New Venture Lab, Gonzaga University's student-run business consulting lab, will host an entrepreneurial "Startup Weekend" April 20-22 on the university's campus.Startup Weekends are 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, product

Janitorial supplier opens showroomJ & J Janitorial Supply Inc., of Spokane, has opened a retail showroom for selling its cleaning products.The business moved earlier this month from a downtown space to a 1,200-square-foot leased space at 6410

Former minor-league baseball player Teddy Hall and his wife, Sylvia, have opened a new indoor baseball-and-softball training facility called Athletic Edge LLC, at 11110 E. Empire, in Spokane Valley. Athletic Edge opened March 12 and is located

Spokane Transit Authority has signed a five-year, $17.5 million contract with Dallas-based MV Transportation Inc., which will provide supplemental paratransit services to STA passengers.Paratransit services are provided to people who, because of

Spokane-based Mines Management Inc., which is involved in the acquisition, exploration, and development of precious- and base-mineral properties, reported a net loss of $5.6 million, or 20 cents a share, in 2011, compared with a net loss of $10.7 a

Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of energy-management equipment and systems, says an electric utility in Vermont has selected it to provide smart-grid technology, and a California utility separately has installed a landmark 4 million Itron

West Side restaurant operator Hop Jacks LLC plans to open its first Eastern Washington restaurant on Spokane's North Side this October. To be located just north of a MacKenzie River Pizza Co. outlet in a shopping center anchored by a WinCo Foods

Spokane-based Goldrich Mining Co. says it has signed a letter of intent to create a joint venture with Alaska-based NyacAU LLC to bring a deposit in Goldrich's Chandalar properties in Alaska into production.Under the letter of intent, NyacAU has

Spokane Valley-based mining company Revett Minerals Inc. has reported net income of $13.5 million, or 36 cents a share, for 2011, a significant jump from the prior year, when it posted a net loss of $600,000, or 2 cents a share. Revett the big &