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IQ Interactive changes its name, focus

Manufacturer of exhibit displays now Flexhibits

March 12, 2015

IQ Interactive, the Spokane-based company that designs and makes modular, wall-structured systems for museums and science centers, says it has changed the name of the company to Flexhibits, reflecting its new focus on the interactive, interchangeable disp

Empire Health Foundation sets down roots

Nonprofit's partners grow, seek measurable success

March 12, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Empire Health Foundation now operates out of the recently remodeled former Civic Building, although staffers as of last week were still unpacking boxes after moving from temporary quarters across Riverside Avenue.

Robotics League to hold regional tournament on EWU campus

Sixty-four student teams to compete in Cheney

March 12, 2015

Katie Ross

FIRST Robotics Competition, a Manchester, N.H.-based youth robotics competition program, is seeking to increase its presence here by holding its regional competition at Eastern Washington University next month, says Erin McCallum, the Kent, Wash.-based pr

Lyft, Uber win temporary restraining orders on release of city data

Ride-share companies make proprietary claims

March 12, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Two popular ride-share companies, Uber and Lyft, have been granted temporary restraining orders in Spokane County Superior Court that stem from public-records requests the Journal of Business filed seeking information on the fees they paid to the city of

Focusing on growth at the CFA Society

Financial analyst group preps for big dinner, other functions

March 12, 2015

Katie Ross

The Chartered Financial Analyst Society Spokane, an organization of financial analysts, portfolio managers, and other investment professionals, has grown from about 40 members to 70 members since 2005, mainly from starting a subchapter in Montana, holding

PrimeSource Credit Union to open Spokane Valley branch

Organization celebrates 80th anniversary soon

March 12, 2015

Katie Ross

Spokane-based PrimeSource Credit Union is planning to open its third branch this summer in an 11,400-square-foot building at 9208 E. Sprague in Spokane Valley, says CEO Margaret Burkholz. PrimeSource purchased the building, which sits at the corner of E

Rainmaker Creative: Making it rain customers

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March 12, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Billie and Kevin Gaura, the two principals of Rainmaker Creative, a Spokane-based full-service advertising agency says the name refers to making it rain customers for their clients. 'We had the name and the business plan done two years before we opene

Northwest Farm Credit reports drop in earnings last year

Co-op's total loans rose by 6.5 percent, however

March 12, 2015

Katie Ross

Northwest Farm Credit Services, the Spokane-based agricultural lending cooperative, has posted earnings of $228.1 million for 2014, a decline of just under 4 percent from $236.9 million in 2013. Phil DiPofi, the cooperative's CEO, says in a press rele

Greenstone Corp. affiliate to develop 500-lot subdivision

Work on first units could gear up this spring

March 12, 2015

Mike McLean

Rivercrossing LLC, an affiliate of Liberty Lake-based real estate development company Greenstone Corp., is planning a subdivision in Liberty Lake's River District that would include about 500 residential units and future commercial development. The Tru

WSU students to roll out Go KEFI travel website

Startup Weekend champ will test idea on campus

March 12, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Three Washington State University students who have developed Go KEFI, an affordable adventure travel website, say they are poised to test the platform on the Pullman campus. Amanda Scott, a WSU senior who generated the idea for the website, pitched the