Eastern Washington University's Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis says it has developed a Web-based data bank for businesses, community leaders, and residents of Benton and Franklin counties, the university says. But Patrick Jones, the

Spokane Sunscreen LLC, a longtime window-tinting business here, has consolidated its Spokane Valley and Spokane locations into a 7,500-square-foot store at 7227 E. Sprague that has more space than its former two locations combined, says co-owner Rick John

Sandpoint-based Unicep Packaging LLC says it has moved shipping, receiving, and administrative offices from a Liberty Lake distribution center space to the much larger, former Odom Corp. warehouse building on the West Plains and is renovating the structur

A Bismarck, N.D.-based rock company has bought a 165-acre rock quarry about halfway between Cheney and Spokane, a spokeswoman says. Knife River Corp. purchased the pit at 9404 S. Cheney-Spokane Road, says Colleen Johnston, the company's office and huma

The new European dealer for Quest Aircraft Co. has made its first sale of the Sandpoint-built Kodiak airplane, and Quest is seeking Europe-wide safety certification of the Kodiak, says Quest spokeswoman Julie Stone. Dusseldorf, Germany-based Rheinland Ai

Alcobra Metals Inc., a Spokane specialty metals processor that services machine-shop and fabrication industries, has acquired Spokane precision metal-cutting company ShapeCut Industries LLC and plans to combine the capabilities of both companies, says Alc

Luke Richey, the founder of Liberty Lake-based augmented-reality software firm Gravity Jack Inc., last month removed himself from the company's top spot in favor of Joshua Abel, someone he believes is a better fit to run the company than he is. Richey

For almost a year now, the financial media has been talking about all the real and imagined 'what-ifs” that can occur when the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee actually begins to move interest rates higher after over 30 years of the (mostly) oppo