A company formed by the owners of Spokane Valley-based Lydig Construction Inc. plans to develop a $2.8 million structure in the Valley that will be the future home of ITT Technical Institutes Spokane branch.The company, East Indiana College a

WhiteRunkle Associates is in the early stages of implementing an employee stock ownership program (ESOP), says Jack White, president of the Spokane advertising agency.Separately, WhiteRunkle Interactive, a division of the firm, has landed a to

You might say Kale Bassler and Terrie Wharton have the St. Nick knack.The good friends discovered their niche after years of local craft shows at which they peddled reindeer made of clothes pins and other Christmas-themed baubles they had by in

Itronix Corp., the Spokane-based maker of rugged wireless computers, plans early next year to begin looking for a new location into which it can consolidate its operations here. Were seeing pressure on our current space, says CEO Tom We

Five years ago, Rick OConnors two SuperColor 1-Hour Photo shops were among at least 17 such outlets operated by independent photo finishers here. OConnor offered only a few digital services then, such as scanning images and burning them onto

Jim Schoenleber, a former cop who built Argus Services Inc. here into a regional security-guard powerhouse with more than 1,000 employees and annual revenues topping $20 million, has been forced by health problems to dismantle the says he has and a

Tax-law changes for 2003 were intended to keep cash in individuals pockets so they would pump money into the economy, and the law definitely will accomplish the former. Some of the changes were meant to give businesses more to spend as well.A

Feel like credit scores are a bigger mystery than the Bermuda Triangle, crop circles, and the Loch Ness monster combined? Youre not alone. Internet-based services are making it easier for consumers to access their scores, also called FICO

Westaff Inc., a big Walnut Creek, Calif.-based staffing and employment services concern, has entered the Spokane-area market.The publicly traded company has opened an office at 15320 E. Marietta thats headed by Anne Rossi, a Westaff manager a

Fred Cutler, who owns Spokane-based Cutler Counseling LLC, a vocational-rehabilitation counseling firm, has completed business missions this year to three Central European countries that are transitioning from communist economies to capitalist has