While the country grapples with the merits and methods of affirmative action, a Spokane-based nonprofit organization is helping companies comply with the equal-employment regulations that exist today.Almost 15 years ago, Associated Industries a

Coeur dAlene Mines Corp., of Coeur dAlene, says it has reached a major milestone in its 10-year quest to obtain permits to mine gold at its Kensington property near Juneau, Alaskaa project that could boost the companys annual gold by 150 by

James A. Cripe, former president and CEO of the now-defunct Outlaw Decoys Inc., has received permission from U.S. Bankruptcy Court here to proceed with a lawsuit against the company.In May, Outlaw Decoys, a Spokane Valley-based maker of hunting

Western United Life Assurance Co., a subsidiary of Spokane-based Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., has sold 29 lots in a beachfront subdivision on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu for about $29 million.C. Paul Sandifur Jr.,

Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative is investing $40 million to $45 million in new technologyincluding in the Spokane-area marketthat will standardize its computer systems and allow electronic medical record keeping at all of its 25 clinics

W. Berry Fowler, the Spokane entrepreneur who founded such franchising powerhouses as Sylvan Learning Centers and Little Gym International Inc., has sold his most recent franchising venture, national tutoring provider KnowledgePoints.Earlier it

An idea planted about a year agoto open an agricultural technology commercialization center hereappears to be breaking through the topsoil.The project, being pursued by the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, Washington State University,

When Walt and Karen Worthy were resuscitating Spokanes most upscale hotel, sculptor and arts advocate Vincent De Felice approached them with an idea. Why not build into the Davenport Hotel an exquisite art gallery as an amenity for guests and an

The city of Spokane is enforcing an ordinance that it believes makes it illegal for builders to haul away their own construction waste using certain equipment. Contractors call the citys position garbage.At issue are large trucks with can

The Coeur dAlene Tribe has begun a $15 million expansion of its hotel and casino complex near Worley, Idaho, with projects that will almost double the size of the hotel and add 400 gaming machines to the casino.Construction of the projects to