The job of a U.S. Customs Service inspector has changed a great deal since Sept. 11, 2001. Perhaps most notably, inspectors are busier, says Mike Marshall, port director at the U.S. Customs office here. Were doing a lot more inspections

If you drive the Spokane-area stretch of Interstate 90 on your way to work, chances are youve passed by Ernie Sims.If so, hes already at work. His job is to ensure that nothing slows you down as you traverse the metropolitan area along more

With a new CEO at the helm, Translation Technologies Inc., of Spokane, is preparing to launch a software product that customers could use at their locations to translate computer-aided drafting, or CAD, files between CAD programs. The company a

Talk back to the robo-voice that answers Kootenai Electric Cooperatives telephone, and it might help you do what you want instead of rambling on about buttons you can push on your phone to reach your party.The Hayden-based power providers a

A stepped-up effort by the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries to identify safety violations in the residential framing industry has uncovered about 600 violations in L&Is Spokane region during the past 13 months.It appears as

Spokane International Airport has decided to move ahead with plans for a new multitenant speculative building in its business park on the eastern edge of the airport property.The Spokane Airport Board is seeking an architect to design the and a

Greenstone Corp., of Spokane, has started work on the first phase of a mixed-use development project at 44th Avenue and Regal Street on the South Hill, southwest of the former KHQ-TV building.Crews are doing site work and laying footings and of

Spokane-based Biomedex Inc. has launched a subsidiary that hopes by next year to begin selling health-related products in China. The new unit, called Biomedex International LLC, already has hired an international marketing manager who has in in

Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities Co., of Spokane, has reported net income of about $366,000 for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, down markedly from net income of about $5 million in the year-earlier quarter.The latest quarterly were on

C&L Development, a residential-development concern headed by longtime Spokane home builder Craig Condron, is eyeing development of a 247-lot residential subdivision on the West Plains.Condron says the company tentatively has agreed to buy 70 of