Coffman Engineers Inc., the multicity engineering firm with a large Spokane office, has opened an office in Bozeman, Mont. The office is Coffman's eighth overall, and the 36-year-old company says it's intended to increase its presence in the Rocky Mo

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Swiss Valley Agency, a Spokane-based independent property/casualty, life, health, and business insurance company doing business as North Town Insurance, is expanding with a new office in North Idaho, says Lisa LeBlanc, North Town agency manager. The comp

Aruba Networks Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based wireless networking device and software manufacturer and vendor, has landed a number of contracts throughout the Inland Northwest and beyond, and its two-person team here has opened an office downtown, says B

Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of utility meter reading technology, says it plans to buy back up to $50 million worth of its own stock during a 12-month period that began Feb. 19. The company's board of directors approved the repurchase plan

Alyssa Agee, the Spokane community ambassador for San Francisco-based business reviewing and community building website Yelp, says she helps businesses and customers here connect by bringing the two together both online and offline. 'It's really fun