Heracles Research Corp., owned by Spokane entrepreneur John Adrain, says it has launched a new iPhone belt clip, called the AppKlip, that it's having manufactured here from recycled plastics.The clip uses a simple design that consists of three a

The city of Spokane is considering a policy wording change that would permit, but regulate, new full-color digital signs downtown.Such signs, which include those that display moving electronic text and images, were prohibited in a downtown plan

Dix Corp., a Spokane heavy-construction contractor, is expected to start work this month on a project to replace a 1.7 million-pound navigation lock gate at Lower Monumental Dam. The project is one of two such jobs it has won worth a combined total

Five Guys Burgers & Fries franchise owner Wayne Sheffield says he plans to open a second Spokane-area outlet of the Lorton, Va.-based chain in March and also is looking for a location here to open a third restaurant.Sheffield, of Brunswick, Ga.,

Spokane businessman Pete Rayner says a company he heads has taken initial steps to begin developing lots in a $20 million-plus first phase of a long-envisioned community on Beacon Hill in northeast Spokane. Rayner, a principal in Beacon Hill a

Ormet Corp., a Hannibal, Ohio-based aluminum producer, still hasn't said—after three extensions of a tentative purchase agreement— whether it will buy the shuttered former Kaiser Aluminum Corp. Mead Works smelter property north of company