Sellers of home-health medical supplies and equipment here say a growing population of senior citizens and a trend of seniors living longer in their own homes is spurring growth in all areas of their business.They dont expect that growth to a

Avista Utilities is offering a credit of up to $2,000 a year to ratepayers in Washington that produce electricity with qualifying wind, solar, or anaerobic digester generating systems.Through the program, the company will give credits of 12 to

Seattle-based Group Health Cooperative says it has cancelled its lease agreement with the owner of the Quail Run Professional campus, where it planned to relocate its South Hill clinic, and now is looking for a new site.Last June, Group Health

T. W. Clark Construction LLC, of Spokane, has begun erecting a 25,500-square-foot structure in Coeur dAlene to house a larger newspaper production plant for Hagadone Corp., of Coeur dAlene, which publishes the Coeur dAlene Press and five a to

Blue Water Technologies Inc., a Coeur dAlene-based developer of waste-water treatment technologies, has acquired a small Texas company that makes filtration equipment for that industry.Blue Water recently bought Applied Process Technology of

In 1995, after 10 years of programming computers for business applications, Tom Powers, a new resident of Spokane Valley, began programming video games, which hed always considered to be his lifelong dream job.Eighteen months ago, he he &

Biopol Laboratory Inc., a 30-year-old supplier of raw biological materials used to make allergy vaccines, plans to construct a 45,000-square-foot building in Post Falls and to move its operations there from two locations in the Spokane area.The

Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin is funding development of a lithium-ion battery pack for an all-electric commuter car developed several years ago by Commuter Cars Corp., of Spokane, and has ordered three of the vehicles that will use that says a

From the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena to the Spokane Valley Mall to Spokane International Airports Concourse C expansion, residents here hardly can go anywhere without seeing the work of Garco Construction Inc., one of Spokanes largest on of

Thin crusts arent the only trend in the pizza industry these daysso are thin margins.Though pizza sales in the Spokane area remain hearty, rising costs and increased competition are making those in the industry wonder whether the pie is big