Cheese makers, dairies, and brewers sprinkled around the U.S. are using prototype equipment developed by a young Spokane biotech company to count live bacteria or yeast during their production processes. The market for the product, born in the labs

Central Pre-Mix Concrete Products Co., of Spokane, has bought the assets of the former Layrite Products Co.s block-products business here from Iron Bridge Masonry Products LLC, and has begun operating Layrites former plant on Trent Avenue, had

Bouten Construction Co., of Spokane, is well under way on a $30 million expansion and renovation project at Holy Rosary Medical Center, in Ontario, Ore., near the Idaho-Oregon border.The two-phase project will include the construction of a that

Rahco International Inc., the Spokane-based industrial manufacturer, has landed a $5 million contract with the U.S. Department of Energy to design and develop a system for containing potentially harmful waste at landfills.Rahco has started work

National Refractories & Minerals Corp., a Livermore, Calif.-based manufacturer of heat-resistant materials for industrial furnaces, has leased space in the Spokane Valley for a regional distribution center.The new distribution center is located

Accra-Fab Inc., a Liberty Lake-based precision sheet metal fabricator with 300 employees here, has been bought by its president and a company director, dismantling an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) that had owned most of the company for the a

Attracted by high visibility, easy access, and increased development activity, vehicle dealerships have begun showing a keen interest in property along Interstate 90 near burgeoning Liberty Lake.RnR RV Center, which sells motor homes, travel a

Lyle E. Bergy Bergeleen has been kicked in the ribs, suffered numerous broken toes, and even had several of his front teeth and his upper jaw broken since becoming a horseshoer 30 years ago.Rather than making him callous or abusive toward a

McLeodUSA Inc., a fast-growing, Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based telecommunications company, is taking steps to join the handful of companies competing here for local phone-service customers.McLeodUSA, which provides local and long-distance telephone to

Garco Construction Inc., of Spokane, has started work on the new, $4.5 million manufacturing and administrative facility in Colville, Wash., announced recently by Aladdin Hearth ProductsConstruction began last month on the about pre-engineered a