Website veterans launch Switch UpSwitch Up Inc., which does business as Switch Up Web, launched Aug. 1 as a local Web development service. The company is located at 418 E. Pacific, east of downtown Spokane, and occupies about 600 square feet and

August 9 / Hecla boosts net, will expand operationsHecla Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, announced second-quarter net income of $33.2 million, or 11 cents a diluted share, up from $13.7 million, or 5 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. The a

Meetings & EventsThe Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will hold a business communications breakfast Friday, Aug. 19, from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Mirabeau Park Hotel & Convention Center, 1100 N. Sullivan. The cost is $25 for and a

Jill Armstrong Shultz, a professor in nutrition and exercise physiology, is the new principal investigator of a Washington state Department of Social & Health Services grant that assists more than 150,000 underserved Washington residents each year.

Weather has been a key concern this year for agricultural producers, but after a cool, wet spring, many industries are expecting high yields from later-than-usual harvests, according to the Northwest Farm Credit Services' Knowledge Center Market of

Farming often involves transporting crops long distances so consumers from Maine to California can enjoy Midwest corn, Northwest cherries, and other produce when they are out of season locally. But it isn't just the fossil fuel needed to move food

Melvin Pascall, an associate professor in the food science and technology department at The Ohio State University, is conducting research to determine whether existing guidelines are enough to keep the public safe from cross contamination. With

Northwest Farm Credit Services, of Spokane, says it had second-quarter net income of $29.4 million, down from $34.1 million in the year-earlier quarter.For the first six months of 2011, the federally chartered ag lender reported total earnings a