Convention bookings are down this year from those for 2002, but the Spokane Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau is plotting to narrow the gap before year-end.Still, before the U.S. invaded Iraq last week, visitor activity in the Spokane to

Energized by the addition of ESPN founder Stu Evey as its top executive, a young Spokane company is preparing to launch its digital jukebox as an alternative to the conventional music machines. The company, Songbird Digital Jukebox Inc., so

The Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute has applied for a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerces Economic Development Administration to build a 35,000-square-foot wet-lab facility at the southwest portion of

COEUR DALENELanny Ream says rockhounds are a dying breedliterally. Hunting and collecting rocks and minerals was really a big thing after World War II because thats the first time people had money and time, he says. Our parents or

Another round of U.S. military base closures is loomingone perhaps as big as the previous four rounds combinedand with it Fairchild Air Force Base will become part of a high-stakes poker game.Win, and the base probably would grow, bringing

Spokanes Key Tronic Corp., having shed the major distraction of a protracted and bitterly disputed lawsuit over alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, is turning its full attention to restoring its lagging sales and to broadening its customer

As a retailer, Sandpoint-based Coldwater Creek Inc. was built on catalog sales of its womens apparel and gift items, with Internet sales added when that electronic medium exploded on the scene. Now, the North Idaho company is looking to its a

A growing awareness about the problems from household molds has the insurance industry tightening its coverage and environmental-services companies working to keep up with the growing demand for mold analysis and cleanup. A 2001 lawsuit, in a a

In established parts of the MeadowWood at Liberty Lake subdivision, homes with three-car garages spread out over wide lots.In newer parts of the same neighborhood, however, homes with living space stacked upon tandem garages, in which cars are

While promoting other businesses and organizations, WhiteRunkle Associates, a full-service advertising agency here, has created a pleasant byproduct: its own success. The 23-year-old Spokane-based firm, which serves clients ranging from AT&T