Spokanes Key Tronic Corp., having shed the major distraction of a protracted and bitterly disputed lawsuit over alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, is turning its full attention to restoring its lagging sales and to broadening its customer

As a retailer, Sandpoint-based Coldwater Creek Inc. was built on catalog sales of its womens apparel and gift items, with Internet sales added when that electronic medium exploded on the scene. Now, the North Idaho company is looking to its a

A growing awareness about the problems from household molds has the insurance industry tightening its coverage and environmental-services companies working to keep up with the growing demand for mold analysis and cleanup. A 2001 lawsuit, in a a

In established parts of the MeadowWood at Liberty Lake subdivision, homes with three-car garages spread out over wide lots.In newer parts of the same neighborhood, however, homes with living space stacked upon tandem garages, in which cars are

While promoting other businesses and organizations, WhiteRunkle Associates, a full-service advertising agency here, has created a pleasant byproduct: its own success. The 23-year-old Spokane-based firm, which serves clients ranging from AT&T

Inland Northwest mining companies say theyre hitting rich veins of opportunity at their Central and South American mine properties.Hecla Mining Co., of Coeur dAlene, estimates it could have four additional areas under production or in and a

A $1 million renovation project is expected to get under way later this month in the western portion of the 40-year-old Heritage Village Shopping Center, just north of the Division Street Y on Spokanes North Side.Dave Black, CEO of Black

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co.s recent disclosure that the Internal Revenue Service might disallow a $28 million tax benefit it had claimed didnt stem from an IRS probe of the big Spokane-based financial-services provider.It rather,

Hollywood Entertainment Corp., of Portland, Ore., and LOI Distributing Co., of Lakewood, Wash., plan to open a Hollywood Video store and a Dollar Store, respectively, at University City Shopping Center within the next three months, says Orville the

F.O. Berg Co., best known as a longtime Spokane sign and awning maker, has spun off a 4-year-old environmental division into a new company named Flexible Containment Products (FCP). Craig Dolsby, who owns F.O. Berg with Andy Barrett, is general