Blue Ribbon Environmental Products Inc., a Spokane company that originally specialized in selling products for cleaning up fuel spills, now is concentrating more on cleaning up entire bodies of water, says Gary Snyder, the company's environmental a
Jane Korn, the new dean of the Gonzaga University School of Law and the first woman to be named to that post, says raising awareness of the school internationally will be one of her top long-term focuses.Due partly to Spokane's relative Korn few
Unlawful detainer filings, which landlords in Washington state use to evict tenants who have violated rental agreements and ignored notices to leave, are rising again in Spokane County after having fallen significantly here between 2005 and the of
Homeowners' associations are adept at tackling problems like cracked swimming pools or unkempt lawns. But given that America's 65-and-older population is projected to grow by more than 70 percent in the next 13 years, boards will be forced to a new
The University of Iowa College of Law has begun offering a fiction writing class aimed at helping law students produce clearer, more easily understood legal writing."Fiction writing offers good lessons to lawyers about good writing and editing,"
Advertising the best XYZ product based on a user survey could win the tight consumer dollar, but a business better be able to back up that claim if a competitor thinks otherwise.False advertising lawsuits and claims of unfair competition have in
A profound shift in the federal patent law is on the horizon, and some attorneys fear the changes will hurt startup companies in the Inland Northwest. At a minimum, they say, Spokane-area inventors and entrepreneurs will have to change the way a
Northwest HVAC/R Association & Training Center, a nonprofit education and training organization, has bought a 7,500-square-foot office building at 204 E. Nora and has moved there from leased space at 811 E. Sprague. Doug Byrd, of Byrd Real Estate &
The city of Spokane has awarded a contract valued at about $1 million to Davenport, Wash.-based Halme Construction Inc. to install a sewer line along a 1 1/2-mile stretch of Upriver Drive in East Spokane.Installation of the new 18-inch sewer to
Architects West Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, recently received a contract to design an extensive addition and remodel for Wapato High School in Wapato, Wash., a south central Washington city 12 miles south of Yakima.The overall project is estimated a