A nearly 100-year-old South Hill home on 36th Avenue now has its carbon footprint rating.The residents, a couple in their 70s, hope to stay in the house another 10 years and cut living expenses, such as reducing the $800-a-year bill for oil a a

Blue Ribbon Environmental Products Inc., a Spokane company that originally specialized in selling products for cleaning up fuel spills, now is concentrating more on cleaning up entire bodies of water, says Gary Snyder, the company's environmental a

Jane Korn, the new dean of the Gonzaga University School of Law and the first woman to be named to that post, says raising awareness of the school internationally will be one of her top long-term focuses.Due partly to Spokane's relative Korn few

Unlawful detainer filings, which landlords in Washington state use to evict tenants who have violated rental agreements and ignored notices to leave, are rising again in Spokane County after having fallen significantly here between 2005 and the of

Advertising the best XYZ product based on a user survey could win the tight consumer dollar, but a business better be able to back up that claim if a competitor thinks otherwise.False advertising lawsuits and claims of unfair competition have in

A profound shift in the federal patent law is on the horizon, and some attorneys fear the changes will hurt startup companies in the Inland Northwest. At a minimum, they say, Spokane-area inventors and entrepreneurs will have to change the way a