LineSoft Corp., a Spokane-based maker of software for power-line planning and design, has inked a multimillion-dollar contract to provide software to WPS Resources Corp., of Green Bay, Wis.Tom Smith, a LineSoft spokesman, estimates the value of

Argus Services Inc., a Spokane Valley-based security company, says it has landed an annual contract worth $4.7 million to provide armed security personnel for about two dozen federal facilities along the Interstate 5 corridor in Oregon and new to a

Coeur dAlene School District No. 271 is planning an $11 million remodel and expansion of Coeur dAlene High School.Construction bids for the project are scheduled to be opened today, Feb. 8.If the bids are acceptable and a contract is to 1

Wells & Co., of Spokane, has begun some preliminary work on the former Fairmont Apartments building in downtown Spokane and expects to get its $7 million renovation project there into full swing within two months, Spokane developer and architect of

COEUR DALENEThe name Coeur dAlene can be difficult for first-timers to pronounce, and its meaning, heart of the awl, is obscure and kind of chilling. Some say it makes for pretty nice jewelry, though. Inspired by the Coeur and a

Silicon Valley in the 1990s was a place and time unlike any other, Bill Kalivas says. The Spokane native talks almost romantically about having been there, as an old hippie might talk about being in San Francisco in the late 1960s. The is that a

OLYMPIAWhen a group of about 50 Spokane-area government, business, and academic leaders united in this bustling capital city last week to lobby for a host of Spokane priorities, the loudest and most united pitch came for the Inland Northwest a by

Schweitzer Mountain Resort is embarking on an aggressive development program that includes marketing some of its 7,000 acres of property to other developers; increasing air-travel access to Sandpoint; and engaging in joint marketing efforts with to

Bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington rose last year to a record high, and some observers say the increase will continue.During 2000, businesses and individuals filed 8,357 petitions seeking protection from creditors in the U.S. Bankruptcy in