Two Spokane women have taken an old word usually reserved for those who sell medicine to cure ailments and added a new meaning that doesn't center on prescriptions. Their downtown business focuses on providing homeopathic and therapeutic services a

AWG International Inc., a Spokane company that makes machines that draw water out of the air, has a promising future in international trade thanks in part to assistance from a U.S. Small Business Administration-backed export program, says Jeff T. a

Wells & Co., a Spokane real estate development company that specializes in historic rehabilitation projects, has approached the city with a plan to turn the long-shuttered former Ridpath Hotel building into an apartment complex.The company has a

While farmers markets in Spokane County provide plenty of fresh produce, they also deliver a strong economic impact that last year grew to just over $1.3 million in combined vendor sales among seven markets here.Washington State University's is

For the second consecutive year, executive compensation at Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies increased by double digits in 2011. The 13.3 percent rise in average total compensation was lower than the 17.9 percent increase in 2010,