Agricultural workers who perform thinningremoving young buds from orchard trees to increase the size of the remaining fruitface a greater likelihood of pesticide exposure than other farm workers, according to new findings from Fred Hutchinson a

The Washington state Department of Ecology plans to revise its rules governing what are called injection wells, including about 10,000 of themmostly storm-water dry wellsin the Spokane metropolitan area.The rule changes still are in the so

In the architectural and engineering industries, business can fluctuate like a roller coaster ride, with projects peaking during the summer and plummeting during the winter. Womer & Associates Inc., of Spokane, hopes to rise above that trend to

Mark Barnes, owner and president of Spokane-based National Furniture Store Inc., has sold his companys warehouse at 1004 N. Calispel to the Inland Northwest Blood Center.Barnes says he sold the 7,800-square-foot warehouse with a mezzanine and

Montvale Hotel LLC, a company controlled by Spokane developer Rob Brewster Jr., is moving forward with plans to renovate part of the Montvale Block building downtown into a 36-room hotel.The city of Spokane issued a building permit for the this

The city of Spokane Valley has been awarded an $8.1 million grant by the Federal Highway Administration to replace the Barker Road Bridge.The bridge is a two-lane span that sits almost halfway between Interstate 90 and Trent Avenue, and carries

Columbia Paint & Coatings Inc., the Spokane-based maker of architectural and industrial paints and coatings, says it had record sales and earnings last year and is projecting double-digit sales growth again this year.H.H. Larry Larison, and

Spokanes two GMC vehicle dealers essentially have added each others additional General Motors makes, as part of a national strategy.Last week, Becker Buick-GMC Inc. began carrying Pontiacs at its main location at 636 E. Sprague, and at its

Silver Mountain Corp., the Redmond, Ore.-based operator of Silver Mountain Ski & Summer Resort, has bought the 1,500 acres of ski terrain on which its resort near Kellogg, Idaho, is located.Separately, the company plans to start work this on a

Window Products Inc., the Liberty Lake-based vinyl-window maker, plans to open distribution centers in the Seattle area and Salt Lake City to penetrate those markets further and to stay on a brisk growth clip.Mark McVay, Window Products vice