The Heart Institute of Spokane and its researchers have filed their first patent application based on basic science research conducted there.The research, which over the past year or so has been led by Dr. Katherine Tuttle, the Heart director of

Northview Ventures LLC, a company formed by a group of real estate investors here, has bought a 50 percent interest in the undeveloped parts of the big Northwood subdivision in the Spokane Valley.Bryan Walker, Northview Ventures managing says

Iron Bridge LLC, which bought the former Layrite Products Co. site two years ago and has been acquiring small parcels of adjoining property at the East Spokane location since then, plans to develop a 19-acre riverfront business park there.Kent a

A new suitor is trying to team up with Washington states Division of Archives and Records Management to develop the long-proposed Eastern Regional Archives facility, and wants to see the structure built in or near downtown Spokane.The new is a

Spokane allergy-products maker Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC has signed an agreement to supply allergenic extracts to Aero Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Pompano Beach, Fla., that is expected to boost production at the Spokane plant by 20 percent, of

HAYDEN, IdahoNeiman Marcus products? Straight from Hayden, Idaho?Its true. Though the prestigious Dallas retailer might not peddle its crystal champagne buckets and ermine bathrobes around here, the gourmet frozen crab cakes and seafood a

MSC incorporated as Premera Blue Cross, one of Eastern Washingtons biggest health-plan providers, has implemented a 24 percent rate hike for its small-employer pool, through which it serves about 50,000 workers in Eastern Washington.Although a

The Washington Legislatures 2001 session already is shaping up to be a challenging one in the face of a tight state budget and a nearly equal split of power between Republican and Democratic lawmakers.Spokane business groups will be there in a

The Spokane Area Economic Development Council is about to increase both its economic-development role and its connections to the public.As of Jan. 1, the organization, which has been tightly focused for years on recruiting new businesses, will a

Cleanup of petroleum-contaminated soil and groundwater at the North Market Street Superfund site is expected to start next year, says Bill Fees, an environmental engineer with the Washington state Department of Ecologys toxics cleanup years of of