Petrucelly's Violins & Sound Hole Music, a 25-year-old Spokane business that sells and repairs guitars, violins, and other string instruments, has moved from downtown to the near North Side to acquire more space and to be more visible, says owner

University Appliance Inc., of Spokane Valley, has closed its doors, posting a sign on its front entrance there that says it has ceased operations after 29 years in business.Representatives of the company couldn't be reached for comment, but sign

Spokane Valley-based American Behavioral Health Systems Inc. says it plans to open a $5 million treatment facility in Chehalis, Wash., on Sept 1. The chemical dependency treatment company, which primarily serves state-paid low-income clients,

Jim DeWalt, president and CEO of Spokane-based Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest, and his wife, Ruth, have filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in U.S. Bankruptcy Court here, listing total assets of about $2.6 million and debts of $4.2 which

A franchisee of Snap Fitness here has opened an outlet at the recently completed Northtown Square shopping center, at 4727 N. Division. Nick Freese and his partners in the franchise opened the new location in a 3,500-square-foot leased space on

The Institute for Extended Learning, one of the three educational institutions of Community Colleges of Spokane, has opened what it calls the Bowdish Valley Center in a Sprague Avenue strip mall near University City.The institute began leasing a

Gary Bernardo says he and Bob Wills, majority owners of Bernardo Wills Architects PC, of Spokane, have bought a half-acre parcel of land downtown with two buildings on it and plan to move the prominent Spokane design firm there early next year a on

Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, has reported second-quarter net income of $18.5 million, down sharply from $31.2 million in the year-earlier quarter.For the year's first six months, the federally chartered ag-lending cooperative of a

Blue Water Technologies Inc., based in Hayden, Idaho, has been awarded a more than $400,000 subcontract to install its phosphorus-removal system in the wastewater treatment plant being built for the city of Plummer, Idaho.Tom Daugherty, Blue the

Novelis Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based aluminum rolled-products manufacturer and recycler that operates a research-and-development facility here called the Solatens Technology Center, says it plans to move that operation into a new $2.5 million it's &