Government agencies and some large businesses use geographic information systems to a prolific degree in Spokane, but many businesses here havent caught up with the technologys capabilities, say local GIS experts.GIS technology involves the

RATHDRUMA Stratford Home may be modular, but its not mobile.Well, OK, its mobile twice: once when its wheeling down the production line in Stratford Building Corp.s factory here, then when its delivered in big sections on flat-bed a

Banner Corp., the Walla Walla, Wash.-based parent of Banner Bank, plans to open a commercial lending center here in January. Banner has leased about 3,500 square feet of office space for the new center on the second floor of the Riverpoint One

A New York-based company that provides front-line sales and customer-support people to small technology companies is opening a Spokane office that will be headed by its CEO and from which it plans to market itself on the West Coast.The company,

A new compensation survey by Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest has found that employers here offered the lowest bump in starting pay for entry-level workers this year than at any time in the surveys 14-year history.Only 28 percent

Washington Trust Bank plans to open a new, full-service branch early next year in a remodeled former Walgreens pharmacy building at 3810 N. Maple. The Spokane-based bank has purchased the Walgreens site for an undisclosed amount and, assuming &

Merrill Gardens LLC, a Seattle-based retirement-center owner and operator, has agreed to buy the Academy Retirement Community here.The company is buying the 99-unit North Side retirement center from The Academy LP, a partnership headed up by is

Spokane real estate developers Dick Edwards and Pete Thompson are spearheading an effort to create a tax-increment financing district that would encompass about 2,000 acres of land on the West Plains.Edwards says he and Thompson, both of Inc.,

When Spokane resident Brett Nelson started tinkering with remote-control helicopters at age 13, he didnt realize the boyhood hobby someday would blossom into a business.Nelson, a Delta, British Columbia, native and Washington State University

Already among the fastest-growing companies in Washington state, the Spokane-based security company Argus Services Inc. is planning an aggressive expansion into the southwestern U.S. during the next year.Separately, Argus is negotiating to Jim