Phones Plus Inc., a Coeur dAlene-based vendor of voice and data communications systems, has spun off much of its business-sales operation to B&C Telephone Inc., of Spokane, so it can focus more on retail sales of mobile phones and service. of the

Wind Wireless Inc., of Spokane, recently introduced a high-speed, wireless Internet service that the company says covers 220 square miles of the Spokane metropolitan area.Wind Wireless, which is located at 715 E. Sprague, says its or Wi-Fi, is

A company owned by prominent Spokane developers Dick Vandervert and Lowell McKee is building a retail center on Spokanes South Hill to be occupied by a Washington Mutual Bank branch, a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop, and other tenants.The MV is

These are rough-and-tumble days for Spokane-based rugged computer manufacturer Itronix Corp.After strong growth in fiscal 2002, the companys sales tailed off in fiscal year 2003, which ended March 31. In early April, the company cut 10 of its

Its all about image.That old saying, minus its sometimes negative connotations, arguably could be the motto for Chromastat Inc., a professional-quality photo lab at 725 E. Third.Due partly to a reputation for high-end work that the has up

In these unusual times, casual observers impressions of the Spokane-area economy and where its headed could vary dramatically depending on what business receptions they attend or what corporate executives they lunch with. While the and here

Several parties interested in developing a University District in East Spokane have begun massaging their ideas and mapping out a strategy.A group of stakeholders, including representatives of the city of Spokane, the Spokane Regional Chamber a

A Texas company wants to open a new hospital herewithin St. Lukes Rehabilitation Institutean idea thats endorsed by Spokanes other hospitals as a way to take some of the financial pressure off of them and to add a treatment option thats

Up a dirt driveway in Deer Park, theres a split-level house with a double front-door entry. On the left door hangs a plaque that reads private, and through that entry is the long-time family home of the Knights, who own Knight Construction &

Coeur dAlene, one of the fastest-growing cities in Idaho, is set to grow some more. The city recently annexed two big chunks of property totaling more than 400 acres and is looking at annexing a third, 109-acre piece. Residential developments