that the museum hopes will appeal to families.The contract, 1

A series of computer viruses that wormed their way into corporate America last month has spurred some Spokane-area businesses and agencies to review their cyber safeguards.What theyre finding is of little comfort in many cases, professionals

Columbia Fiber Solutions Inc., the Spokane concern that owns the former Avista Corp. fiber-optic network here and has focused strictly on offering fiber to companies that have their own equipment to use it, now plans to light up some of its for

The municipalities of Sprague, Wilbur, and Creston are joining forces to begin planning revitalization projects in their downtowns.The Inland Northwest towns were expected to select a program manager and engineer team this week to design three

The Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institutes application for a $3 million U.S. Economic Development Administration grant to build a wet-lab facility here has been denied, at least for now.It is final that it wont be this