Even in our tough economy, most Americans enjoy a myriad of conveniences we take for granted. We awake to a warm house, turn night into day with the flip of a light switch, jump into a hot shower, get dressed and grab a cup of fresh brewed coffee before

Spokane-based agricultural cooperative Northwest Farm Credit Services says it had first-quarter earnings of $54.2 million, up 13 percent from $48 million in the first quarter of 2013, and its total capital increased 2.3 percent, to $1.8 billion as of Marc

New Jersey Mining Co., of Coeur d'Alene, which owns and operates the New Jersey Mill, in Kellogg, Idaho, says it has bought 13 patented mining claims covering 220 acres near Elk City, Idaho, from Vancouver, British Columbia-based Premium Exploration Inc

Spokane Valley laboratory Incyte Diagnostics, which operates under the entity Incyte Pathology PS, has acquired Yakima, Wash.-based pathology group Medical Center Laboratory (MCL). Kim Hagerty, spokeswoman for Incyte, says the acquisition closed on May

Spokane-based Gold Reserve Inc., the mine-exploration company that that filed a $2 billion-plus claim after it had its primary mining property seized by the Venezuelan government in 2008, says its lengthy efforts to be compensated for that loss have taken

Landmark Aviation, a Houston-based fixed-base operator, says it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Denver-based fixed-base operator Ross Aviation LLC, which operates XN Air at the Spokane International Airport through Ross Spokane LLC. The agr

Inland Imaging LLC, the Spokane-based provider of medical imaging services, has purchased and installed three new low-radiation computed tomography (CT) machines, says Angela Steinbach, manager of CT services for the company. It installed the first ma

Echo Springs Transition Study Center, which operates transition living facilities in Coeur d'Alene and Bonners Ferry for students who are having trouble with college or are struggling with other life problems, has new owners as of the end of March. D