Northwest Boat Center, a Portland-based pleasure-boat dealer, has opened a high-end boat dealership along U.S. 95 in Hayden, Idaho.The new dealership is located on a 1.5-acre lot at the southeast corner of Hayden Avenue and U.S. 95, in the of a

The city of Spokane has shelved plans to enlarge greatly a broadband wireless-communication network that covers a roughly 100-block area of downtown.Right now I dont see that growing a lot, says Garv Brakel, the citys director of It a

For Northwest Farm Credit Services, these are the best of times.The federally chartered ag-lending cooperative has been growing at 12 percent to 13 percent a year for the last four or five years, and the outlook for the farmers it serves likely

Developers here say theyre heading out west in search of new growth opportunities, but theyre not venturing far. In fact, theyve stopped right outside Spokanes doorstep, in the bustling West Plains city of Airway Heights.Projects that a

The Northtown Square boutique shopping center thats slated to replace the Wendle Ford dealership on Spokanes North Side is expected to cost about $20 million and to house 16 to 20 retail businesses, many of which will be new to Spokane, Chud as

Sacred Heart Medical Center is looking to a small piece of equipment it has just bought to advance its diagnosis and treatment of bile duct disorders. Three specialists here are beginning to use the device, a specially designed miniaturized the

University of Idaho researchers are working to develop more effective defenses against staphylococcus aureus bacteria and other deadly pathogens. One of the goals of that effort, the university says, is to create faster and more accurate of to

The forecast for Spokanes health-care sector looks sunny next year, with hospitals expecting steady growth and developing plans for major expansion projects. A few threatening clouds loom on the horizon, though, because of a tight labor market &

Revett Minerals Inc. wants to be known as more than just a company that hopes to extract copper and silver from beneath a wilderness area in western Montana.Unlike many small mining ventures, the young Spokane Valley-based company already has a

Washingtons Columbia Basin, where the first drilling projects in decades raised hopes last year for a natural-gas strike, has yet to become the site of a producing well, though some drillers still believe the basin has potential to yield large of